Changelog 2021

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Updates and improvements shipped in Superthread throughout 2021 🚀

Dec 17, 2021

Features

• Watchers – receive notifications when changes are made to a card or page you are watching. You'll automatically become a watcher of a page or card when you create, edit, comment on, or are mentioned in it. Click the 'eye' icon to un-watch something.

• Resize images in Pages – just drag the handles on either side of the image to expand and contract it.

• View full size images in Pages – you can now click on inline images to view them at their full size.

• You can now copy a link to the current page by hovering over the breadcrumb path of Pages, Boards, and Projects.

Changes

• The sign up flow is now responsive and works on mobile.

• We've tweaked the explainer text for workspaces and projects in the sign up flow.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where dragging cards between boards would not store the position of the card in the list correctly.

• Fixed an issue where adding an image or link to a Page would cause the scroll position to jump to the top of the Page.

• Dragging a card from a fully open board to another board no longer causes a visual bug with the drop target in the new board.

• Pressing Cmd + B in a card description or comments now correctly bolds highlighted text instead of attempting to create a new board.

Dec 10, 2021

Changes

• We've made our drop targets smarter. It's now easier to drag and drop a card in to a board that only has one list.

• We now say 'invite team members' instead of 'invite external people' to clarify the team member invite flow.

Fixes

• Safari sign up and log in should now work – we made a change to our log in flow which means Safari's default pop-up and cookie policies should no longer interfere with our sign up process.

• Fixed an issue where the button to 'restore' an archived Card was overlapping with the 'close' icon.

• Fixed an issue where the breadcrumb path was showing 'undefined' in an archived Card/Board/Page.

• Fixed incorrect positioning of text in the invite team members modal.

• Lists in Boards now load more smoothly in Firefox.

• Fixed an occasional issue where using your browser's 'back' button would not correctly navigate the app to the previous page.

• Fixed an issue where navigating to a Board via your Favourites list meant you couldn't add or move Cards in it.

• The 'copy link' icon displayed in a Card's breadcrumb and by Page headings (anchor link) now correctly disappear when you stop hovering over them in Firefox.

• Fixed an issue where Boards would struggle to open if your browser was set to 75% zoom.

• Fixed an issue where a Project you had just joined would disappear from the sidebar after navigating away from it.

Dec 3, 2021

Features

• Toggle sections in Pages – you can now create expandable sections in Pages.

• Duplicate Cards – for repetitive tasks, you can now copy a card. Only the card title, description, and checklist items (if applicable) are copied over.

• We've added a new overview video to the website.

Changes

• We've tweaked the text that is displayed when you have an empty list of Boards, or Pages in a Project.

• The toast notification messages that provide interaction feedback have been repositioned to show up in the bottom right corner of the window.

• You can now click anywhere on the word 'Projects' in the sidebar to create a new, or browse existing projects.

• We've updated the text and behaviour of the 'Create a project' modal to better explain what a project is.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where adding a Child Card to a parent would sometimes fail, even though it looked successful.

• Fixed an issue where commas in card titles would not be displayed properly in internal link previews.

• Fixed an issue where you could edit a card to have no title from the Card preview.

Nov 26, 2021

Features

• New website – we've spruced up the design, added screenshots, and explained a little more about what we're up to. And of course, it's lightning fast to load.

• You can now create a new card directly from the board preview.

• Epic Cards are now highlighted in blue in the board preview.

Changes

• We've added consistent icons for boards in the board list.

• We've moved the 'open full board' button over to the right hand side of the board preview so it's less far to mouse over to it from the sidebar.

Fixes

• Using Cmd + Z to undo changes to the card title no longer defocusses the card title input.

• When editing a list title, dragging your cursor across the text will now select the text instead of horizontally scrolling the board.

• Pressing tab whilst selecting somebody from the @mention dropdown no longer adds a space.

• The icon for opening the collapsed sidebar is now visible in Safari.

• Fixed an issue where adding a child card to an epic didn't always save.

Nov 19, 2021

Features

• Internal link previews – when you paste a Superthread link anywhere inside of Superthread, we'll transform the URL in to a beautiful preview of the Card, Page, Board, Project that you're linking to.

