Updates
Informant for Web current version – 0.34 released 8/4/22
0.31 Release Notes & next main release plan
Here is a summary of some changes included in the most recent releases:
- Recurring events display & basic functionality
- Save options & functionality for recurring events
- Dark mode link in settings menu
- Multi-day event display issues
- UX improvements for setting event start/end times
- Bug fixes
The next couple of releases will mainly be addressing more recurring event functionality and bugs. They will be going out in the next few weeks and will tentatively include the following:
- Calendar icons will show next to event titles for a more glanceable view
- Chrome extension settings – able to set open rate to every hour/twice a day/once a day/once a week/never
- Recurring events bug fixes
- Ability to edit and delete recurring events (warning message will be removed)
0.31 Release Notes & next main release plan
Here is a summary of some changes included in the most recent releases:
- Individual recurring events displaying correct info in detail view
- Icons for events & calendars
- Ability to edit calendar names & colors
- Ability to delete calendars
- Calendar bugs
The next couple of releases will mainly be addressing more recurring event functionality and bugs. They will be going out in the next few weeks and will tentatively include the following:
- Recurring events displaying all correct info in detail view
- Ability to create, edit, and delete recurring events
- Calendar bugs
0.27 Release Notes & 0.28 & 0.29 plan
Here is a summary of some changes included in this last release:
- Calendaring bug fixes & UI refinements
0.28 will be a hot fix release for some of the support cases we’ve been seeing with regard to calendar events displaying. 0.29 is set to be released around 1/24 and will tentatively include the following:
- Individual recurring events displaying correct info in detail view
- Calendar bugs
0.26 Release Notes & 0.27 plan
Here is a summary of some changes included in this last release:
- Calendaring is finally here! Please note that this first initial release will have some limitations, but we want to release this sooner rather than later so that we can start receiving feedback on the calendaring features that are most important to our users and prioritize those.
- One of the limitations will be that users will not be able to edit, delete, or create recurring events. You will still be able to do so on all of our other platforms, and these will be displayed on the web version, but for the safety of your data we are still needing to do more internal testing before releasing for public testing.
0.27 is set to be released around 12/27 and will tentatively include the following:
- Calendaring bug fixes & UI refinements
0.25 Release Notes & 0.26 plan
Here is a summary of some changes included in this last release:
- We got rid of the analogue clock interface for entering start/due times and will replaced it with the ability to type or use the arrow keys to set the time, to better match our other platforms
- Drag & drop performance improvement
- Behind the scenes calendaring continued – timezones, alarms, UI/UX improvements
0.26 is set to be released around 12/27 and will tentatively include the following:
- Calendaring! This will have some limitations, but we want to release this sooner rather than later so that we can start receiving feedback on the calendaring features that are most important to our users and prioritize those.
- One of the limitations will be that users will not be able to edit, delete, or create recurring events. You will still be able to do so on all of our other platforms, and these will be displayed on the web version, but for the safety of your data we are still needing to do more internal testing before releasing for beta testing.
0.24 Release Notes & 0.25 plan
Here is a summary of some changes included in this last release:
- Email to task – display email & add ability to generate new emails
- Multi-select improvements
- Behind the scenes calendaring continued – add event interface – display synced properties from other platforms & bugs
0.25 is set to be released around 11/19 and will tentatively include the following:
- We are getting rid of the analogue clock interface for entering start/due times and will be replacing it with the ability to type or use the arrow keys to set the time, to better match our other platforms
- Drag & drop performance improvement
- Behind the scenes calendaring continued – timezones, alarms, UI/UX improvements
0.23 Release Notes & 0.24 plan
Here is a summary of some changes included in this last release:
- Drag & drop improvements
- Multi-select bugs & improvements
- Behind the scenes calendaring – add event interface – display synced properties from other platforms
0.24 is set to be released around 10/15 and will tentatively include the following:
- Email to task – display email & add ability to generate new emails
- Multi-select improvements
- Behind the scenes calendaring continued – add event interface – display synced properties from other platforms & bugs
0.22 Release Notes & 0.23 plan
Here is a summary of some changes included in this last release:
- UI/UX improvements
- Behind the scenes calendaring – jump to today button & all day events bug fixes
