UI improvements around TeamworkPM

As great as it is to release and work on new features it's still really important for us to keep looking for more ways to improve and refine the current features of Teamwork. We are always looking out for ways to improve the user experience and user interface. This month we have rolled out quite a few updates to the UI to make Teamwork easier and more intuitive to use.

Project Category displayed on the project overview

The Category a project is part of not showing anywhere on the actual project overview is something we have heard many times from users through feedback. This month Peter finally got the chance to fix this. The project category is now displayed on the project overview for users who are part of the Owner Company.

Milestone listing and layout updates

This month has also seen a lot of tidying up done to the milestone listings within a project. We have removed the eye hurting bright bar and placed the colour into the milestone date display which lets you know if the milestone is late, upcoming or completed.

The milestone images and text here have also been improved to make them clearer and easier to read. We compacted some wasted space and also introduced more proportioned margins. 

Comment listing and layout updates

We have also given a lick of paint to the comments to make them more pleasing to the eye. You will also notice we have added a very handy hide comment link as well to quickly collapse the comments when they are opened inline from an item such as a task, milestone, file or resource.

The highlight for comments written by you is also subtler and we compacted the Add Comment form until you require it. Any attachments on the comments (and in messages) also got some love and attention.

Task List updates

We standardized the UI for Adding and Editing Task Lists. We had 2 different views when Adding or Editing and we've corrected this. We also added a small but very handy update so Milestones can be created when you are adding a Task List. Now when you create a new task list you have the option to also create a new Milestone directly from the task list creation area instead of having to jump to Milestones, create a milestone and jump back to add the Task List.

Upvote Upvoted 0
6 responses
I love this. Awesome update guys.
— cryptochrome
Anywhere comments are left it would be super helpful to have an easy to copy URL with a named anchor point for each comment. Often in IM or email I need to refer to a specific comment that a team member left and I have to do so by number as my only option rather than being able to link directly like you'd be able to on a forum such as vBulletin.
— Jeff
Hi Jeff,

That's a good idea. I definitely see how this would be useful.

I've put it down on my "asap" list and will get this done, well asap. ;)

Thanks for the suggestion.

— Peter Coppinger
Very welcome Peter, thanks for your response!
— Jeff
Excellent. TeamworkPM is really improving at a fast pace these days !
— Lancrey
Would love it if on file pages, such as http://[sub].teamworkpm.net/files/141171 it told you where the file was uploaded. I always click the Attached File link in email updates because it's the first link, but usually for us it's a file uploaded into a Notebook... so we want to leave comments in the notebook usually and not on every file itself. But once you're on that file URL there is nothing that shows what the file was initially uploaded to if not simply uploaded in the files tab itself.

Also, in the email template the comment stands by itself outside of the borders of the Attached File and the Notebook Details boxes... so you don't know where that comment actually lives. The comment should be directly under the link to the file if it's a File Comment, or directly under the link to the notebook if it's a Notebook Comment. Plus, the notebook link says "File: [Link]" but should say "Notebook: [Link]" because it's not a file, it's a notebook. It's super confusing and requires way too much thought when reading the contents of an email. Big time waster.

— Jeff