We just redesigned the left navigation section in Razuna. The redesign brings the Quick-Search in the upper right corner for quicker accessibility and leaves more space on the left side for your Collections and Folders.
Why did we redesign?
Redesigns are meant for better navigation and usability. Moreover, we listened to users feedback and many wished to have more space on the left side. Furthermore, the redesign will fit our future plans for upcoming features. Since we strive to keep Razuna as simple as possible, we are happy to say that the redesign cleaned up the user interface even more.
The Quick-Search
Searching is an integral part of any serious Digital Asset Management System. As many have found out, Razuna features a complete solution to index all your assets be it Video, Images, Audio or Documents (yes it does full indexing of PowerPoint, Word, Excel and PDF files).
Now with the new spot for the Quick-Search panel you will have it right in your upper right corner (instead of the left side above the folders). By clicking on the down arrow you still have the option to choose to search for certain asset types or continue on with the Advanced Search.
The Explorer
With the Quick-Search placed in the upper right corner, we now have more free space on the left side, thus giving you more room for your Collections and Folders.
We also, put the available actions for Collections or for your Folders in convenient a drop down menu and thus done away with the cluttering of links that might have been more confusing then helpful.
In the drop down menu you will find your actions for the sections easily accessible like Adding a new Folder (Only for Administrators on the root level), Reloading of the Folder-Tree and much more. The same actions are of course available for the Collections.
Your personal action menu
In the upper right corner navigation, right next to the Quick-Search, you will now see the username of the currently logged in user (99% of the time this is you).
When you click on your name, you will get a panel with relevant user actions, like changing your preferred language, account settings and more.
Additional View for editing Assets quickly
Last but not least, we added a new convenient Quick-Edit View to your asset listing in the folder view. With the new Quick-Edit View you can edit the filename, description and keywords right from the overview of the assets. This combined with the already existing “batch” function is a powerful way to quickly edit your assets without much navigation, reloading and waiting for the application to load.
It’s live
All the described updates are live in your Razuna account and ready for you to work with! Users of Razuna self hosted have to wait until the next update release. We think you’re going to find the redesign a big improvement.
Thank you for using Razuna.
