1. New Box Web Experience
Inventory of changes

2. Interaction with files/folders Favorites Collaborating & Sharing
Major
(Significant improvements, new features, retired features)
Minor
(Marginal improvements, moved features)
Item information
Syncing content
Comments & Tasks
Shared Link settings
Trash
Sorting
List/Tile view
Updates & Notifications
Upload buttons
Right-click on items
Advanced Search
Metadata Search
Left sidebar
Right sidebar
Applying Metadata
Interaction with files/folders
Favorites
Collaborating & Sharing

3. How to use this document
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Slide layout
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Reason for change
Usability
improvement
Reducing
visual clutter
Screenshots

4. Advanced Search Old experience New experience
Advanced search only accessible after completing a simple keyword search
Restricting search to within a folder only possible through advanced search
Advanced keyword-less search available from all pages, including searching by Metadata
Easily restrict searches to within a particular folder

5. Metadata Search Old experience New experience
Metadata search only accessible after completing a simple keyword search
Metadata search easily available from all pages

6. Left sidebar Old experience New experience No sidebar!
Easy navigation to different views of your content
Possibility to make “Favorites” your default landing page under account settings

7. Right sidebar Old experience New experience
Shows information about the collaborators and shared link details for the folder you’re in
Shows information about the collaborators and shared link details for the folder you’re in, or have selected.
Additional details about
selected files/folders are
accessible in a “Details” tab.

8. Applying Metadata Old experience New experience
Add Metadata under the ‘Details’ tab when you’re previewing content
Add Metadata under the ‘Details’ tab when you’re previewing content, or from right-clicking the item.

9. Interaction with files/folders
Old experience
New experience
Single clicking an item opens it
Use checkbox to multi-select items
Single clicking an items selects it
Double clicking an item or clicking the name opens it
Use Ctrl + click to multi-select items
Ctrl + C shortcut to copy selected items
Ctrl + X shortcut to cut selected items
Ctrl + V shortcut to paste selected items

10. Favorites Old experience New experience
Favorites presented on the “All Files” page
Favorites collected under a new menu option in left sidebar, accessible from any page.
Possibility to make “Favorites” your default landing page under account settings

11. Collaborating & Sharing
Old experience
New experience
Two separate buttons
Collaborate with users via “Invite People” button
Create view-only shared links with “Share this Folder” button
One button
Collaboration invitation and shared link creation consolidated under the “Share this Folder” button
Added description for each option to guide end-users

12. Item information Old experience New experience
Files and folders had the following information beneath the item name:
Sync status
Last updated person/date
Size
Item description
Version number
Number of comments
Select an item and view information either in right sidebar, or columns alongside the item name
Sync status (folders only)….…………....…sidebar
Last updated person/date….……………..column
Size…………………………………….……………..column
Item description……………….…..……….….sidebar
Version number (files only) ...…….….….sidebar
Number of comments (files only)…..….sidebar

13. Syncing content Old experience New experience
Sync items from the option in the dropdown menu
Sync items from the option in the dropdown menu
or select an item to sync it from the right side-bar

14. Comments & Tasks Old experience New experience
Comments input field at the top of sidebar
“Tasks” accessed by a dropdown menu to the right of comments field.
Comments input field at the bottom of sidebar
“Tasks” accessed by checkbox below the comments field.

15. Shared Link settings Old experience New experience
Shared link details below the list of collaborators
Shared link details alongside the list of collaborators
Descriptive text added to help guide end-users

16. Trash Old experience New experience Select Trash from dropdown
Switch between views by button
Trash accessible from left sidebar
Switch between views by dropdown

17. Sorting Old experience New experience
Select sort criteria from dropdown
Sort by clicking column heading

18. List/Tile view Old experience New experience
Select view type from dropdown
Switch view type in main page
Improved tile view

19. Updates & Notifications
Old experience
New experience
Updates and Notifications in the menu bar at the top of the screen
Notifications renamed “Messages”, and accessible through the left sidebar
Updates moved to a dropdown menu

20. Upload buttons Old experience New experience
Upload and “New Document” buttons at the top-left of each page
Upload and “New Document” buttons at the top-right of each page (except “Favorites” and “Synced to Desktop” views)

21. Right-click on items Old experience New experience
When right-clicking on items, many available actions are categorised into many collapsable lists
When right-clicking on items, a simplified range of available actions is available