Teamwork 4.2.9650 released

This is a major release, the first of the 4.2 series; it is a free upgrade to all users of version 4. The main features of this significant release are:

(actually even more than what described there has been done along this line: just try it out…)

  • An empowered meeting management section
  • Two new interface translations: in French, and in Chinese
  • Several tool expansions for the power users, on automatic advancements, code generations, test status on issues etc. (this is detailed in the following)
  • A new skin: ulm
The new ulm skin.
The new ulm skin.

The user guide has been updated. Download the release here; the installer will upgrade your web application and the database schema and data; remember to do backups!

General features

–    Added “test” status to issues
–    Improved Portuguese translation
–    Added option in config for setting task progress to 100% when complete
–    Added option in config for generating task codes from types
–    Saved filters are visible in the button bar
–    Costs are in currency in all the interface
–    Easter is not mandatorily a holiday
–    Avoid to duplicate subscriptions when present on parents
–    Subscribe overdue tasks
–    There is task name in the subject of email generated by TW?
–    There is a new “ulm” skin, really pretty

Usability

–    There are “tags” everywhere for tagging and then finding anything
–    Assigning a task: create resources on the fly if you have permissions, and put a link in message bar
–    The issue in line editor is easy to edit, and to jump from there to entities
–    Save on issue  line magically appears – no need to press “tab”
–    Unassigned resources can be set on issues
–    Messages on save and every action are really visible
–    Set a default color on resource so that say notification stickies from different assignees are in different colors
–    Worklog week: allow add more the one record per day without reloading the page
–    A new “first start” starting page
–    Badges as balloons for users

Meeting

–    Discussion points have been empowered, and are edited in the same page as the supporting calendar event
–    Now there is a minute for every discussion point
–    Every discussion point can be printed separately
–    Issues can be added by simply selecting text of the minute

Bug fixes

–    Boards: manage the z-order correctly
–    Bug in computing difference in worklog week
–    Bug in saving names of default filters
–    3rd level task ordering alphabetical not by task number (after selecting task)
–    Document: double save “upload” boom!
–    In worklog analysis “move all 796 work logs to selected assignment:” covers the “total” bottom line
–    Icons of menu never reloaded
–    Summa bug on docs
–    Must put operational role on the resources created on the fly
–    On chrome: issue list, change a description, press search button, do not leave the page, save the issue, press search again does not work
–    Priority not set on assignments created by project tree or issues

Teamwork weekly news: in Russian, in French and friendlier

Teamwork's user interface in Russian.
Teamwork's user interface in Russian.

We are currently intensely working on release 4.2, which will be a free upgrade as usual. Some of the new features that will be included are

  • translation in French
  • in Russian (!, thank you Kostantine),
  • maybe also Chinese,
  • a new start page,
  • a new feedback messaging system,
  • an empowered meeting management.

In the meantime we also refined our Tomcat configurations on our hosting farm, to make it even faster.

New feedback on save.
New feedback on save.
New feedback on error.
New feedback on error.
New option to pick personal color.
New option to pick personal color.