ActiveCollab 8.0: User Card, Pin Discussions

By Jelena Slatinac 2 min read
ActiveCollab 8.0: User Card, Pin Discussions

Hello everyone,

Welcome to May's edition of ActiveCollab's updates! Our previous recap discussed the Self-hosted upgrade and the development of version 8.0. This time, we'll talk about user cards and pinned discussions.

User Card

In ActiveCollab 8.0, it will be possible to open a user's card throughout the app. It will contain basic information on a user, such as their email and the teams they belong to. From this card, you'll get a shortcut to a chat conversation with the user and their full profile if you want to view their upcoming days off or activity.


You'll be able to access the user card from many places: comments on tasks, notes, and discussions, Workload, timesheets, and so on. The plan is to expand these cards in the future with the most helpful information!

Pin Discussions

The integrated Chat feature in ActiveCollab is great, but like any other chat platform, its main feature and drawback are that messages flow away and important information gets lost. You can use discussions to talk about sorted topics, and now you'll be able to pin the most relevant ones to the top. This is also a great way to keep important announcements where everyone can see them.


A notification dot is another feature we added, indicating whether there are unread messages in the discussion. As soon as you open them, the dot will disappear.

Uptime

ActiveCollab's uptime in May was 99.9%. If you have any feedback, complaints, or questions you'd like to send our way, hit us up on Twitter or via email!


Coming Up

Whether trying out ActiveCollab 8.0 or using the current version, all our users will get new budget options. Our next recap will go into more detail on weekly, monthly, and yearly project budgets, so stay tuned!

We'll also show an improved way to navigate through discussions. See you in June!

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Other posts in the series on ActiveCollab Monthly Updates

  1. ActiveCollab Annual Updates: 2021
  2. Task Filters, Batch Editing, Project Progress Bar, Overview of Completed Tasks
  3. New My Work Launched, Red Dot Browser Notification
  4. Default Billable Status, New Project Budgeting Types, Duplicate Task Lists
  5. New Time Reports, Sidebar Collapse, Timesheet, Internal Hourly Rates
  6. Intuitive Task List Reorder, New Task Filters, Magic Link Login
  7. Template Start Date, New Project Header, Mobile App Stopwatch, Notification Scheduling
  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
  35. Timeline View Improvements, Future Workload Planning, Project to Template
  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
  39. Budget Intervals, ActiveCollab 8.0: Navigate Discussions, Edit Labels, Move Task Lists
  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
  46. New Mention Types, New Task Menu
  47. In-app Chat Improvements, In-app Reminder Notification, Mobile App Beta Testing
  48. In-app Chat Launched, Mobile App People Page
  49. Improved Invitations and Expense Tab
  50. ActiveCollab 8.0: Subtask Due Date and Batch Edit
  51. ActiveCollab 8.0: People Page and Subtasks
  52. Two-factor Authentication and Time Tab Improvements
  53. ActiveCollab 8.0: Assignments Dashboard, Estimates, User Profile, Teams, and Trash
  54. ActiveCollab 8.0: My Work and Estimates
  55. November Recap: ActiveCollab 8 Rollout, Calendar, Task Reports, and Invoices
  56. ActiveCollab 8.0: Virtual Users and User History

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