Insiders: New Office Start Experience for Windows clients - tell us what you think!

Hi Ed,

We actually have part of that capability already! We released a feature earlier this year that integrates with your frequently used and followed SharePoint sites connected to Groups/Teams. 

So if you go to File> Open and are signed into your Office365 account (Org-ID) - if you click on the SharePoint icon, you should see a list of the sites associated with your Groups and Teams.

Now I think what you are looking for is the next level, which is navigating directly to the Team channel folder, and that is something we don't support yet- but we are looking to improve the overall experience here, separate from the Start Page.

Thanks again for the feedback!

Patrick

Yes, it is going right to the channels. When a user opens their Team and they get:

• Documents
• Maintenance Log Library
• Teams Wiki Data

as their first directory choice it starts to get confusing.

And it gets worse if they save a file to the Documents folder, as you cannot see anything in that folder in Teams. It should go straight to the channels, and the channel list should be read-only - meaning you cannot save there.

But yes, I love that we can do at least what we can now. So much better than it was before this enhancement. It just requires more training than should be necessary to open/close files.

It would be like Office on the desktop starting to open or save new files at the C:\ drive instead of C:\Users\Username\Documents. Mass chaos.

so you're taking all of the width previously used for icons and using it for one very wide list with (eventually) three tabs; the design wastes a lot of space vertically and horizontally - you only have 7 files shown but you're using more height than you currently use to show 12 files

it's important for me to keep the information density high here

- will we still be able to choose how many files are shown in the recent list?

-will the tab I last opened be sticky?  I want to see my pinned files first the way they are on the jump list

- can we have the option to show and hide the file path so we can see more files without scrolling?- can you experiment with putting the lists side by side when the window is large enough to do so? 

Hi Mary,

Thanks for the feedback!

Yes - we are planning to do work to address the scenario you mention but its separate from the Start Page.

Thanks!

Patrick

Mary,

Thanks for the feedback here!

so you're taking all of the width previously used for icons and using it for one very wide list with (eventually) three tabs; the design wastes a lot of space vertically and horizontally - you only have 7 files shown but you're using more height than you currently use to show 12 files

We will be using that space for some upcoming enhancements - stay tuned!

it's important for me to keep the information density high here

- will we still be able to choose how many files are shown in the recent list?

-will the tab I last opened be sticky?  I want to see my pinned files first the way they are on the jump list

- can we have the option to show and hide the file path so we can see more files without scrolling?- can you experiment with putting the lists side by side when the window is large enough to do so?

So we will definitely consider the points you are bringing up as we evolve the design in the coming months!

  

Keep in mind also that we will still have the full New and Open experiences available as well in the menu. Appreciate the feedback!

Patrick

This is a beautiful concept! I can't wait to see it in action.

I'm also loving how the teams are starting to make discussions about things like this.