ownCloud 7 Features

This collects all the new features of ownCloud 7. This will be used for the release announcement.

Main Features

• Improved user-interface including a new sidebar
• Files list supports sorting and infinite scrolling
• Removal of the "Shared" Folder – shares can now be moved anywhere
• Better Display of sharing information including new sharing overview pages
• Overview of external storage mounts of the current user
• New user-management interface with better group management and search
• ownCloud Documents gets annotation and MS Word support
• Syncing speed improvements
• Big web-interface speed improvements because of static css/js files and more AJAX
• First version of server to server sharing
• Improved activity app including a new design
• Send activity notification emails
• Support for SWIFT based object stored as primary storage
• Responsive design to work better on tablets and smartphones
• New external storage backend that uses ownCloud credentials to connect to a Samba share
• Overlay icon API for clients – now sync status icons can be shown on files directly on the desktop!

Minor Features

• Password strength indicator
• enable/disable sharing by group
• enable apps by group
• Default share expire
• Force users to set a sharing password
• LDAP improvements
• Antivirus app offers more options if a virus is detected
• New web hooks system
• A migration script can migrate between different databases
• Improved ownCloud upgrade process
• Mailserver configuration wizard
• Email template editor
• Better controllers for App Framework
• Simple database layer for App Framework
• Support DB connections via sockets
• Easy CORS implementation for App Framework
• PDF viewer for public shared documents
• Up to date app development documentation

And many more

Schedule

• June 6th Feature freeze. All new features have to be merged by then. Please submit your pull requests as soon as possible so that the reviewers have time to review and to give you feedback. If you are working on bigger features please inform Frank as soon as possible.
• June 9th Release ownCloud 7 alpha 1
• June 21th Release ownCloud 7 alpha 2
• June 26th Release ownCloud 7 beta 1 Only important bugfixes are allowed from now on.
• July 3rd Release ownCloud 7 RC 1 Only showstopper bugfixes are allowed from now on. stable7 branches are created.
• July 13th Release ownCloud 7 RC 2
• July 17th Release ownCloud 7 RC 3
• July 21th Final packages
• July 23th Announcement and public availability