This release is also the first major undertaking by Kumaran since he reclaimed the leadership at Hightail following the departure of Brad Garlinghouse. Hightail Spaces is moving the company in the right direction, but it’s yet to be seen how quickly growth will occur. ![]() When it comes to quickly making edits and offering feedback, doing so on a small screen like the iPhone can be difficult. Another downside is that while Spaces is available on Hightail’s iOS and Android apps, it’s only for phones, not tablets - when tablets have become the device for creatives. Creative professionals will surely benefit, but some of these features are available on competitors. But is it too late for the company, especially given that the market has been incredibly saturated with similar services? Kumaran doesn’t think so - he believes that while Dropbox and Box are both huge firms, they’re trying to be something for everything: “It’s hard to fight on multiple fronts.” Instead, Kumaran feels that by sticking with a very active vertical, his company can provide a best-in-class service that fulfills a need.īased on the demonstration that I saw, Hightail Spaces is visually appealing, but this release seemed wanting. It appears Hightail is looking to evolve to become more about helping you manage the logistics of your files. They want feedback in real-time and they want their teammates or clients to be able to point directly at a color, music cue, or graphic that is either amazing or could be better.” “Many people, particularly creative professionals, want more than shared links and emailed notes. “In the very near future, the inefficient system of collecting feedback by sharing files back and forth, whether by email or other cloud services will be as outdated a concept as sending a fax,” Kumaran said in a statement. The idea is to better understand which projects are succeeding and which ones aren’t. Metrics tracked include how many people have shared content for a project, have been given access, and more. Users can also take advantage of dashboard analytics. Users can also forward emails directly to a Hightail Spaces email address and within minutes, the system will build a Space around the contacts and attachments from the email (the message itself is left off). There’s some very basic project management tools you can employ like assigning tasks, but you won’t see features that typically clutter up Microsoft Project (no Gantt charts here). Think of a Space as a project repository for your large files. There’s also an integration with Dropbox and Slack, with Google Docs and Microsoft OneDrive support coming soon. ![]() It provides you with rich, contextual feedback, while also enabling commenting and a preview system that lets you view and mark up any Adobe file type, photos, videos, and documents. ![]() So instead of having to constantly download files and upload edited ones, the entire discussion and feedback loop can take place within a so-called Space. Hightail Spaces is a visual representation of any project.
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