- Add collapse all option in filter views when tasks are sorted in groups, and ability to collapse individual groups
0.23 is set to be released around 10/1 and will tentatively include the following:
- Drag & drop improvements
- Multi-select bugs & improvements
- Behind the scenes calendaring – add event interface – display synced properties from other platforms
0.21 Release Notes & 0.22 tentative plan
Here is a summary of some changes included in this last release:
- Textbox improvements for better UX for drag & drop and multi-select
- Search results improvements
- Smart Filter weeks functionality
- Context menu – added ability to duplicate task/checklist
- Automated 2-week free trials for accounts that lapsed over 6 months prior
0.22 is set to be released around 9/17 and will tentatively include the following:
- UI/UX improvements
- Behind the scenes calendaring – jump to today button & all day events bug fixes
0.20 Release Notes & 0.21 tentative plan
Here is a summary of some changes included in this last release:
- Ability to create customized alarms
- Multi-select menu to delete and change project for tasks/checklists
- Added grays to color customization options
- UI/UX improvements
0.21 is set to be released around 9/6 and will tentatively include the following:
- Textbox improvements for better UX for drag & drop and multi-select
- Search results improvements
- Smart Filter weeks functionality
0.19 Release Notes & 0.20 tentative plan
Here is a summary of some changes included in this last release:
- Search now has an option to include completed tasks
- Ability to create basic alarms
- Users can now create and edit Smart Filters
- A basic profile page that includes username, email, and account expiration date
0.20 is set to be released around 8/20 and will tentatively include the following:
- Ability to create customized alarms
- Multi-select menu to delete and change project for tasks/checklists
- Textbox improvements for better UX for drag & drop and multi-select
- UI/UX improvements
0.18 Release Notes & 0.19 tentative plan
Here is a summary of some changes included in this last release:
- Alarms set on other platforms will now be displayed in the task/checklist detail area
- Context menu for right-clicking tasks/checklists had additional options added to set Project, Start Date, Context, Action, and Priority
- Sort option for projects and filters now saves, rather than defaulting back to None when navigating away from the view
- Expanded color customization options for tasks, tags, and projects
- Smart Filter bugs
- Site bugs
0.19 is set to be released around 8/6 and will tentatively include the following:
- Search to include completed tasks
- Alarm & Smart Filter bugs
- Basic profile page
- Drag & drop improvements
7/7/21 - 7/21/21 Updates
Here is a summary of some changes from these past two weeks:
- Ability to create, edit, and delete Smart Filters
- Context menu options – Priority, Context, Action
- Multi-select bugs
- Drag & drop improvements
- Keep sorting view instead of defaulting back to None
- Resize left nav UI
These next two weeks we are working on implementing:
- Alarms
- Global search to include completed tasks
- Expand color customization options for tasks, tags, and projects
- Smart Filter bugs
- Site bugs
6/23/21 - 7/7/21 Updates
Here is a summary of some changes from these past two weeks:
- Context menu options – Project, Start Date
- Drag & drop task to project in left nav
- Sync bugs
- Smart Filter improvements
- Multi-select tasks
- Drag & drop bugs
These next two weeks we are working on implementing:
- Ability to create, edit, and delete Smart Filters
- Context menu options – Priority, Context, Action
- Multi-select bugs
- Drag & drop improvements
- Keep sorting view instead of defaulting back to None
- Resize left nav UI
6/9/21 - 6/23/21 Updates
Here is a summary of some changes from these past two weeks:
- Global search smart scrolling improvement
- Chrome extension update
- 24 hour time format task detail UI
- New header UI
These next two weeks we are working on implementing:
- Context menu options – Project, Start Date
- Alarms
- Ability to create Smart Filters
- Drag & drop task to project in left nav
- Sync bugs
- Multi-select tasks
- Smart Filter improvements
5/26/21 - 6/9/21 Updates
Here is a summary of some changes from these past two weeks:
- Right-click functionality to delete and change due date
- Task collapse default
- Add tag bugs
- UI/UX improvements
These next two weeks we are working on implementing:
- Global search smart scrolling improvement
- Chrome extension update
- 24 hour time format task detail UI
- Multi-select tasks
- Smart Filter improvements
5/12/21 - 5/26/21 Updates
Here is a summary of some changes from these past two weeks:
- Smart filter bugs
- 24 hour time format in task footer
- Links in left nav for more info on certain terminologies
- Remove tag color
- UX improvements, such as double-clicking to edit task
These next two weeks we are working on implementing:
- Global search smart scrolling improvement
- Chrome extension improvements
- 24 hour time format task detail UI
- Task collapse default
- Right-click functionality
- Multi-select tasks
- Add tag bug
4/28/21 - 5/12/21 Updates
Here is a summary of some changes from these past two weeks:
