Novell has 
released a new desktop client for its file sharing tool Filr, today. The desktop client 1.0.2 brings along some improvements regarding performance and stability, simplified sharing and collaboration with built-in dialogs and a file properties overview. Filr administrators will look forward to easier file sharing policy settings and simplified deployment of the Filr desktop application.
The new features at a glance:
- Built-in share dialog to share files and folders without opening a web browser
- Built-in comments dialog to comment on or view comments for a file or folder without opening a web browser
- Properties overview to see important information (e.g. creator, creation date, shares and access rights, last modified) for files and folders
- Performance and stability improvements through event-driven file synchronization
- Simplified setting of sharing policies, e.g. pre-selecting which folders users have access to
- Simplified process for making the Filr desktop application available from a separate web server
- Added instructions for updating the Filr desktop application on the Filr server or on a separate web server
Read about the improvements of the Filr desktop client version 1.0.2 here and check out the new sharing and collaboration functions in this video. Check the documentation updates before installing or read the full documentation in case you haven’t installed a fillr desktop client yet.
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