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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  2. Default Billable Status, New Project Budgeting Types, Duplicate Task Lists
  3. New Time Reports, Sidebar Collapse, Timesheet, Internal Hourly Rates
  4. Refurbished My Work, Notification Bell EAP, Invoice QR Code
  5. Target Project Budget, New Column View EAP
  6. Personal Timesheet, Time Report Custom Date Range
  7. In-app Chat Introduction, Default Client Visibility, Stopwatch Project Name
  8. My Work EAP, Storage Add-on, Self-hosted ActiveCollab 7.0
  9. Default Budget Alert Percentage, Task Improvements
  10. Column View Improvements, Budget Alerts, Availability-based Date Picker
  11. Refreshed Column View, Project Stopwatch, Get Paid Free Tryout
  12. 90-Day Trial, Time Tracking Enhancements, Uptime
  13. ActiveCollab Monthly Updates: December 2019
  14. Timeline View Improvements, Future Workload Planning, Project to Template
  15. Project Timesheet and Stopwatch
  16. New Comment Options and Time Estimates’ Visibility
  17. ActiveCollab 8.0: Batch Edit Time Records, Early Access Program
  18. Upgraded Editor, Activity Grouping
  19. ActiveCollab 8.0: Virtual Users and User History
  20. November Recap: ActiveCollab 8 Rollout, Calendar, Task Reports, and Invoices
  21. ActiveCollab 8.0: Assignments Dashboard, Estimates, User Profile, Teams, and Trash
  22. ActiveCollab 8.0: My Work and Estimates
  23. ActiveCollab 8.0: People Page and Subtasks
  24. ActiveCollab 8.0: Subtask Due Date and Batch Edit
  25. Improved Invitations and Expense Tab
  26. Subtask’s Due Date, People Page Improvements, Comment to Task, and Duplicate Notes
  27. Default Tax Rates, Invoice Taxes, Comment Time&Date
  28. List View and Task Filtering
  29. Group Tasks by Start Date, ActiveCollab 8.0: List View
  30. Improved Search Bar, ActiveCollab 8.0: List View
  31. Storage Info, ActiveCollab 8.0: Time Indicators
  32. ActiveCollab 8.0: Upcoming Early Access Program
  33. ActiveCollab 8.0: Improved Search and Task Navigation
  34. Self-Hosted Upgrade, ActiveCollab 8.0: Enhanced Search Page and Subscribers List
  35. ActiveCollab 8.0: User Card, Pin Discussions
  36. Budget Intervals, ActiveCollab 8.0: Navigate Discussions, Edit Labels, Move Task Lists
  37. Managing Recurring Tasks and Notes
  38. Recurring Tasks on Workload and Custom Availability
  39. Custom Availability and Time Tracking Limits
  40. Two-factor Authentication and Time Tab Improvements
  41. Intuitive Task List Reorder, New Task Filters, Magic Link Login
  42. Task Filters, Batch Editing, Project Progress Bar, Overview of Completed Tasks
  43. Template Start Date, New Project Header, Mobile App Stopwatch, Notification Scheduling
  44. Apply Template, G-drive & Dropbox Attachments Previews, Quick Chat Reactions
  45. New Project Icons, Increased Mobile App Speed
  46. ActiveCollab Annual Updates: 2021
  47. Completed Projects Tab, Clickable Timesheet, Mobile App Reminders
  48. New Projects Page, Convert Chat Message to Task, Webhooks Improvements
  49. New Projects Page Header, Chat Reactions, Company Days Off
  50. In-app Chat Launched, Mobile App People Page
  51. Past Workload, Attachment UI Improvements, In-app Chat EAP
  52. New Mobile App Launched, In-app Chat Custom Groups
  53. In-app Chat Improvements, In-app Reminder Notification, Mobile App Beta Testing
  54. Browser Notifications, Task Dependencies Improvements, In-app Chat EAP
  55. ActiveCollab Annual Updates: 2020
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