ownCloud 5 Features

This collects all the new features of ownCloud 5. This will be used for the release announcement.

Improved gallery
Improved media player
Improved Bookmark app
File undelete (planned)
Improved versioning with intelligent expire
External API Framework
Provisioning API
New server side encryption system (planned)
Rewritten filecache for improved performance (planned)
Improved external filesystem support for improved Performance
New userinterface (planned)
PHP apps framework
Improved documentation
Editable User Display Names
LDAP now searches in attributes, not only in the ownCloud username. Search attributes can be configured
Multiple User/Group bases can be configured in the LDAP backend
LDAP backend supports paged results if the server offers it (requires PHP 5.4)
An LDAP/AD backup resp. replica host can be configured
Multiple LDAP / AD servers can be configured
Improved Categories/Groups API
Contacts app organizes contacts by groups + other UI changes
Reverse SSL Proxy support

New navigation design
support for X-Sendfile / X-Accel-Redirect : https://github.com/owncloud/documentation/blob/master/admin_manual/xsendfile.rst
with X-Sendfile/X-Accell-Redirect enabled pause and resume of download is now possible #409
Security: Support for Content-Security-Policy, this seriously mitigates the risk of XSS attacks.
Mount.php is now stored as JSON
LDAP backend does not store the user home directories in user preferences anymore
Support for Routed urls
PDF viewer: Updated pdf.js version, better performance and search function.

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