HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoMarketing likes to change the name of shared file folders when they get new information.message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1message-squareMarketing likes to change the name of shared file folders when they get new information.HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareA_A@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoFor ordinary folks : Changing the name of such folders breaks “sharing”. This means that (external) access is then blocked.
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·4 days agoWhat the hell shitty system does that?
minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 days agoLiterally a thing that uses a file path. Did you think shortcuts pointed at some kind of hidden identifier? Nope! Change the folder name, you change the path, and you break the link. Same thing happens with URLs
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 days agoAnd that’s why most (all?) things that are well-designed to provide external access have permalinks. Dropbox, Google, OneDrive…
For ordinary folks :
Changing the name of such folders breaks “sharing”. This means that (external) access is then blocked.
What the hell shitty system does that?
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Literally a thing that uses a file path. Did you think shortcuts pointed at some kind of hidden identifier? Nope! Change the folder name, you change the path, and you break the link.
Same thing happens with URLs
And that’s why most (all?) things that are well-designed to provide external access have permalinks. Dropbox, Google, OneDrive…