The AceProject interface makeover (a.k.a. AceProject 6.0) has been unveiled and hundreds of AceProject users are currently working with the beta version. AceProject 6.0 will officially be rolled out in October. Here are just a few comments we’ve received from our data testers…

      LOVE the new look! (Chris G.)
      Much better. I like the scaling. (Bryan T.)
      Pretty cool. Congrats! (Fernando A.)

Improvements in AceProject 6.0

Catch a glimpse of the improvements in the video presented here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151157770994839

For more details about the makeover and the new navigation paths to access AceProject’s features, you may refer to this help page.

Bugs fixed

The complete list of fixed bugs can be found on our Changes History.

What’s coming

We are working on a new JavaScript Gantt chart component and a fresh coat of paint for our website. The timesheet overaul is also on the horizon.

Here is the monthly digest for August 2012.

What’s new?

All AceProject staff have returned from summer vacations and are raring to put the final touches on the soon to be released new interface of AceProject (code name “Ace 6.0”). E-mail invitations for the beta program have been sent out and the beta phase is just around the corner.

Bugs fixed

The complete list of bug fixes can be found on our Changes History.

Nexus 7 tablet contest

Thank you all for the tremendous participation in the contest and for your great suggestions. You may expect many of your ideas to find their way in AceProject in the coming months.

Choosing a winner was a challenge. In some cases, it was not clear to us exactly what was being requested. We also, unfortunately, had to give less importance to the number of Likes on certain suggestions given one could easily make a case that the participant did not truly know AceProject in the 1st place and/or that the number of Likes was disproportionate to the quality of the […]

Here is the monthly digest for July 2012.

Improvements

No new features added to the current version of AceProject. Most developers not away on vacation put their efforts in bug corrections and optimizations.

However, work on the new design is progressing and a lot of improvements are coming. A limited number of customers will be invited to join a beta program this fall. These customers will get the chance to test drive the new design with their own, real data. Stay tuned!

Bugs fixed

The complete list of bug fixes can be found on our Changes History.

As you know, AceProject was completely redesigned last year. The changes we made back then were greatly appreciated. However, since web apps evolve at a crazy pace, we’ve decided to pursue the makeover and take it to the next level. Needless to say that this Summer is going to be a busy one for our developers.

Once again, many irritants will disappear and actions will be easier to perform (such as user assignment to projects).

Four improvements will definitely stand out from others:

1. The left menu will become graphical and much narrower.
2. Filters will be moved to the right-hand side of lists.
3. Actions will show up in a drop-down on every project tab.
4. The “My Office” tab will be renamed as “Home”. This tab will include My Office’s content as well as the Portfolio’s, which will be removed.

A limited number of customers will be invited to join a beta program somewhere around September. These customers will get the chance to test drive the new design with their own, real data. Stay […]

Summer is coming fast and today we’re glad to announce the changes we made in June 2012.

Improvements

• Upon replying to an AceProject task update/assignment notification, an email notification will automatically be sent to the user replying to the notif (regardless of whether “Notify me every time I create or update a task” is checked or not) as a confirmation of his/her task update.
• Terminology adjustments to the project assignment/unassignment email notification.
•  “—– Write above this line to post a reply —–” added in task assignment/update email notifications.
• New FAQ-based searchable help system unveiled.
• Maximum number of tasks for a task import set to 2000.
• Email notification added for bulk project assignment/un-assignment.
• “Assigned” and “Reviewer” columns added in the Task Reminder email.
• Modifications to the “Task Limit Reached” e-mail notification.
• Task assignment and update notifications now all have “Created/Modified” in the Subject of the email.
• “Remember Filters” checkboxes added in all Portfolio -> Projects and My Office -> Projects pages.
• When a user is assigned to a project via the “Edit Task” page, […]
  

After months of hard work, a controlled beta test with the participation of 100+ of our users has concluded, and we are ready to unveil our latest major feature, recurring tasks. Until now, recurring tasks could only be simulated by copying the same task over and over, and adjusting dates manually. Our customers and ourselves grew tired of this, and are releasing today a real solution to this inconvenience.

Recurring tasks have been on our mind for years, and due to this feature’s complexity, very few project management solutions offer this capability. We are extremely proud to add this feature to AceProject and, as a result, continue to remain competitive.

Basically, recurring tasks empower users to schedule the auto-generation of periodic tasks in a project. A recurrence pattern can be defined, and edited later if needed. A recurrence can occur on a daily, weekly, monthly or yearly basis. Many other options are available. Actually, we offer the same recurrence options as Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook, and even more.

All tasks of a recurrence can be easily viewed […]

We’ve decided to fix several irritants in AceProject lately, in order to improve the overall user experience.

Here’s the list of things we’ve done over the last couple of weeks:

Bulk Project Un-Assignment
Un-assigning users from a project is no longer a pain. We added a checkbox before each assigned user, so you can multi-select those you wish to un-assign and click the “Un-Assign Selected Users…” at the bottom of the list.

Show Non-Assigned Users on the “Edit Task” Page
When viewing the assignment grid under “Edit Task”,  it is now possible to view users who are not assigned to the task’s associated project. This helps improve user assignment significantly. In fact, should you need to assign someone who is not assigned to the associated project, you’ll simply check them from the list and assign them to both the associated project and the open task.

Project Number Auto-Population
This one was requested for quite some time. Project numbers are now auto-populated. Every time you create a project, a six-digit unique number will be given to the project. Of course, you can decide […]