- Smart filters
- Reorder projects in left nav by drag & drop
- Completed date & actions sort grouping
- UI for the header navbar
- Task footer datetime spans
- Calendar UI/UX for internal testing
These next two weeks we are working on implementing:
- Smart filter bugs & ability to create new one from web
- Global search smart scrolling improvement
- Chrome extension improvements
- Task collapse default
- 24 hour time format
- UX improvements
- Add tag bug
4/14/21 - 4/28/21 Updates
Here is a summary of some changes from these past two weeks:
- Task color customization
- Global task search
- Starting on smart filters
- Sorting improvements
- Grouping of sorted tasks
- Width customization of left nav
These next two weeks we are working on implementing:
- Smart filters
- Completed date & actions sort grouping
- UI for the header navbar
- Task footer datetime spans
- Calendar UI/UX for internal testing
- Add tag bug
- Reorder projects in left nav by drag & drop
3/31/21 - 4/14/21 Updates
With that being said, here is a summary of some changes from these past two weeks:
- UI cleanup
- Web browser extension approved by Google
- UI/UX fixes based off of user feedback
- Progress bar UI
- Project color bug fix
- Datetime bugs
These next two weeks we are working on implementing:
- Task color customization
- Global task search
- Starting on smart filters
- Sorting improvements
- Grouping of sorted tasks
- Width customization of left nav
3/17/21 - 3/31/21 Updates
With that being said, here is a summary of some changes from these past two weeks that have been released to our staging site:
- Sorting option bugs
- Creating a web browser extension for the site
- UI/UX fixes based off of user feedback
- Project color bugs
- Drag & drop tasks within Sequential type (GTD) projects
- Project names under tasks
- “With Parent” recurrence fix
These next two weeks we are working on implementing:
- Drag & drop bugs
- Web browser extension implementation
- Smart filters
- UI/UX cleanup
- Sorting improvements
- Progress bar UI in summary view
- Project & task color fixes
- Datetime bugs & localization
3/3/21 - 3/17/21 Updates
Beta version 0.11 seems to be fairly stable, with no major bugs. Our next release should be coming out within the next couple of weeks, so stay tuned for that. A summary of some changes these past two weeks that have been released to our staging site include the following:
- Finished almost all main sorting options
- Removed restrictions from beta site
- Datetime and recurrence bugs
- Icon swap to match other platforms
- Save confirmation so changes don’t accidentally get lost
These next two weeks we are working on implementing:
- Sorting option bugs
- Creating a web browser extension for the site
- UI/UX fixes based off of user feedback
- Project color bugs
- Drag & drop tasks within Sequential type projects
- Project names under tasks
2/17/21 - 3/3/21 Updates
New changes deployed this week to the staging site during phase one beta. Pending no major bugs, these changes will be deployed to the production site this weekend as version 0.11. A summary of some changes include the following:
- Added timestamps to due/start date setting
- General add tasks button in nav bar
- Bug fixes for GTD project type – there’s still a lot to do here!
- Left nav delete functionality
- Recurrence bugs
These next two weeks we are working on implementing:
- Finishing main sorting options
- Summary view for tasks/checklists – collapsed vs expanded
- Bugs – datetime stamps with due/start dates, nav bar add task button functionality, recurrence duplicating tasks/checklists, etc
2/3/21 - 2/17/21 Updates
New changes deployed this week during pre-beta. A summary of changes include the following:
- Project & Action types
- Bug fix for project drag & drop order
- Set up staging site for testing purposes with new changes
These next two weeks we are working on implementing:
- Finishing Project & Action types – a few main bugs to fix
- Sorting options
- Add task button in nav bar
1/27/21 - 2/3/21 Updates
New changes deployed this week during pre-beta. A summary of changes include the following:
- Finished recurrence cases
- Started work on Project & Action types
- UI/UX polish, including comments box, account expiration, and popup to remind to save changes in details view
- Bug fixes
This week we are working on implementing:
- Finish Project & Action types (will need thorough testing to ensure no data is broken)
- Sorting options
- Prepare staging site for future testing once released to first wave of beta users
1/20/21 - 1/27/21 Updates
New changes deployed this week during pre-beta. A summary of changes include the following:
- Recurrence cases – we are at 95% passing for our test cases, so we should be done with this next week
- Revised beta popup
- UI polish, including tab icon & logout dropdown menu
- Bug fixes
This week we are working on implementing:
- Project types
- Action types
- UI polish
- Bug fixes, including last recurrence test case
1/13/21 - 1/20/21 Updates
New changes deployed this week during pre-beta. A summary of changes include the following:
- Performance, performance, performance. We still have a long way to go, but we tested some big data profiles and got the initial loading page down from 2 minutes to 17 seconds.
