{"id":14002,"date":"2018-01-02T11:56:32","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T10:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/?p=14002"},"modified":"2025-02-05T08:08:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T08:08:01","slug":"new-2-4-0-owncloud-client-oauth2-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/blogs\/new-2-4-0-owncloud-client-oauth2-support\/","title":{"rendered":"The new 2.4.0 ownCloud Client with OAuth2 support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ownCloud Desktop client helps ownCloud users to have their data available on their computers. A lot of new features are giving you more control over your data.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">The <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">open standard <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">OAuth2, <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">and its<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> secure authorization flow <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">enhances security and makes the integration of third party apps easier. OAuth2 protects your and your users data by getting more access control. You can read more about it in our <a class=\"western\" href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/blog\/introducing-oauth2-secure-authorization-flow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OAuth2 announcement blogpost<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14048\" src=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ownCloud-Desktop-Client-OAuth2-login.gif\" alt=\"ownCloud Desktop Client OAuth2 login\" width=\"600\" height=\"385\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\">Improving the look of the ownCloud client<\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">The s<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">haring <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">d<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">ialog <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">improve<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">d<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> its looks: the desktop client now natively supports multiple public link shares, which were <a class=\"western\" href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/blog\/introducing-owncloud-x\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">introduced in ownCloud X<\/a>. We also included more options (e.g. to switch file listing for public folder shares) and improved the overall handling. Private and public sharing are in <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">different tabs <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">now. Our Goal is to streamline UX from server<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">desktop and mobile client. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">o<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">wnCloud is a platform for any device you work on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14005 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ownCloud_new_share_dialog.gif\" alt=\"ownCloud new share dialog\" width=\"608\" height=\"310\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14046 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ownCloud-multiple-share-links.gif\" alt=\"ownCloud multiple share links\" width=\"428\" height=\"614\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another improvement in usability is that from now on you can copy and open the private link (previously direct links) from the context menu. This saves a lot of time and is more intuitive:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14045\" src=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ownCloud-private-link.gif\" alt=\"ownCloud private link\" width=\"600\" height=\"374\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally there is quite a number of improvements in the overlay icons and their performance to better reflect file status. The file explorer sidebar entries for Windows &amp; macOS are now fully branded with the ownCloud icon (although for Windows 10 it will be available from the 2.5.0 release).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14007 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ownCloud_finder_with_icon_on_the_side.png\" alt=\"ownCloud finder with icon on the side\" width=\"882\" height=\"548\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>When you share a file, the green overlay icon changes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14006 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ownCloud_share_overlays.gif\" alt=\"ownCloud share overlays\" width=\"532\" height=\"256\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can let others do anonymous uploads now, by sharing an empty folder to them. Just share the link to a group, and look what data you can collect. This way others don&#8217;t need an ownCloud account anymore to share their files with you.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14043\" src=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ownCloud-anonymous-uploads.gif\" alt=\"ownCloud anonymous uploads\" width=\"600\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\">Avatars<\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Where previously the <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Avatars <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">just displayed a gray figure, you can now see your ownCloud profile picture <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">in <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">the<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> Account Tab.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14004 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ownCloud_avatar_in_account.png\" alt=\"ownCloud Avatars in Desktop Client\" width=\"719\" height=\"488\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are now more Filters in the Activity tab to avoid mixing up entries from different accounts\/folders, more clear display of error and conflict messages; now linked from the account tab (to avoid excessive amounts of information in there). The entries can be sorted by name, date, etc. now so it\u2018s easier to track them down and solve the issue.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14047\" src=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ownCloud-sync-conflicts-view.gif\" alt=\"ownCloud sync conflicts view\" width=\"600\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\">Improving the data flow to ownCloud, step by step<\/h2>\n<p>This version also comes with a huge number of small technical improvements and refactoring. The data flow and general interaction with an ownCloud server was improved in several small points. The client is now able to adapt to a wider range of redirections, so it can transparently adapt when servers switch URLs.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally we made several advances to the sync behavior: the new dynamic chunking logic will result in faster uploads. You have now The capacity to upload conflict files based on a client setting or a better handling of errors and local renames, just to give a few examples.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\">Upgrade now!<\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">As this is a huge improvement, you should get the new version now. If you don&#8217;t use the Desktop client yet, get it on our <a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">download page<\/a> for Linux, MacOS, and Windows. If you use it already, the auto updater should bring it to you in the next days.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\">Thanks to all our contributors<\/h2>\n<p>Big thanks to <a class=\"western\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/owncloud\/client\/graphs\/contributors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">everyone who contributed<\/a> to this version! Open Source contributors are helping shape the platform and make ownCloud more useful everyday.<\/p>\n<p>If you also want to get involved in the client development, there&#8217;s many ways to take part: you can find some &#8222;<a class=\"western\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/owncloud\/client\/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">good first issues<\/a>&#8220; that are a great entrypoint to the project. Want to improve the client translations for your language? Just check <a class=\"western\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transifex.com\/owncloud-org\/owncloud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our projects in Transifex<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Your feedback is really important for us. If you stumble upon an issue don&#8217;t hesitate to report it on <a class=\"western\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/owncloud\/client\/issues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our GitHub page<\/a>. For questions and comments you can either post at <a class=\"western\" href=\"https:\/\/central.owncloud.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Central<\/a> or get in touch at #owncloud-client-dev on freenode IRC. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We proudly present you the new ownCloud Desktop Client 2.4.0 with OAuth2 support and streamlined UI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":14013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[395,225,364,145,427,58,162],"class_list":["post-14002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-client","tag-community","tag-contribution","tag-desktop-client","tag-oauth2","tag-open-source","tag-owncloud-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14002"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79101,"href":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14002\/revisions\/79101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}