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"The old version of the Dropbox platform is being retired on June 28, 2017." #9

Closed pistachoo closed 7 years ago

pistachoo commented 7 years ago

It looks pretty dead in here but I'll hope against hope that Grabbox will continue to live, because it is awesome.

Apparently Dropbox is changing things again and Grabbox may no longer work.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/spa/fmsuiyiwfjl29ko/vs2w8t79.png

jorgenpt commented 7 years ago

@pistachoo Hi there! I started the work to update GrabBox to the latest version, but before I finish that up, I'd like to ask a question.

Many things have changed in the 7 (!) years since I started GrabBox, and one of them is that Dropbox has added their own screenshot sharing on Mac.

What makes you use GrabBox rather than using Dropbox' built-in screenshot sharing?

pistachoo commented 7 years ago

@jorgenpt Hi! I spent a few hours (!) trying to find a suitable alternative to GrabBox, and did stumble on Dropbox's native screenshot sharing feature. I installed Dropbox, waited way too long for it to sync (I always forget how it wants to do that), and finally was able to test it out the following day.

It sucks for this biggest of reasons: the dropbox links are not direct links to the actual image file, so they cannot be embedded (by hotlinking) in Gmail or any forum posts, including this one...

GmailExample

... without taking the time to replace the ...png?dl=0 with ...png?raw=1. GrabBox just works, with no extra typing involved!

(Also, why the frack is that confounded Drobox app STILL sync'ing?! I created this Dropbox account only for grabbox!)

The second reason it's better than using the Dropbox screenshot sharing function is that GrabBox is a small app that takes no space and is fairly reliable. I do not want the Dropbox app installed on my computer because it's resource-intensive and takes up much needed storage space on my aging, slowish MacBook.

jorgenpt commented 7 years ago

@pistachoo Thank you for taking the time to respond. I see that there is still room for GrabBox to exist.

While the functionality of GrabBox will have to change a little bit (it will need to generate those ?raw=1 links, instead of the old style links) in order to continue functioning when Dropbox turns off the old version of the service that GrabBox previously relied on, I think I will take the time and effort to release a new version of GrabBox.

The discontinuation of GrabBox' current functionality has been delayed for three months, thanks to a helpful employee at Dropbox, so the app should remain functional while I find the time to make the required changes.

jorgenpt commented 7 years ago

@pistachoo Would you be willing to test out a new version that uses the v2 API from Dropbox? Most of the changes are under the hood, but you'll notice that the links are in the new format (with ?raw=1). Please let me know if you have any issues or feedback, or if it seems to work well.

https://grabbox.bitspatter.com/updates/GrabBox-0.5.1.zip

pistachoo commented 7 years ago

Out of sheer habit, I did my usual command+shift+4 and then got all exited when it worked! 😆

I would be happy to test things out for you! But, it might take a few days because I'm in the middle of report card season (elem. teacher)

jorgenpt commented 7 years ago

I've switched the auto update over to this new version, which should prevent GrabBox from no longer working when API v1 is turned off.