New Mention Types, New Task Menu

By ActiveCollab Team 2 min read
New Mention Types, New Task Menu

Hello everyone,

Welcome to another monthly recap! Last month, we announced two changes, and we're happy to let you know they've both been released!

New mention types

Finally, you can mention and notify more people at once! There are several ways to do that.

Type @team-name to mention the entire team. Only people who are project members will be mentioned, and you'll also see how many members of that team are already invited to the project. Hover to view the list of those invited to the party.


Use the @Project or @Everyone option to tag everyone in the project. Another new option is @Task/Discussion/Note or @Here, for mentioning all the subscribers.

You can also tag @Leader or @Assignee. The former is to notify a project's leader, the latter to mention the task's assignee without checking who it is.

Possibly the best part of this update is the connection with the Availability records. Naturally, you can still mention one person at a time, but the novelty is the "Unavailable" message right next to someone's name. Hover over it to see which type of day off it is. That way, you'll know immediately whether to expect a reply within that day or not.


New task menu

When you need some task elements such as the task list, assignee, or due date, there's no need to open the task to do it. If you're using the List or Column project view, simply find the three dots and modify the tasks away! This menu is also available when you add new task cards, so you can set more task properties that way.

Uptime


February's uptime is >99.99%. We plan to keep it that way at all times. If you ever notice hiccups or unexpected downtime, let us know!

Coming up

March will keep us occupied with better text input options, affecting tasks, discussions, notes, and comments. Also, we'll be working on a brand new feature, but more info on that soon!

Send us your feedback via Twitter or email! We're always excited to hear it. Toodle-oo! 

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  3. New My Work Launched, Red Dot Browser Notification
  4. Default Billable Status, New Project Budgeting Types, Duplicate Task Lists
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  8. Apply Template, G-drive & Dropbox Attachments Previews, Quick Chat Reactions
  9. New Project Icons, Increased Mobile App Speed
  10. Completed Projects Tab, Clickable Timesheet, Mobile App Reminders
  11. New Projects Page, Convert Chat Message to Task, Webhooks Improvements
  12. New Projects Page Header, Chat Reactions, Company Days Off
  13. New Mobile App Launched, In-app Chat Custom Groups
  14. Default Tax Rates, Invoice Taxes, Comment Time&Date
  15. List View and Task Filtering
  16. Improved Search Bar, ActiveCollab 8.0: List View
  17. Refurbished My Work, Notification Bell EAP, Invoice QR Code
  18. Target Project Budget, New Column View EAP
  19. Past Workload, Attachment UI Improvements, In-app Chat EAP
  20. Personal Timesheet, Time Report Custom Date Range
  21. Storage Info, ActiveCollab 8.0: Time Indicators
  22. ActiveCollab 8.0: Improved Search and Task Navigation
  23. ActiveCollab 8.0: Upcoming Early Access Program
  24. Group Tasks by Start Date, ActiveCollab 8.0: List View
  25. In-app Chat Introduction, Default Client Visibility, Stopwatch Project Name
  26. Browser Notifications, Task Dependencies Improvements, In-app Chat EAP
  27. Upgraded Editor, Activity Grouping
  28. ActiveCollab Annual Updates: 2020
  29. My Work EAP, Storage Add-on, Self-hosted ActiveCollab 7.0
  30. Default Budget Alert Percentage, Task Improvements
  31. Column View Improvements, Budget Alerts, Availability-based Date Picker
  32. Refreshed Column View, Project Stopwatch, Get Paid Free Tryout
  33. 90-Day Trial, Time Tracking Enhancements, Uptime
  34. ActiveCollab Monthly Updates: December 2019
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  36. Self-Hosted Upgrade, ActiveCollab 8.0: Enhanced Search Page and Subscribers List
  37. ActiveCollab 8.0: User Card, Pin Discussions
  38. Managing Recurring Tasks and Notes
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  40. Recurring Tasks on Workload and Custom Availability
  41. Custom Availability and Time Tracking Limits
  42. Project Timesheet and Stopwatch
  43. New Comment Options and Time Estimates’ Visibility
  44. ActiveCollab 8.0: Batch Edit Time Records, Early Access Program
  45. Subtask’s Due Date, People Page Improvements, Comment to Task, and Duplicate Notes
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  47. In-app Chat Improvements, In-app Reminder Notification, Mobile App Beta Testing
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  55. ActiveCollab 8.0: Virtual Users and User History
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