ActiveCollab 8.0: User Card, Pin Discussions

By ActiveCollab Team 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. 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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