New update going online shortly....some nice additions added

It's that time of week again! Savage day outside, sun is splitting the stones and as my office is 4 solid walls, the only windows I get to look at are on my computer....

It's time to update.

So what's coming with this version?

  • Finally added a new way of attaching files to messages. You can now pick from existing files and it fixes the bug where the flash uploader loses the files if you flick between tabs.
  • Sort tasks in a list : You can now sort the tasks in each task list. New option in the task list options drop down
  • Mac friendly file names. We run windows and windows doesn't like some characters in the file name. We found a fix for this.
  • Everything : All Tasks : The thing that gave me grey hair. I'm happy with it now.
  • Tasks : Notice the nice new interface for the person responsible? Done. This drove me nuts. 5 different variations and we're happy with the one going up.
  • Bug fixes : yes, we found some and they're fixed.
  • Everything : All Tasks : Added ability to see tasks per person, tasks assigned to all people and tasks NOT assigned to people (I'm going to add in a bit to this to filter by "Tasks I have assigned...."
  • Comments : These are now ordered most recent first (Thanks Dawn!)
  • Copying a project now has an option to keep stuff off weekends


There are some other minor updates which we'll go into on the main product blog.

On another note, I didn't get to talk to Mike about the iPhone post yet but we'll get something next week. BTW: Rick, you're a legend ;-) Thanks for the comment on the iPhone post....

Some screenshots:

New task listing:

The new task listing was a nightmare. We didn't want to make it too different but it's a section we use everyday (the killer part) and we were not happy with the existing way:

The names at the start are good. They just blend too much into the task and looks messy. It's also harder to spot what is yours....

The new way is much better. This was not easy. We changed this 5 times until we were happy with it. The hover on the name (highlighting in black) makes it more intuitive to edit the task too....a request we get so often.....


All Tasks : Sorted by date due

Hope you like these improvements. Along with the API Docs, API programming and new features we have been busy this week.....

Dan.
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Yeah, in my own mind! Thanks for these changes. It really does make things easier. Very nice!
— Rick Cogley
"Comments : These are now ordered most recent first (Thanks Dawn!)"

Yeah... no thanks Dawn. I appreciate that SOME people would like this, but why would you change something this fundamental to everyone and not provide an option to change it back?

Again, each to their own but to me it is counter-intuitive to have to scroll up FROM the bottom to read through a thread, and then scroll back DOWN to the bottom to leave a comment.

Please provide a setting to change this back. Thanks!

— Rimfya
I am one of the ones who has requested newest-on-top comments, because scrolling to the bottom of a task with 500 comments is a pain, every time you want to use the tabs. Now, since I'm following the thread anyway, the newest are at the top and I can also move elsewhere in the project without getting carpal tunnel. I welcome the change, but could see where someone might want an option to toggle it. Kind of like the religious wars about Microsoft vs Unix email thread display, lol.
— Rick Cogley
I can't say I'm up to date on the email thread argument, but I appreciate that you like working differently to me.

Glad you agree a toggle would be nice :)

Here's the workflow I see a problem with:
1. Send a link to someone to review a task
2. They read the task description at the top
3. They scroll to the bottom to read the first replies
4. They scroll to the top reading the replies
5. They scroll to the bottom to add a a comment

— Rimfya
Ah, Rimfya, good point on having to re-scroll to add the comment. Maybe we need the ability to toggle both the sort order and the comment box itself... hmm.
— Rick Cogley
Hi Rick, Dawn and Rimfya.

I am going to revert the comments back to the ascending order until I figure out how to serve both needs. I'm getting too much negative feedback on this change and may have been too hasty in implementing it. I'm taking everyones points into consideration and will work on a better implementation.

Dan.

— Daniel Mackey
Thanks for the transparency Dan!
— Rimfya
Understood. I am sure what you design will be the cat’s meow. :-)
Regards,Rick 
— Rick Cogley