Changes

• Internal links (links to other parts of your Superthread workspace) now open in the same browser tab.

Fixes

• Opening a link from your favourites now correctly includes the human readable link in the address bar.

• Fixed an issue which meant sometimes draft pages could not be published.

• Fixed an issue in Pages where adding a checklist item sometimes caused a double checkbox to appear.

• The 'copy link' icon in a Card breadcrumb is now easier to click.

• Copying a Card link from the breadcrumbs now copies the human readable link.

• Our automatic detection of URLs that you paste in to Superthread is now much more reliable and consistent.

Nov 12, 2021

Features

• Child card ordering – the list of child cards in an epic can now be manually ordered using drag and drop.

Changes

• The member selector dropdown no longer updates the sort order whilst the dropdown is open and you are interacting with the list.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where you could not update a list title in a board.

• The skip button on the 'invite team members' step now correctly shows in the sign up flow.

• Clicking on the board name in the Card breadcrumb now correctly navigates you to the board.

Nov 5, 2021 🎆

Features

• Mentions – you can now @mention team members throughout Superthread. If you are mentioned in a Card, you will also automatically become a watcher of the Card so you receive updates for subsequent comments etc.

Oct 29, 2021

Features

• Drag and drop Cards between projects – drag a card in to a project in the sidebar, hover for a second to confirm your selection, then continue dragging to your desired board/list in the new project – simple.

• New sidebar – it's skinnier, can be fully hidden, has a new colour, and the items in it have been arranged to make navigation simpler.

• Favourites section – quickly navigate to your favourite Boards and Pages by clicking on them from the sidebar.

• Redesigned Board view – Boards now open in a full screen modal with a thinner header. Card previews are also smaller and less cluttered so that you can fit more on screen at once.

• Quick assigning – add or remove people to Cards directly from the Board view, without having to open the full card.

• Navigation breadcrumbs – easily keep track of where you are in the app using our trail of breadcrumbs in the header of Boards, Cards, and Pages.

• Readable URLs – copy/pasting URLs will now include the title of the Card/Page/Board to make them easier to read outside of Superthread.

• New tags flow – creating new tags, editing existing tags, and adding tags to Cards has been completely redesigned to hopefully feel a lot more intuitive.

Changes

• When dragging a Board, it will now shrink down to just the title of the board making it easier to see the drop target behind it.

• Setting custom icons and colours for boards and lists has been removed. We now use consistent icons/colours across the app to indicate if something is a board or card etc.

• The Boards and Pages tabs have been removed from projects and now show as sections in the sidebar instead.

• The 'Archived' section has been moved into the workspace dropdown at the top of the sidebar.

• Dragging a card in to a collapsed board preview will now automatically expand the board preview to make it easier to choose where to drop it.

• Page titles have reduced padding so there is more room to read page content on small screens.

• Checklists in Pages were already working with markdown, now there is a button for them in the toolbar too.

• New 404 page for bad links.

Fixes

• The title of Pages no longer become miss-aligned on small screens.

• Copy/pasting a checklist into a Page no longer converts it to a bullet list.

• When joining a project, the member selector dropdown in that project now updates instantly to include yourself as an option.

• App navigation no longer breaks when clicking on a notification that opens in a different project to the one you were viewing.

• Dragging files on to a card that was opened from the board preview now correctly uploads them as attachments.

• Editing the title of a checklist in a Card no longer causes the titles of other checklists in the same card to change.

Oct 15, 2021

Features

• New team member interface – click on the list of avatars to view who's been added to a project/board/card. Use the checkboxes to add/remove members, and if you can't find somebody, just click 'Invite external people' to send them an invite email – real simple.

Changes

• Card members are now called 'Assignees'.

• The list of member avatars in a project/board will now always show in a consistent order between page reloads (previously was a random order).

• Pages with cover images will now scale appropriately for easier reading on small screens.

Fixes

• After opening a card from the board preview and then leaving a comment, you could not use Esc to close the card again.

• Adding an image to a Page using the toolbar UI now correctly saves the image after publishing.

Oct 8, 2021

Fixes

• Using keyboard arrows to select search results now consistently opens the right result.

