Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for sorting one or more files hosted by a collaborative application. In one aspect, one or more activity signals associated with one or more files hosted by the collaborative application may be received from a substrate. An activity-based sort order may be determined using at least a combination of the one or more activity signals. The activity-based sort order may be applied to sort the one or more files hosted by the collaborative application for display in a user interface to an activity object of the collaborative application.

Abstract: In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for enabling real-time gestures on shared canvases are presented. A shared object service may be associated with a plurality of shared objects. A plurality of user accounts and/or client devices may be granted access to a shared object. Each client device that accesses the shared object may store a distributed data structure locally that corresponds to the shared object. When client devices perform operations associated with the shared object the operations are logged by the shared object service and timestamped. Those operations are then reported to the client devices, where cursor movements can be rendered in real time. If cursor movements and/or user input device operations associated with a cursor meet conditions for a gesture operation the cursor may be transformed to a gesture/animation and rendered on canvases of each connected client device.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for sorting one or more files hosted by a collaborative application. In one aspect, one or more activity signals associated with one or more files hosted by the collaborative application may be received from a substrate. An activity-based sort order may be determined using at least a combination of the one or more activity signals. The activity-based sort order may be applied to sort the one or more files hosted by the collaborative application for display in a user interface to an activity object of the collaborative application.

Abstract: In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods, and devices for interacting with sharable dynamic objects are presented. A sharable dynamic object comprising a source file for a component may be accessed. A distributed data structure corresponding to the component may be generated. The component may be rendered in a host software application by processing the distributed data structure. An interactive control element may be rendered in the component, wherein the interactive control element comprises: a component location portion populated with identities of a plurality of distributed host experiences the component is included in, a component embedding portion populated with identities of a plurality of sharable objects that are selectable for automatically embedding the component in, and a copy component portion selectable for copying a link to the source file for the component.

Abstract: A method for generating a comment capsule for a content segment includes receiving the comment related to the content segment, receiving data associated with the comment, the data including at least one of an identifier for the content segment to which the comment relates, an identifier for a user generating the comment, and a time at which the comment was generated, generating display data for displaying the comment in a comment capsule, and transmitting the display data for displaying the comment capsule in a user interface screen associated with the content segment. The comment capsule is displayed on the user interface screen inline with the content segment, and an appearance of the comment capsule is dynamically changeable based on at least one of a number of comments received for the content segment, a size of the content segment, and a read status of the comment.

Abstract: In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for interacting with sharable dynamic objects are presented. A sharable dynamic object comprising a source file for a component may be accessed. A distributed data structure corresponding to the component may be generated. The component may be rendered in a host software application by processing the distributed data structure. An interactive control element may be rendered in the component, wherein the interactive control element comprises: a component location portion populated with identities of a plurality of distributed host experiences the component is included in, a component embedding portion populated with identities of a plurality of sharable objects that are selectable for automatically embedding the component in, and a copy component portion selectable for copying a link to the source file for the component.

Abstract: A computing device for organizing a collaborative workspace for a user implements providing, using a display of the computing device, an interactive user interface associated with the collaborative workspace in which the user may work on a shared task in a coordinated fashion with other users; identifying, based on one or more factors, one or more activities specific to the user from within the collaborative workspace; assigning the identified one or more activities to a catch-up list associated with the user; displaying, within the interactive user interface, the catch-up list; detecting that at least one of the one or more activities has been addressed from within the collaborative workspace or the catch-up list; and updating, based on the detection, the collaborative workspace and the catch-up list.

Abstract: A data processing system implements receiving, from a first user, a first request to submit a first template for an electronic document to a template publication service, the request includes first policy information indicating who may access the template and is available only to users who are associated with a first organization; storing the first template and the first policy information in a template data store; receiving, from a second user, a second request for available templates from the template data store; determining that the second user has access to the first template based on the policy information and the information identifying the second user indicating that the second user is associated with the first organization; including the first template in a plurality of first templates determined to be available to the second user; and causing the plurality of first templates available to the second user to be displayed.

Abstract: In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for interacting with sharable dynamic objects are presented. A sharable dynamic object comprising a source file for a component may be accessed. A distributed data structure corresponding to the component may be generated. The component may be rendered in a host software application by processing the distributed data structure. An interactive control element may be rendered in the component, wherein the interactive control element comprises: a component location portion populated with identities of a plurality of distributed host experiences the component is included in, a component embedding portion populated with identities of a plurality of sharable objects that are selectable for automatically embedding the component in, and a copy component portion selectable for copying a link to the source file for the component.

Abstract: A method for generating a comment capsule for a content segment includes receiving the comment related to the content segment, receiving data associated with the comment, the data including at least one of an identifier for the content segment to which the comment relates, an identifier for a user generating the comment, and a time at which the comment was generated, generating display data for displaying the comment in a comment capsule, and transmitting the display data for displaying the comment capsule in a user interface screen associated with the content segment. The comment capsule is displayed on the user interface screen inline with the content segment, and an appearance of the comment capsule is dynamically changeable based on at least one of a number of comments received for the content segment, a size of the content segment, and a read status of the comment.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for sorting one or more files hosted by a collaborative application. In one aspect, one or more activity signals associated with one or more files hosted by the collaborative application may be received from a substrate. An activity-based sort order may be determined using at least a combination of the one or more activity signals. The activity-based sort order may be applied to sort the one or more files hosted by the collaborative application for display in a user interface to an activity object of the collaborative application.

Abstract: In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for enabling real-time gestures on shared canvases are presented. A shared object service may be associated with a plurality of shared objects. A plurality of user accounts and/or client devices may be granted access to a shared object. Each client device that accesses the shared object may store a distributed data structure locally that corresponds to the shared object. When client devices perform operations associated with the shared object the operations are logged by the shared object service and timestamped. Those operations are then reported to the client devices, where cursor movements can be rendered in real time. If cursor movements and/or user input device operations associated with a cursor meet conditions for a gesture operation the cursor may be transformed to a gesture/animation and rendered on canvases of each connected client device.