Introducing OneDrive photo story – a new photo sharing feature now available in public preview

My first impressions are that this is a feature without user demand. When I think of all the things I've wanted with OneDrive, this doesn't rank.

To be even useful, I would need much better performance: browsing for anything in OneDrive is way slower than with Dropbox (running on same devices). Dropbox also allows me to filter by folder so my searches aren't swamped by results from my work folders or album thumbnails from music collections. 

When I look at OneDrive "on this day" results, my personal photos are swamped by image thumbnails from other collections. 

I'd also like date search to work without it assuming that the world uses US date formats.

You really need to go back to reading UserVoice feedback about what is broken and what new features are requested.

Can we please have a photos app at least on par with Google photos?

It's a bit disconcerting to use all of Microsoft's services but still have to use Google Photos because the OneDrive app isn't up to the task.
We need:

• A map.
• Advanced editor.

Looks like I will need to start finding an alternative to Onedrive for my cloud storage as MSFT seems more interesting in things other than offering just that.

Optional or not, OneDrive is MY personal space which I PAY FOR. Well.. that will probably end..

A pretty useless feature nobody asked for, while there are still plenty of improvements and bug fixes to be made. Are you trying to push people away? Because it's working... 😔

Sounds like a cool feature...if you could use your close relationship with Adobe to bring some sort of Lightroom integration this could be killer.

Catherine Feldman

Not that Microsoft listens to end-users...

To echo previous comments, fix the existing feature-set before piling on new code.

The photo array on the iOS app is abysmal. All formats and folders are included, with many thumbnails not generating.

Thumbnail caching on the OneDrive website is reminiscent of loading an 800x600 bmp on a 56K modem.

The Photos app on Windows shares the same caching woes.

Unaware if you guys are attempting a complete code rewrite.

But it seems counterproductive to add more bloat when core functionality is sluggish.

NB08585 "iOS platform version, where the app shows all picture files from all folders and lumps them all under photos. "  This happens on all OneDrive platforms and in SharePoint. It's very limiting for both private

and business users. I've been in business user forums with Microsoft years ago where people complained about this. You'd think that the analytics from so many OneDrive accounts regarding filetypes would illustrate how photo story features are going to be completely broken by a lack of filtering capability.

Catherine Feldman Tripped over a site today dealing with problems with OneDrive search. The comments at the end are complaining about lack of search filtering to specific:  folders: https://oneminuteofficemagic.com/2018/08/20/using-the-search-function-in-onedrive/

There was so much more feedback on UserVoice but Microsoft killed that. It's like deleting your inbox and telling everyone to send their emails again.

Need:

1. Maps.

2. Editor.

3. River layout

4. Utilities

Just to echo some of the above .... Its not a feature I was expecting or need to be honest. I just wish that Microsoft look in to the numerous issues.

E.g ...

• IOS platform version, where the app shows all picture files from all folders and lumps them all under photos. It's near impossible to organise a weeks work with screen shots, old web site png files etc mixed in as well.
• Syncing folders under Windows 11 can be slow or erratic even with a 1000mbs WAN. For us... Adding numerous files to a folder that's been renamed during the copy process causes issues.
• Folder icons that show online/local status of the folders once sync'd is either incorrect of very slow to show the correct status.
• Sharing folders requires the recipients to have a Microsoft account which isn't always the case and shouldn't be needed.
• Onedrive has to re-sync the whole file once a change has been made instead of syncing just the part that's been edited which is far quicker - like Dropbox.
• Why is there a need for a 540GB daily limit for syncing files which can be worked around with a *.ini file edit.
• Upload file size limit is too small.
• The cost of 2TB storage is a bit excessive.

etc etc .... 

As a 365 subscriber I tend to flick between Dropbox and Onedrive hoping that Onedrive can deliver thus removing the need for Dropbox. However, Dropbox just works, shares with ease, doesn't have any upload/download restrictions or sync errors when performing multiple operations...