A little over two weeks ago, Sam said in a post that we’d be bringing out lots of updates to the iPhone app and he wasn’t Kidding (that pun wasn’t intentional Sam honest! :)
The latest update has been approved by Apple and is already in the App Store. If you haven’t tried the iPhone app yet, go get it now. If you have the first version go check your updates as normal – we think you won’t be disappointed!
This release adds two new features to get you guys working faster.
Quick Add
First up we’ve changed the way you create tasks. If you’re anything like me you get your ideas in bursts. And nothing kills a good flow of ideas like having to Stop. And Wait. To Upload. Every. Single. Task. Individually. With this latest release of the app, you can enter as many tasks as you like and then upload them all in one go. No waiting around between ideas.
It goes a little further than that though – we’ve worked hard on getting out of your way. So when you start adding a task the keyboard will be there waiting for you – no tap required. To enter multiple tasks just keep on typing. There’s no need to hit an edit button just to delete or re-arrange. And when you’re ready, you can tap on the Drop-Down-Triangle-Dohickey to apply details like ‘Due Date’ and ‘Who’s Responsible’, across all of the new tasks in just one step. Finally, to change details of just one task? Just tap that task and edit as normal.
We already have a few more refinements lined up for this screen, but we think you’ll find adding multiple tasks a much more enjoyable experience.
Today
The second feature is here by popular demand. As well as ‘Pending’ and ‘Overdue’ there’s now a ‘Today’ view. It shows all of the tasks that are due today – without the clutter of the 7-day ‘Due Soon’ ( We actually have big plans for a novel overhaul of Today/DueSoon/Overdue – but we’ll keep that under wraps for a bit longer :)
There’s plenty of other smaller changes and bug fixes which I’ll tag on end of this post, but this is more or less how we see it going – regular updates with one or two main features and a host of smaller changes. Hopefully this way will ensure that your feedback and suggestions will have a direct impact on the development process.
And that ends my very first blog post to be found anywhere on the interwebs.
Mike
Other Features
- Use a custom date picker for the quick add…
- Add a Due Today action on the home screen
- A-Z bar on projects : Not a biggie but would be an awesome help
- case insensitive project index
- Only show index for starred projects if there’s a whole bundle of them.
- Show beveled activity spinner while updating milestones
- link on settings screen to api key instructions
- Add a “Today” button to date chooser in milestone editor
- Pre-set the date chooser to the date of the task
- Completed Milestones text should be green
- Disable “Update” button while updating milestones
- Pre-set the date chooser to the date of the milestone
Bug Fixes
- Edit Task: Person is not remembered so when you save it sets to
- some comments cut off the last line of the message
- Mark task as complete in “All Milestones” refresh bug
- Due Soon table needs to be refresh on next load if something has changed
- Over due table needs to be refreshed on next load if something has changed
- Remove bookmarks from dashboard when changing account
- File Comment in Activity log has no icon
- Add Task : Choose person : Throws a 400 error
- projects title doesn’t take into account the index bar