Mobile App Features & UX Improvements

Notes co-editing, new media center module, new trackers module, ability to create & edits posts, wikis on mobile, new compose menu and automated story collection requests are some of the many usability improvements & features in this release on iOS & Android mobile apps

  • New notes module with co-editing support

    • Viewing of Notes

      • Ability to view all notes, notes pinned by you, and notes created by you
      • Quick find to easy get to the note you need by name
      • Ability to sort the notes by recently accessed, recently updated or name

 

    • Editing / Co-editing of Notes

      • Ability to edit your notes and notes shared with you in the mobile app
      • View other co-editors who are on the note viewing / editing it in real-time

 

    • Inline Comments

      • Ability to select a line and ‘add a comment’ on it when viewing the note in the mobile app
      • Ability to view comments added by other users when viewing the note in the mobile app

 

    • Share a Note

      • Ability to share note with users or get a link is supported
      • Ability to set edit or view permissions when sharing is supported

 

    • Create a Note

      • Ability to create new notes from the mobile app

 

    • Approve Access Request

      • Ability to approve edit access to a note requests
      • The approval requests come as private messages of action required type

 

    • More Actions on a Note

      • Ability rename, duplicate and pin a note has been added
      • Ability to get a PDF of the note

 

  • New media center module

    • Viewing of Media

      • Ability to view images, videos, audio, PDF & presentations in media center
      • Quickly filter the list by content type
      • Ability to sort by recent on top or pinned on top
      • View a multiple if full viewing and scroll thru’ them one-by-one

 

    • Share Media Files

      • Ability to get a shareable link for media for a type of media (e.g., all videos) or all media and share it in a team as a
        • Carousal
        • Slider
      • Set properties like auto scroll & auto rotate

 

    • Actions on a Media

      • Ability to pin, share and get more info on the media
      • Ability to get insights into who viewed / downloaded the media

 

    • Add New Media 

      • Ability to add to media center from the mobile app is supported. This includes
        • Picking from the phone’s gallery & adding it to media center
        • Taking a picture from the camera & adding it to media center
        • Recording a video & adding it to the media center
        • Recoding an audio & adding it to the media center

 

  • New trackers module

    • Trackers as a top level module and as a team level module have been added in the mobile app
    • Users can now view all the trackers in the mobile app with the ability to view the tables in them
    • Users can pin trackers to make them quickly accessible from the pinned trackers list
    • Users have the ability to sort the tracker data
    • Users have the ability to submit forms from the mobile app
    • Trackers embedded in the dashboard, company page & team page can be viewed in the mobile app
    • User can view a row/entry details and get the link to the entry to share
    • Trackers can be viewed in landscape mode on the iPhone & iPad

 

  • New compose

    • Compose menu now priorities the order of actions based on the module you are on
    • Compose workflow has been streamlined with people & team look aheads showing recently messaged users on top
    • UI of compose window editor has been improved
    • UI to share in a team & share with followers has been simplified

 

 

  • News feed improvements

    • There are two new tabs in the news feed module that have been added
      • Unread
        • This tab shows a list of all your unread news feed consolidated under one tab
        • You can choose if both primary and secondary feed appear as Unread or Secondary feeds are automatically marked as read and never appear in your “Unread” tab.
        • Unread news feed will automatically ordered by primary on top followed by secondary.
      • Activities
        • This tab shows surfaces up system performed activities/knowledge that are applicable to you. For e.g., someone edited your note or document, someone joined a team that you administer, a poll was closed & more.
    • Following settings can be changed in the mobile app from under “News Feed > Settings”
      • Feed Settings
        • Configure primary vs secondary fields – This allows you to decide the type of feeds you wan’t to see in the primary tab vs the secondary tab
        • Customize if you want to see primary & secondary feeds under 1 tab – “My Feeds vs 2 tabs – “Primary” & “Secondary”. Additionally you can change the label of the tabs
        • Customize if you want to see all new feeds or only the new primary feeds in the unread tab
      • Feed Filter Options
        • Customize which tabs you want to see in the news feed module
      • Display Order of Comments
        • Customize the order you want to see the comments in the news feed – newest to oldest vs oldest to newest
      • Show Team Filter on News Feed
        • Customize if you want to see the teams list  bar in the news feed
    • When you use a single tab “My Feeds” the news feed in it will ordered by most recent on top
    • Marking this page as read marks the unread items in the “current tab” that have been “fetched” only. Marking everything as read marks all the unread news feeds as read

 

 

  • New custom status with DnD option

    • All users can now set their availability status from their profile picture  (top right in the slide out menu) using the “Set Status” action
    • Set status allows you to
      • Select from a pre-configured status values
      • Enter your own custom availability status
    • Status can be customized to include
      • An emoji
      • A message of upto 150 chars
      • Turn on Do Not Disturb (DnD)
      • Auto clear the status after a certain time period
    • The availability status set is visible to everyone to see at the following places
      • Chat list
      • User’s profile & chat window
      • People directory
    • When Do Not Disturb option is enabled then
      • User will not get notifications for any message sent to them (no sound will play, no toaster will be shown on new message etc)
      • User will still receive a notification for a message that’s marked as “Important”
      • Other users will see that the user’s presence icon to be a red icon which indicate that the user is in ‘Do Not Disturb’ mode
      • If the auto clear status time interval has been set by the user then on expiry of the time their DnD mode will be cleared also
    • When the user has their status set, they get the following options under the profile picture (top right corner)
      • Clear their status
      • Edit their status

 

 

  • Posts module enhancements

    • Ability to create & edit a post from mobile app has been added
    • Ability to schedule posts and save drafts posts has been added

 

 

  • Wiki module enhancements

    • Ability to create & edit a wiki from mobile app has been added
    • New tab to quickly access recently viewed wikis and wikis saved as drafts has been added

 

 

  • Idea module enhancements

    • Ability to create new idea campaigns from the mobile app has been added
    • Ability to create ideas in a specific idea campaign is supported

 

  • Departments enhancement

    • Ability to create a new public or private department is now available on mobile
    • Ability to add or remove modules is also supported

 

  • Ability to attach files to replies

    • Replies now also support attaching files to them
    • Any type of file that can be attached to an update/post and comment can now also be attached to a reply

 

  • Ability to view media on profile

    • Ability to view the media attached on profile pages is now supported on mobile
    • Media attached on your profile and other user’s profile can be viewed in the mobile app

 

  • Story collection automation via private messages

    • Automated messages to collect stories from users for birthdays or service anniversaries have been added
    • Users can attach a video or a GIF along with their story submission

 

  • Birthday & service anniversary news feed enhancements

    • Birthday greetings & service anniversary news feed have been enriched to automatically include user submitted stories
    • All submitted stories can be viewed directly from the birthday or service anniversary news feed

 

  • Misc usability improvements

    • Filter options inside a dropdown have been moved to tabs to make it easier to access on mobile
    • Recently accessed tabs have been added to modules like people, files to make it easier to get back to them quickly from the module.
    • File viewer on mobile has been simplified by moving all actions under “…” menu e.g., View comments (N)
    • Todo list module ‘Shared with me’ list UI on mobile has been simplified