Past Workload, Attachment UI Improvements, In-app Chat EAP

By ActiveCollab Team 2 min read
Past Workload, Attachment UI Improvements, In-app Chat EAP

Hi everyone,

We hope you're enjoying the summer days and that you're ready for another recap of ActiveCollab updates. Last month we had the pleasure of announcing the new mobile app. This month, we'll be talking about:

Workload in the past

Workload is a planning tool, and we designed the feature with that in mind, letting you map out your team's assignments and days off for the upcoming weeks and months. However, many of you asked for the possibility to review what's been mapped out in the past, so we made that possible as well. Now, you can check out the assigned tasks for up to two months in the past by finding the calendar icon within Workload and selecting the preferred period. We'd also like to use this opportunity to remind you that only tasks with a due date will appear in Workload!

Attachments (UI improvements)

As you may already know, you can upload files from your computer or attach them from Dropbox and G-Drive. We've improved the UI of uploads and made it more compact to communicate better how the system is processing your files.

What propelled us to work on this enhancement is that we were coming up with an elegant way to attach files to our latest feature, which brings us to the next topic.

In-app Chat EAP

If you haven't applied for the Early Access Program yet, what are you waiting for? Contact us and start chatting within your favorite project management tool. As we said in the previous paragraph, attaching files to conversations is what we tackled in July. You'll find the same UI in the chatbox as it is in tasks, notes, and discussions. We believe sharing files is as important as sharing textual messages, so after making it possible to chat with custom groups, this was the first next challenge on the list.


For now, this is the only place in ActiveCollab where you can send files without an accompanying message, a concept we may expand to other parts of the app as well. What do you think about the idea? Let us know!

Mobile app

June 21st was a big day for us, as we launched the new and shiny mobile app. Haven't downloaded it yet? Quick, to the App Store and Play Store! Since the release, this is what we improved:

  • Enhanced comment field visibility
  • Project ID added
  • Improved deep linking
  • In-app browser for external links
  • Due date picker bug fix

We'll keep improving your mobile experience week by week and adding features currently available only on the web and desktop app.

Uptime

The uptime in July was 99.83%, with short downtimes at the beginning and end of the month. We sincerely hope they didn't cause too much of an inconvenience to your team. If you ever experience any trouble, contact us, and we'll get right on it.


Coming up

As the holiday season is in full swing, we'll keep working on the Projects page, improving the sorting and filtering of projects. Also, the in-app Chat will develop further, and we'd love to hear your feedback - join the Early Access Program!

The mobile app will be enriched with Google login, push notifications for our Self-Hosted users, and an expanded People page where you'll be able to see assignments and availability records when selecting a team member. Enjoy the summer, and we'll see you next month with a fresh batch of updates!

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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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