My thoughts on MediaBin
Rating: 8 out of 10
March 06, 2018
CG
Vetted Review
Verified User
2 years of experience
MediaBin is used to store digital assets like PDFs and JPGs. We can access previous versions of publications and find a variety of images whether they are photographs or illustrations or other design files. I believe access is restricted depending upon your area of the organization and your need to pull files, so as to ensure the internal documents remain so.
- Export files in multiple formats
- Help reduce email clutter as a central repository
- Help with version control
Cons
- Search is often a chellenge - using the file name or "item number" doesn't always bring up the expected results.
- Navigation is not intuitive in places - finding different functions
- The export function is powerful but not always clear, several options seem like the same thing. e.g. Do I need FTP ot HTTP download? Do I care?
- This software is more of a tool that resides in the background, so it is difficult to measure ROI.
- One negative impact is the challenges of managing access and thus limiting productivity when people can't access things.
- Another negative impact is the poor search functionality reducing productivity in finding the correct files when needed.
I was not involved in the selection process but MediaBin seems to be more of a "repository" than a "file-folder" system. It also displays thumbnail previews of files making it useful for sorting through visual elements, like photos or PDFs. I am not certain how it compares with regard to version history.