Isnt the Dropbox Public folder going away or is already removed for new users ? I think they stated that in the Annoucement of their new "Share a link" feature.
If you are a longtime dropbox user you will keep it though.
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/blog/19 is what you're thinking of, so yes. It's unfortunate though. With the Public folder, you can right click on any file and get a "Copy link to file" button. With the new sharing stuff, it opens up a page in the web browser where you click a button to copy a link to the file, and that link takes you to the file inside a dropbox page instead of a nice direct link. It's pretty horrific.
Actually, there seems to be a way to opt in to a Public folder: https://www.dropbox.com/help/16/en (search for "Creating a Public folder" on that page).
I haven't tried it yet, but that seems easy enough!
This is cool also from the standpoint of a nice example of using Python to do a Mac menubar app. I've got an idea for something I'd like to do and I've been looking for an easy to follow example like this for a while now. Thanks!
I don't like having an app constantly running for this, or for it to intercept all my screenshots.
That is why I use a hacked version of Gyazo (http://gyazo.com/). I modified the script so that moves the file to dropbox instead of their monstrosity of a share page.
Gyazo is the best because you launch the app, are presented with a standard screenshot UI, and then the app closes and your URL is copied and opened in a browser.
"when you do, it moves that file to the Dropbox public directory and copies the URL to the file into your clipboard automatically"
Sold. Given the amount of prototyping I do on my workstation requiring constant review of previous revisions for collaboration, this is something that lets me get a link sent and stays as far out of the way of my workflow as possible-and it supports an application my team already uses? Yep. Sold.
I might fork this so I can add the option to define which directory in /Public, since I'm OCD like that (having stray files kills me). Thanks for this!
I use Jing to do just this. It works on Windows and Mac and next to Screenshots also allows to capture up to 5 Minutes of Screencast at a time. Then I have the save location set to the Public Dropbox folder and the link is automatically put into my clipboard.
A year ago I hacked together an almost trivial Folder Action Script that does the same thing, and works really well. In case anyone's interested, here it is:
I actually just bought Captured on the appstore for this specific purpose. Wish I hadn't now, since imgur uploading (part of why I bought it) appears to be broken. This works wonderfully. I miss the old Skitch, but this helps me heal.
It doesn't work at all for me. It just flashes the colorful lights for a minute, doesn't make the upload sound, and doesn't actually upload my screenshots. I tried emailing the author, but he hasn't responded. There doesn't seem to be any other way to get help. :\
"I found TinyGrab, which works with OS X's screenshot function. I can even upload the files to my own server, but only using unencrypted FTP, which is scarily insecure."
> Evernote made it hard to share the URL to the image itself, rather than a webpage showing the image on it. This may help their revenue, but unnecessarily hampers the recipients' ability to use the images I share with them.
That said, UpShot is not trying to compete with all the services out there that also do something useful. I just wrote my own to scratch a particular itch of mine. I hope it's useful to others also.
If you're not bugged by the interstitial HTML document standing between you and your screenshot, good for you! :)
If you are a longtime dropbox user you will keep it though.