New Mention Types, New Task Menu

By ActiveCollab Team • • 2 min read
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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! 

Other posts in the series on ActiveCollab Monthly Updates

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

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