Once again, we went through our wishlist and came up with enhancements that had been requested for a long time.
  • Gantt Charts Got a Major Makeover – We have implemented new Gantt charts, which are actually in Flash format. Our customers will be glad to notice that:
    • They are now quite easy to print. They can be either shrunk to fit the paper size, or be printed in full size with your preferred printing tool.
    • They can be saved as a jpg image, which can be emailed.
    • Task dependencies are now clearly identified. Actually, progress bars are linked with dotted lines when the corresponding tasks depend on each other.
    • A “Daily View” is now available at both the project and the administration levels.
    • A month and a year drop-down have been added in order to let you move back and forth in time more quickly.
  • Parent/Child Project Relationship – Project templates are now more convenient to use thanks to the “Parent/Child” relationship. It lets you create a parent project which can have several child projects that are linked with it. This way, whenever a structure change (groups, types, statuses and priorities) is applied to the parent project, all its child projects are updated accordingly.
  • Skins Introduced – We are proud to add this design option to the “Branding” feature. Eight pre-defined themes are offered and various interface elements can have their colors changed separately. This feature is available in all packages.
  • Improved Navigation Within and Between Items
    • Navigation buttons to view the previous or the next task have been added to the “Edit Task Information” page.
    • When creating or editing a user, a project or a task, a drop-down list can be expanded by clicking an arrow next to the “Update” or “Save” button. The drop-down suggests actions to perform further to the creation or update.
  • Extra Timezones Added – In order to accommodate our international customers, we have added the following timezones to the account and user preferences: Iran (GMT+3:30 Tehran), India (GMT+5:30 New Delhi), Nepal (GMT+5:45 Kathmandu), Myanmar (GMT+6:30 Rangoon) and Central Australia (GMT+9:30 Adelaide).
  • IN/OUT Module Now Easier to Open and Close – The IN/OUT time clock can now be started from the “My IN/OUT” page, in the “My Office” section. There is no need to open a task anymore to do so (although the module can still be started that way). The “My IN/OUT” page now displays the “New IN/OUT” page if you are not clocked in, or the “Close OUT” page if you are.
  • Other Changes
    • Users can now add hours to their time sheet from the “Edit Task Information” page.
    • A user can be assigned to or un-assigned from multiple projects, in one step.
    • Multiple tasks can be deleted and updated simultaneously from the “Incomplete Tasks” page.
    • Overall usability has been substantially improved.
    • Administrators can decide whether a user can access the contextual help links and the “Help” tab. This feature lets you prevent a user from viewing the help topics if he/she doesn’t need them, or should not view them.
    • The following task filters can now be applied when generating custom task reports: “Task Groups”, “Task Types”, “Task Statuses” and “Task Priorities”.
    • The “Contact”, “Dependencies”, “Settings” and “Default Values” information is now carried over when creating a new project from a template.