What do you hate about search on Google drive or whatever cloud storage tool you use? (esp if you make/search decks)
Hey y'all,
Would love to hear from the community on where/why search experiences within cloud storage tools like Google drive, Box, Dropbox, etc.
Specifically:
- What do you search for often but have the hardest time finding? Any idea why?
- How often are you searching for an entire document versus part of a doc (things like charts, tables, text blurbs, etc.)?
(For context, we're working through pilots for search tool called Keeper that lets you visually search through docs so you can stop opening files to find a slide or page or chart or diagram, etc. Think pinterest meets doc search. If this is an actual pain for you, you can learn more here - keeper.fyi)
i use the native finder and quick search in macos... is that whAt you’re talking about?
Yes! really trying to understand pain points with native search experiences
one thing that i hate is when folks try to "innovate" when they don't need to.
for instance, have you seen the "dropbox" interface replacement for the native finder in
macOS? it infuriates me! they didn't have to do that (literally a different coat of paint... but worse).I'm sorry I forgot to ask this earlier but what infuriates you about the new Dropbox experience?
Also with
macOS, what are some cases where you are unable to find what you're looking for? (if ever)Thanks!
i mean, you've seen it, right? it does nothing more than finder and yet visually it's a mess.
Some of my main griefs with the built-in search tools on cloud storage platforms have been the lack of detailed data on the stored documents and the lack of searching at scale (ie: searching petabytes of data on google drive does not return all of the documents).
I currently supplemented the information with opensource tools such as https://github.com/simon987/sist2 or combinations of other software like Elastic + git-annex + metadata/ocr/contextual tools
Close integration of multiple clouds and forensic like tools (identification of PII) would also be a plus.