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I was excited to use DB Dash, and like the fast and thorough search capability BUT the fact that you cannot actually open a file from the Dash window renders this feature unhelpful. When clicking on a file in the Dash results it opens up a browser page with the same list and only there can you actually access the searched for file. This adds an unnecessary step that has caused me to pretty much cease use of Dash. Sigh!
Sure. I'll note that NOW when I click on a file returned in the Dash app popup window, it opens the file in my Brave browser window. Prior (and what I wrote in about earlier), it would spawn a Brave browser tab containing the same search results that were shown in the Dash app window, and from there I could click the file and it would open in the appropriate app. So, eg, I clicked on a .docx in Dash, then it opened a Brave tab with the contents of the .docx
sure.
Note that in addition to Dash taking me to a browser window when I select a file in the Dash App pop-up window (instead of opening it directly as explained in this thread), I cannot open the file on my local system using an on-prem application. Eg, when I select a .pdf, I get 2 options: "download" (why would I download it when it's available to be opened locally if I select the same file in my DropBox folder in my Finder window) or to "open in", which only gives me web-based option depending on what apps I connect.... and btw the OneDrive connector is broken.
this product is clearly in beta and I hope you can fix these bugs b/c at the moment using Dash for me results in much less efficient workflow.
Oh also, I cannot Update Dash in the dashboard.... when I click on that option nothing happens... other menu option do seem to work
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