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MicrosoftNew feature: Introducing a new file experience for groups in Outlook on the web
My take on the new Files "experience" for Office 365 Groups. It's all very nice because attachments emailed to members in group conversations are now surfaced, perhaps in a vain attempt to persuade people to use cloudy attachments, but the downside is that extra clicks are required to access a document library. Which is bad. I'd like to see the option to retain the old behavior. https://www.petri.com/new-files-experience-office-365-groups
Just one click away, the "Browse library" button will load the standard document library view. Email attachments are tucked away in a folder with the same name. Would it help to have the reverse? Start with the standard doc library view, and have the Activity view with the other views under the All Documents button?
As I have said elsewhere, it takes more than one click if you have a document library with folders and need to get to one of the folders. In the old setup, you clicked Files and were brought to the folder that you were last working in. Now it takes three.
But the more important point is that Microsoft should not introduce change of this nature without giving users the option to retain the previous arrangement. After all, some people have been working with Files using "the old way" for 2 years... and it's not right to force a new method down our throats without a by-your-leave. Hence the requirement to provide users with the option to access Files using the classic method.
- Some more feedback after more use:
+1 on the "opt out" and group navigation experience
There also doesn't appear to be a way to sort (so if I just want to find a document by name), i'm guessing it sorts by date modified ? As these libraries grow, its gonna get harder to find content, I can easily see instructing users to ignore the files tab and just go to the site. Otherwise, is this Files tab just becoming an "Activity" tab?
No search from files tab (unless i'm just overlooking it)?
Really confusing on the duplicate entry based on attachment/what is actually in the library the more I mess around with it, I dont think our users will grasp it that easily, I think having it as a view option, but not on by default is the way to go
It would be nice if it included documents from other document libraries on the site too - just focusing on the default shared documents minimizes the benefit of having SharePoint sites connected to groups
I really think the navigation approach introduced in Teams needs to make its way to Groups asap. Have a set of standard "Tabs" required, but allow Group owners to create their own tabs and order them how they want, and hide ones they don't (like maybe hide the notebook if they don't want group users to use it).- cfiessingerThanks for the feedback Brent, search is available (in the upper left corner similar to where search is located across Outlook on the web).
