Open shared links in Windows Explorer
It would be great having the option for shared links to be opened in the Windows Explorer directly (if Box Drive / Box Sync is installed). Today, when a shared link is clicked, e.g. on Slack, it opens in the web browser, adding complexity to the workflow (e.g. having to log in, limited editing functionality, etc.). Most of our team today revert to clicking the shared link just to identify the location of the file in the browser, then finding and opening the file manually on Box Drive.
Thank you for the suggestion. We currently do not have this planned on our roadmap.
Please keep the feedback & use cases coming to help us prioritize this in the future!
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Anonymous commented
"Not planned" isn't at all helpful and doesn't reflect real-world working practices. A shared Box link in a Windows environment requires opening in a browser and subsequent sign in which might also include 2FA. Maintaining an online, unsecured set of Box folders is not good practice. The Box app performs this task perfectly well so why not Windows?
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Anonymous commented
agree and also needed for MacOs Finder. It's very annoying right now that when a colleague shares a file through a box link you cannot know where it is located in the folder structure of box