Please keep the dropdown menu in mac

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#4

Thanks for the awesome feedback, @heiba! I’ll course this through our team which will definitely help them. :slight_smile: If you have any more thoughts or ideas, just let me know!

#5

I think we’re seeing two use cases here.

@heiba probably opens Insync mostly just to check the feed. Then just a tray popup makes sense.
Some other users (like me) who use the selective sync/file explorer panel more often would definitely like a standalone window.

This is probably why many sync clients (e.g. official Google & Dropbox clients) show a popup to show feed upon first click, and then show a standalone window when you go into settings/preferences etc. This is way we can perhaps get the best of both worlds. Maybe Insync can consider a similar approach.

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#6

That’s a great way of putting it @Hawk. In your personal use case, would having the standalone window just for settings and preferences be enough for you?

#7

hi @heiba, we appreciate the feedback. I’m curious about what details you check on the Insync feed:

And it seems that you prefer to have an easier way to exit out of Insync. What do you think of a keyboard shortcut like esc to exit?

#8

Good way to put it @Hawk. Do you use both the feed and file manager on Insync? Do you go between the two app screens often?

#9

I think so.
I prefer a standalone window for the file explorer.
I prefer just a popup for the feed.
I don’t have a strong preference for most of the other panels.

Yes

In normal daily use, no. The feed alone mostly suffice.
When doing a somewhat complex and large scale file operation, yes.
Hmmm… I see how this can create a dilemma for UI design.

I think this’ll work nicely at least as a temporary solution.

#10

Hello all,

Just a quick clarification from my side, it’s not just the feed that I check, it’s also the progress, incoming shares, actions required and errors. I currently as of 1.4.9 just click on the InSync icon at the menu bar - regardless of whichever screen or window I am in, and do all my actions, and then just click away easily and be done :slight_smile: No need for a popup window, no need for anything more.

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#11

I prefer everything in one place and be accessible from the menu bar icon. Wouldn’t it be better to make an option where the user can choose between menu bar dropdown tray and between a standalone window ?

#12

No an esc shortcut is not good enough. I don’t want a standalone window to start with. I need just a tray from the menu bar icon

#13

Thanks for sharing, @heiba! I’ll inform our team about this. :slight_smile:

#15

At least make it a proper window if you make it a window. A non-resizable window, non-natively styled, with window decorations on the wrong side is abhorrent.

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#16

I second all of the points stated by Heiba, and rather than creating a new thread, I will add my question here:

I just did a fairly large sync on a fresh install running High Sierra - what is the safest way to downgrade to 1.4.x? I don’t want to assume that I can simply quit the app, replace the 1.5.1 application in the Applications folder and then run the previous version without something going awry. Or can I?

I have a presentation at a university coming up tomorrow and I can’t afford to have an obtrusive window in my way and wish to downgrade asap without having to resync/ jeopardise my data.

Thank you!

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#17

@milehighsounds Sorry for not replying sooner! What you said about downgrading is correct (quit 1.5 > run 1.4). However, we really only encourage users to revert to an older version when it’s absolutely necessary (i.e. current version crashes + other critical issues) especially since we release version auto-updates.

Rest assured we’ve taken note of your feedback regarding the dropdown option! As mentioned, we’ll discuss this with the team and make sure to update Mac users accordingly. :slight_smile:

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#18

The drop down menu was definitely better in my opinion as it was seamless to check latest file syncs etc. then return to other windows rather than having to explicitly close the window

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#19

I’ll +1 you on this. :wink:

#20

Another vote for dropdown to return.

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#21

So any news guys ? Has it been added back ? I’m still on version 1.4.9 and really wish I could upgrade to 1.5.6 but not gonna do it if it hasn’t got the tray.

#22

Hi @heiba,

It hasn’t been added back for v1.5.6. My apologies for this but rest assured I’ll follow this up with the team.

#23

I upgraded to 1.5.6 and my experience now is so much worse than before. Please bring bag the drop-down menu back please.

#24
  • 1 on this. Compared to DropBox, which I just installed, working with Insync has really become a pain. Just one example: I spend maybe 50% of my time in front of a fullscreen Mail. Checking Dropbox activity is perfectly integrated (i.e. dropdown menu, no reason to exit Mail, etc.). In Insync, clicking on the menu bar makes me jump out of Mail, with the need to come back to it later, big distraction if there are other window open, exactly the contrary to what fullscreen operations mean ! And I don’t speak about this window that doesn’t look like anything else (at least anything on a Mac) and stupidly (sorry) stands in the way even when I click elsewhere. I loved Insync for its simplicity and completely transparent way of operating, but I’m just tired of having to break my workflow every 5 minutes to simply check something…