# ownCloud User Manual

# What’s New for Users in ownCloud 8.1

## Groups Listings on Personal Page

Now you can see which ownCloud groups you belong to on your Personal page in the Web interface.

## Desktop Sync Client Shares From File Manager, Selective Sync

The Desktop Sync Client now allows you to share files directly from your file manager, and has a new graphical selective sync file chooser. See the ownCloud Desktop Client Manual for more information.

## Favorites

Users can now assign a favorite icon to files and folders. Look for improvements in this feature in future ownCloud editions to make finding and managing files even easier.

## Improved Federated Cloud Sharing

Federated Cloud Sharing, introduced in ownCloud 7 as Server-to-Server sharing, allows you to mount file shares from remote ownCloud servers, and create a “cloud of ownClouds”. In ownCloud 8 the process for creating a new sharing link is easier and more streamlined.

## Improved Search

The search interface has been streamlined and simplified, with more features including enhanced result set reporting and additional search parameters.

## Web Interface Enhancements

The ownCloud Web interface has been improved to make it easier for all users to access, edit, sync and share their files.

## Download Broker Improves Performance

When ownCloud delivers universal file access to end users, files from many different document sources are aggregated into a single interface and served to end users. In some cases, passing all of the files aggregated in this interface through a single server, ownCloud, slows down data access. ownCloud now supports direct downloads of files from select storage back-ends, reducing the load on the ownCloud server without sacrificing control over the files that are stored in the various back end systems.