I seem to recall an older version of the Dropbox client (0.6.384?) allowed you to actually designate the name & location of your "My Dropbox" folder and get around this feature/limitation (if you're so inclined).
I know I did it when I first installed the software -- for as long as I've been using Dropbox I've never used "My Dropbox" - it's always been "Documents" for me.
I just did some checking and it looks like that version of the software isn't availble anymore (at least not via official channels). I know that upgrading to future versions does keep that setting -- I'm running v1.0.10 and it's still "Documents" for me.
From a scan of their Wiki, looks like symlinks and/or other utilities are the preferred method. Frankly, I understand why they made this design decision and it's worked well for them, but for advanced users (me & a lot of other HN readers , I presume), it would be nice to have a slightly more direct way of accomplishing this.
I know I did it when I first installed the software -- for as long as I've been using Dropbox I've never used "My Dropbox" - it's always been "Documents" for me.
I just did some checking and it looks like that version of the software isn't availble anymore (at least not via official channels). I know that upgrading to future versions does keep that setting -- I'm running v1.0.10 and it's still "Documents" for me.
From a scan of their Wiki, looks like symlinks and/or other utilities are the preferred method. Frankly, I understand why they made this design decision and it's worked well for them, but for advanced users (me & a lot of other HN readers , I presume), it would be nice to have a slightly more direct way of accomplishing this.