• The actions sidebar in cards is now scrollable on smaller screens.

Oct 1, 2021

Features

• Views (saved searches) – create custom views of any cards/boards/pages from across your workspace that you can save and share with your team.

• Paste images from your clipboard into Pages and Cards and they will be uploaded as inline attachments – great for people that take lots of screenshots.

• Anchor links in Pages – copy a link directly to a specific heading section in your Pages.

Changes

• It is now easier to escape inline code formatting by pressing the right and left keyboard arrows to move the cursor in and out of the code.

Fixes

• Fixed a rare issue where typing would not work when using modifier keys (e.g shift, space).

• When adding a new item to a checklist, it will no longer be pre-filled with the item above it.

• Card previews will now show the correct number of items in a checklist without having to refresh the page.

• Fixed an issue with some Pages not showing up in search results.

Sep 24, 2021

Features

• Advance Search – you can filter search results by resource type (card, page, board, project) and include/exclude archived content.

• Page title now gets highlighted in search results.

• Archive – you can now browse archived items and un-archive them.

Changes

• Strikethrough formatting now works with a single ~ either side of the text (same as Slack).

• The info sidebar for projects now displays who created the project.

Fixes

• Card descriptions were sometimes being overwritten with empty data when no edits were made after clicking into edit mode and back out.

• Removing the URL from a link in Pages now works.

• Fixed an issue where sometimes you could not delete the last 2 characters when renaming a list in a Board.

• Uploading file attachments using drag and drop now updates the count of attachments on a card correctly.

• Team invite links now work consistently.

• Updating your profile information no longer overwrites your profile photo.

Sep 10, 2021

Features

• In-app notifications – feed refreshes every 30 seconds.

• Comment and Attachment counts – you can now see the number of comments and files added to each card in a board.

• Added a Superthread app loading animation.

• Private projects will now display a padlock icon in the sidebar.

Changes

• Clicking on a board preview will now expand and collapse the preview.

• Clicking on a card in board preview will now open the card.

• A random cover image will automatically be added to new Pages when you click the cover image icon – you can still edit/change it as normal.

• You can now click a button to save a comment on a card (previously only Cmd + Enter worked).

• In a board, the view dropdown is now labelled 'kanban board'.

Fixes

• Dragging multiple files on to a card to upload them now works correctly.

• Fixed an issue where native OS versions of fonts and icon would sometimes override the Superthread app

• Draft Pages now behave more consistently.

Aug 27, 2021

Features

• Privacy policy and terms of service are now public.

Changes

• When creating new cards, the creator is no longer automatically added as a member.

Fixes

• Creating a new card with Shift + Enter will open the card and focus the card description.

• Pasting links containing an = will no longer break the URL.

• Using the card preview feature (hold space/shift whilst mousing over the card) no longer creates console errors.

• Last modified in cards now shows the correct user.

• Child cards within epics now show the correct colour for the column they are currently in.

• Archiving a card no longer breaks the manual ordering of cards within a column/list.

• Editing links in Pages now works more consistently.

Aug 20, 2021

Features

• Browser tab names – using multiple tabs is now easier. The Card/Page/Board title will now be shown in in browser tabs.

• Child cards now display the backlink to their parent epic.

• Drag cards in a Board nows feels a lot better when using a trackpad.

• Drag and drop file uploads – from your desktop on to a card to upload attachments.

Fixes

• Extra wide image attachments are now displayed correctly.

• Non-functional icons, buttons, menus have been hidden.

• Pasting codeblocks (3 backticks) now works.

• Styling of in-line code in cards is now consistent when editing and viewing.

• Clicking links in card descriptions no longer focusses the description field.

Jul 30, 2021

Features

• Markdown support in checklist items.

• Undo/redo support in Pages

• Autoplay video attachments – they start playing immediately after clicking on them.

• Spacebar play/pause on videos.

• Login/logout now allows you to choose which Google account to use if you have more than one.

Changes

• Environment name in sidebar (Dev, Staging, Release etc)

• Can now submit new cards to a list using Cmd + Enter

Fixes

• Scroll bar in Cards no longer overlaps the collapse sidebar button

• Long card descriptions no longer 'squash' the collapsed sidebar

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