If you spend a lot of time inGoogle Drive, you know how tedious it can be to stay on top of updates. From comments to edits, things can quickly become hectic, especially as requests start to pour in for file and document access. Now, Google is making tweaks to streamline the process and speed up the time it takes to sift through your updates.
In an announcement posted to the company blog,Google explainedon Thursday that it would be rolling out a new view in Drive for all Workspace users. The view mode, which can be generated from the navigation menu, is a pop-out that depicts all of your recent activity. Here, you can see all new comments, file approvals, and pending access requests in one area, reducing the odds of something slipping through the crack.
Google is seemingly aware of the difficulties that can come up while using Drive. Its wide array of products and services can be both beneficial and burdensome — when multiple people use Drive to collaborate, in particular. For this reason, the company continues to develop new features for Drive that alleviate common pains. For example, dedicated search chips for specific files wererolled out earlier this year. Albeit simple, the update not only allowed users to find content based on file types, but also added a chip to People — this grouped all files owned by a specific owner, making them easier to organize.
Aspam folder was also introducedto Google Drive a few months back for additional organization. On occasion, other Drive users might share documents with you — ones that you don’t necessarily want in your dashboard. Spam bots have also taken advantage of the opportunity to share malicious files with unsuspecting Drive users. Upon moving a document into your spam folder in Drive, you’re able to report the file, as well as block the sender altogether. After 30 days, Google automatically deletes it for you.
While it may seem like these changes are all relatively minor, it’s hard to argue with the fact that they ultimately improve the user experience. Google appears to understand the value of refining its products and services, if only to give people incentive to continue using them. It’s hard to picture something groundbreaking coming to Google Drive any time soon. That being said, there’s nothing wrong with software improvements, especially if they’re for the sake of saving time.
