Humble Dropbox update brings document previews search improvements

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Published 11 Aug 2014

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If you’re one of the many users that take advantage of Dropbox, there’s a small update waiting in the ay Store for you. ile the update may only brings minor features, they’re all rather helpful. 

The first change in the latest version (2.4.3) of Dropbox is that you can now preview documents. This can save you the precious time of downloading a large file, only to find that it wasn’t the one you were looking for. You’ll be able to zoom, view, scroll through any F, rd document, or werint with ease. 

Search has also been improved in the latest Dropbox update, now includes search query tracking typeahead suggestions. ile limited to Dropbox for Business users, shared folders can now have their permissions set to ‘view-only’ right within the app.

st but not least, 2.4.3 includes cache performance improvements, as well as the expected ‘lots of bug fixes.’

though it’s a small update, the ability to preview documents without requiring a file download sounds pretty sweet to me. If you’ve yet to grab it, head over to the ay Store here to get your update on