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A bunch of new features and a seamless user experience across all the M-Files products have been introduced with the M-Files January 2024 Release. In addition, it will bring a fresh look across all M-Files products and additional Business Benefits.
In this blog, I will give a summary of the new Features and Business Benefits including pictures of the new look and feel of the different M-Files products.
Furthermore, I will also share the instruction to follow, in order to keep the former colour scheme.

Business Benefits of the M-Files January Release 2024

Outlined below you will find a list of the most important Business Benefits.

Consistent User Experience: Streamlined and cohesive design across products for a consistent and intuitive user experience.
Enhanced Accessibility: Improved color contrast and accessibility features will cater to a broader audience, ensuring a positive experience for users with diverse needs.
Efficient Learning Curve: Quicker adaptation to the unified design, as common elements and patterns create a more efficient learning curve.
Increased User Satisfaction: A cohesive and accessible design contributes to higher user satisfaction.

Summary of the main new Features of the M-Files January Release 2024

Features below will give you a list of the major improvements.

M-Files Desktop Client and M-Files Web Client have the same visual identity.
In the M-Files comments feature you have the option to mention someone by using the @ plus the name. In addition, this will trigger a notification.
M-Files Desktop is supporting the copy of many links at once. You can now select many objects and create links to them at once in M-Files Desktop.
It is now possible to set the session timeout individually. This can be easily done under the Advanced Vault Settings section.
To streamline the process, improved sharing options were implemented.
Description out of the M-Files Release Notes: “Sharing options in M-Files Desktop have been clarified, and rarely used features have been removed if M-Files Web is enabled. PDF options have been moved to a “Save as PDF” section of the context menu. These are user interface changes only and have no effect on the API.“.

Joonas Linkola (Senior Partner sales Engineer at M-Files) shared a nice summary of the release note on LinkedIn.

For further details, please take a look at the official M-Files Release Note.”

How it looks now…

Reverting to the previous M-Files colour scheme

Open the M-Files Admin application and navigate to the Vault you would like to modify.
Click on Configuration => Client => Desktop => Appearance.
Particularly, the parameters below have to be adapted.