Allow multiple people to share a link to the same published URL (multiple owners of a Prototype or Design Spec)
Collaborative work: Updating 'share link' of an .xd file not possible on another machine
System: macOS Sierra 10.12.6
XD-Version: 0.8.22.17 Beta
We are working with different people on the same .xd file. Updating the prototype link is only possible on the machine with wich the .xd file was created. The other people can only create new links.
- Create an .xd file
- Publish prototype
- Save the .xd file
- Open the same .xd file on another machine
- Updating the published prototype link not possible (only creation of new link)
We announced CC Spaces in XD today at Adobe MAX! In a space, all members will be able to publish a link. More details to come!
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Ayelet Paz commented
Multiple owners. definitely!
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Omer Nahshon commented
Muti-owners for a prototype sounds perfect!
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Sumeet commented
The ability for multiple people in the team to be able to update the xd file and publish to one common link is a necessity for distributed teams. A multiple ownership approach can work but then there would be a need for version management. People working on the same file at the same time will create messy updates.
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Jason Quiz commented
You have my vote for this feature.
The way our team works, no "single" person owns a file. One person will start the file, but there are changes being made by multiple people and we need the ability to update the prototype link without having to force the person who created the doc to rePublish.
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Jess commented
The inability to all use the same link is a huge issue for us right now. Our team works across three countries with very different time zones and we cannot rely on one person to always be available to update the link when needed. Our poor dev team now has three different design spec links in their documentation because of our need for different designers to publish updates.
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Anonymous commented
Let users edit links names!
Right now I'm working with a colleague on a project. She sent a link to the project to the client. Now I want to make some changes without changing the link, as this link already appears in other docs and was sent to different recipients.
If I could edit the link name I would have been able to update the link without sending it again to all of the end users and docs. -
Christoph S. commented
Please fix this.
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Anonymous commented
Allowing multiple people to update a link, would definitely be helpful. We have a team of designers, and updating links is badly bottlenecked on one person.
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Rob commented
Is there any update on this? I see the comment and admin response were over a year ago.
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Myriam commented
Yes that's exactly what we need Jacob! I work in a team of designers and it would be ideal if we all were owners of one prototype. We had issues before when the owner of a prototype leaves the company or goes on holidays for a long period of time. Thanks.
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Oswaldo Abreu commented
Being able to share/edit is ESSENTIAL. Not allowing it is basically Adobe asking for users of this AMAZING XD Software to basically switch back to Sketch.
AND PLEASE - ADD RULERS! -
Ewa commented
We also work in a team of designers. We develop extensive applications. It is natural that several people develop different tasks for one application. In larger enterprises, there is even no owner of a given file / prototype. Teams are responsible for agile development of solutions for large applications.
At present, it is almost impossible to work in a team. Please, make it possible. -
ht commented
Thinking more about the security concern. If it is really that necessary to babysit updates (which sounds like an internal problem to me, not software, but hey..) Why not just list an update log in the same prototype export panel in xd on a second tab that shows the date / time / adobe ID of each link modification?
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ht commented
I can't imagine why this would be intentional. If you someone has the file, then they can make updates. Why would you not want them to publish those updates? If i don't want someone to make updates, i'm not going to give them access to the file!
I can't imagine that this type of file security is that big of a concern for users. I don't want to have to 'manage' accounts on my links or play the collaboration game. just make the links file specific. that's all we want.
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Arthur 2 Sheds Jackson commented
To retain comments while allowing different contributors to update the prototype, each different contributor has to log in to the same Adobe login. Please allow a prototype to have multiple owners, so the published prototype can be updated by multiple contributors.
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Liran, UX Manager at NICE commented
That's a key feature for us. Without we won't be able to use XD as our primary prototyping tool for our design system.
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Ayelet Paz commented
YES!!! We are also in the same situation, and definitely would like the ability to have multiple owners on the same file and URL.
We are a team of designers working with Jira, and confluence for documentation and each time we update the design we need to change the link.
what happens if the person leaves the company?
Please add this feature. -
Devon commented
As a designer who interfaces with a developer team, I share my prototype link with them and then we collaborate through the development process. This works great except for when I access the file from a different machine than the one I originally shared the link from or if another designer does work on the same XD file. When we try to share a link from the same file but on another machine, we're forced to share a new link.
This is extremely annoying because it almost defeats the purpose of being able to update the share link. It requires us to go through all of the tech teams tasks and make sure that the new link is in there instead of the older link.
It would be nice if when I share a link, the link would stay the same even if the link gets updated in the same file but on another machine.
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Ana commented
Also a Marvel App type of view of all projects for the whole team would be nice. Now the only thing as a designer I can give to my project manager(s) is a link. They can't log in to anywhere to see all the projects our office has with XD prototypes.
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Ana commented
Yes! A thousand times yes! This is what we absolutely need. Multiple designers at our office are working with the same projects. How can you update the prototype when the creator of it isn't around? Even when you create a new link the prototype comments are gone, that's no good.