- More recurrence cases, we have about 60% of cases that still need fixing
- Sync issues and other bugs
- Restricting site to a select group of people, so no unapproved users
This week we are working on implementing:
- Finishing recurrence cases – goal of 100% passing
- Detail view fixes
- Syncing bugs
FAQ
Where can I access the beta site?
Why isn't the web version displaying all the same data as the other platforms?
How do I sync my data to Informant Sync so it is viewable in the web version?
First, make sure that you are using the same username and password on all of your devices. You will use that same login to access the web version. Once this is set up you will need to set up your data to be assigned to the Informant Sync service. To do this, follow these instructions:
In iOS:
Tasks:
- Navigate to tasks (click check mark icon at bottom nav bar)
- Select Projects
- In lower-left area of screen select Edit
- Select chosen project
- Select Sync To
- Select Informant Sync
- Select Save
Events:
- To see what calendar an event is assigned to, select the event and click the “>” icon
- Select Calendar. This will display the list of calendars that are synced on the device, and the calendars are grouped by the account services that they are synced with.
- Change the calendar to one that is under the Informant Sync: accountname@email.com section. Select Save. If you do not have an Informant Sync calendar created yet, see the next step.
- To create an Informant Sync calendar go to Informant Settings > Calendars, Triggers, and more > Manage Calendars > click the “+” icon in the upper right of the screen
- Select Calendar option
- Make sure that Sync To is set to your Informant Sync account. Edit details and select save.
In macOS:
Tasks:
- Navigate to tasks (click check mark in top middle nav bar)
- Right-click chosen project and select Edit
- Select Sync Account drop down
- Assign to Informant Sync
- Select OK
Events:
- To see what calendar an event is assigned to, double-click the event to open the detail view.
- Select Calendar. This will display the list of calendars that are synced on the device, and the calendars are grouped by the account services that they are synced with.
- Change the calendar to one that is under the Informant Sync: accountname@email.com section. Select Save. If you do not have an Informant Sync calendar created yet, see the next step.
- To create an Informant Sync calendar right-click in the left nav area and select “New Calendar…”
- Make sure that Sync Account option is set to your Informant Sync account. Edit details and select save.
In Android:
Tasks:
- Navigate to tasks (click check mark icon at bottom nav bar)
- Select header in upper-left corner (Eg, All Active)
- Expand Projects
- Long press on chosen project and select Edit
- Select Account
- Select Informant Sync
- Select Save
Events:
- To see what calendar an event is assigned to, select the event and click the “>” icon. If it is a repeating event, choose if you’d like to change only this event, all of the events, or that event and future events.
- Select Calendar. This will display the list of calendars that are synced on the device, and the calendars are grouped by the account services that they are synced with.
- Change the calendar to one that has the Informant Sync icon. Select Save. If you do not have an Informant Sync calendar created yet, see the next step.
- To create an Informant Sync calendar go to Informant Settings > Visible Calendars > select the three dot menu in the upper right of the screen > New Calendar
- Edit details and select save. This calendar will be default set to your Informant Sync account.
Once this is finished you will be able to see the chosen project and its corresponding tasks in the web version. Any data added in the web version will automatically show up on your other devices under the Informant Sync account.
How much does Informant Sync for Web cost?
What features does Informant Sync for Web have?
What data will sync with Informant Sync for Web?
Why does the calendar view have limited features?
How do I give feedback?
2021
Jan – Mar 2021: Release beta, sorting options, smart filters, search functionality, drag and drop functionality, major UI/UX cleanup
April – June 2021: First phase of list view calendaring in internal testing – list view, global search, grouping sorted tasks, smart filters, context menu, task management improvements based off user feedback
July – September 2021: First phase of list view calendaring continued in internal testing, drag & drop improvements, alarms, user profile
October – December 2021: First phase of list view calendaring continued in internal testing & released to production by end of quarter, email to task in profile
2022
Jan – Mar 2022: First phase of calendaring improvements based off user feedback.
April – June 2022: Second phase of calendaring – Day view & week view
July – September 2022: Third phase of calendaring – Month view & year view