Dropbox Makes PDF Viewing Less Painful, Adds Push Notifications For Shared Folders

Just a few days after adding a new set of features to Dropbox for Teams, the cloud storage company rolled out a new version of its iOS application which introduces a few useful additions as well. For starters, it has added an improved PDF viewer, which lets you navigate to any page in the document by tapping on the thumbnail. It’s rather awesome, in fact. The update also introduces push notifications for folders shared with you – a feature that’s now available on Android, too.

The revamped PDF viewer will be particularly welcome for business users, as it not only offers the multi-page layout for easier navigation, it lets you search for keywords or phrases in the PDF file, too. An interesting side note on this – Dropbox is actually using a paid, third party component called PSPDFKit for the viewer. Dropbox’s Stephen Poletto shared this news on Twitter earlier today.

Another new addition which will again appeal to professionals on the service, is the ability to now sort files by the date they were modified – that’s handy for those using shared folders as they collaborate on files that are under revision.

A small thing, perhaps, in the grand scheme of things, but one that’s going to make life easier on a large number of users.

It’s also shows that Dropbox is thinking about the kind of things its business users need. The little pain points that, when combined, can add up to an overall poor experience.

The push notifications option will alert users when someone shares a folder with them. This feature will be handy for both consumers and enterprise alike. While it’s new to Android and iOS, the PDF viewer has not yet made its way to Android at this time. That should change soon, though, as Dropbox tries to keep its platform releases relatively close together.

The updated app is here on iTunes, and the Android version is here.

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