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Apply Template, G-drive & Dropbox Attachments Previews, Quick Chat Reactions

By ActiveCollab Team • • 2 min read
Apply Template, G-drive & Dropbox Attachments Previews, Quick Chat Reactions

Hi everyone,

Welcome to another edition of ActiveCollab's monthly recaps! In our previous post, we talked about the project page header and the mobile app's progress. This month, we have an interesting topic: templates! Also, we'll talk about the mobile app and our uptime during February.

Apply a template

However exciting and diverse our modern jobs are, there are always some elements that repeat themselves in every process. We understand our users need different types of templates on each project, and now we've enabled a more flexible use of project templates.

You'll find the new option "Apply template" under the three-dot menu in a project. Choose a previously created template, and its tasks will be added after existing task lists.


Here's how we see it: you could have one template for daily tasks, another for weekly, and one specific for project managers, for example. Project A could incorporate Templates 2&3, while Project B needs Templates 1&2. This way, you could automate your processes significantly, using templates as pieces of a puzzle and assembling them as needed.

Mobile app

We hope you find the in-app Chat on the mobile app useful! Since last month, we've made some improvements to that feature and some more:

  • G-Drive and Dropbox attachments preview support
  • Improved iPad support
  • Managing participants in group chats improved
  • Quick Chat reactions: double-tap for thumbs up
  • Long press reactions to view who reacted to messages and comments
  • Quick switch between accounts


Uptime

ActiveCollab's uptime in February was 99.99%. If you ever spot non-optimal app performance, feel free to contact our lovely Support Team via email or Twitter. Also, give us a shoutout if you're happy with our tool, we love hearing our users' feedback!


Coming up

We're looking forward to rolling out the new header on the Project page. The new design will be neater and hopefully improve your experience. The mobile app will be enhanced with the option to schedule notifications. For example, if you'd like to receive notifications only from Monday to Friday, from 10 am to 4 pm, you'll be able to customize your preferences. The Stopwatch is also already under work and will be released soon so that you can track your time on any device!

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Other posts in the series on ActiveCollab Monthly Updates

  1. New My Work Launched, Red Dot Browser Notification
  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
  56. New Mention Types, New Task Menu

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