{"id":541,"date":"2020-10-21T12:57:49","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T12:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1324665"},"modified":"2020-10-21T12:57:49","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T12:57:49","slug":"you-can-now-grant-access-to-google-drive-files-directly-from-gmail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=541","title":{"rendered":"You can now grant access to Google Drive files directly from Gmail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Google absolutely fucked it when it changed its files sharing menu<\/a>. But it appears the company\u2019s making amends: by letting you change Google Drive files directly from Gmail.<\/p>\n

Are you sitting comfortably? Your body relaxed? Mind untethered? Terrific. Then let\u2019s remember what that used to be like.<\/p>\n

You\u2019d share a Google Sheets link \u2014 maybe it was for work, maybe it was personal, I\u2019ll leave that detail to you. You could bask in the knowledge all your hard work would be seen. You sit back, content and brimming with satisfaction. Maybe you go out for a walk. Pop to the cinema. Go hurl stones at cars.<\/p>\n

Then, just as you\u2019re about to begin your break, an automated email arrives. \u201cRequest for access?\u201d The fuck, Jane.<\/em><\/p>\n

Unperturbed, you\u2019ve faced harder challenges after all, you open the message, and find yourself face-to-face with a horrendous button:<\/p>\n

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<\/i><\/a>Oh no.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cUgh,\u201d you say to the wind, \u201cUGH.\u201d On a good day you press the button and flick through a couple of settings before access is granted. Irritating, yes, but not infuriatingly so.<\/p>\n

On a bad day though? On one of those days where \u2014 to quote Mr. William Frederick Durst \u2014 everything\u2019s fucked? When every 50\/50 decision falls the wrong way and you begin to believe in a higher power simply so you can hate Them?<\/p>\n

One of those days? That\u2019s when you click on the button and it opens the Google Drive file from a different account and you realize you\u2019re logged out of the account you need and the login for that account is you password manager and you never bothered downloading the app and can only access it from your desktop and so you raise your fist to the heavens and curse Them once more for what They have done.<\/p>\n

Well, you might have done that, but not any more. You can now grant access to Google Drive files directly from Gmail.<\/p>\n

It looks like this:<\/p>\n

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Google shared this update here<\/a> and confirmed you\u2019ll be able to grant viewing, commenting, or editing rights right from Gmail. Furthermore, you\u2019ll be able to change the permissions of Google Drive files on iOS, Android, and web versions of Gmail.<\/p>\n

The company has already begun rolling this out and it should be enabled on your account by November 7.<\/p>\n

This is beautiful design, the complete opposite of its new sharing menu inside Google Drive files<\/a>. Instead, this Gmail update makes people\u2019s lives easier. It\u2019s intuitive. It\u2019s clever. It\u2019s a gorgeous example of intelligent UX.<\/p>\n

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Published October 21, 2020 \u2014 12:57 UTC <\/p>\n

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