Informant 5 is ready for iOS 11 – Release Notes for Informant 5.30
(these are bit more complete than the ones we posted in the App Store):
NEW:
• Informant is ready for iOS 11
• NEW: Siri support for tasks. For instance, you can now tell Siri “Make a new task in Informant to take out the trash” (iOS 11 only)
• Username / Password fields can take advantage of iOS 11’s ability to store login info in the keychain (iOS 11 only)
• New look for the View Picker Short bar – which also resolves an issue of it sometimes overlapping the ‘+’ button on smaller screens (iOS 11 only)
• Numerous visual and under the hood improvements for iOS 11 (this goes across several views – Agenda, Month, Settings, etc…)
IMPROVED in 5.3
• The “more actions” button is back on iPad so that you can swipe-to-change-start-date again
• Resolved issue in 5.20 that could cause duplicate alarms for Apple Calendar events
• Sometimes Informant would not respect a deleted exception on the root event of a recurring series
• The wrong version number was showing in certain localizations
• Making a trigger from an Apple Calendar Event now works properly
• Conflict Catcher in the event editor was not working properly for Apple Calendar Events
• If you had a daily repeating all day Apple Calendar Event with a “repeat end date”, the event would 1 day later than it should have
• Tapping out of the Title field in the event editor might unexpectedly revert the All Day switch in certain situations
• TouchID / Passcode feature works properly again in I5
• Fixed a way for the wrong icon to sometimes appear in the view picker
• The view picker would sometimes disappear after doing a search and emailing one of the search results
• Fixed crash if there wasn’t a Mail account set up
• The Delete All Completed button would incorrectly stay on screen in some situations when it shouldn’t
• If you created a trigger set to be “All Day”, it would sometimes result in creating events that spanned 2 days when used
• Fixed a logic issue when setting the time zone in the event editor
• Fixed error message when editing a smart filter that iOS Informant doesn’t support
• Added option to sign up for newsletter when signing into Informant Sync
• Manual Informant Sync renewal process is more intuitive
• Proactively let people know they get an Informant Sync account included when they subscribe to the connect bundle
• Improved onboarding experience for iPhone SE
• Updated several internal frameworks
• Updated localizations
I cannot find the “left hand” view picker option. How to enable it?
IPhone 6, I5.3 : in most views, top part of the screens is hidden under the “ribbon” top menu bar ; need to scroll down to see it.
Scrolling down to the bottom of the screens fix it. Until next view change… Is it the normal behavior??
Thanks
Emmanuel,
I am not able to reproduce what you are seeing. Have you reported this to support?
New version same problem with toodledo sync. I just reinstalled informant 4 and toodledo sync works perfect. I start the Programm and the sync starts and is ready after a second. I start informant 5 and nothing. I already send about 20 emails to support. Toodledo sync is the only reason I use informant. Nobody can tell me that for a so expensive software it is impossible just to make a new version as good as the old one. I am now a beta tester since 4 month for paying 25 Euro. I stay now with informant 4 and if the problem is not solved in 1 month I cancel my informant 5 subscription and search for alternative apps. Keith you should think about the strategy of your company.
nkraus,
I am eager to listen to your input. I hear you saying that you are having problems with toodledo. Yes, we need to fix that. I DO think about the strategy of the company quite a bit. Is there some additional suggestion you care to make? I am listening.
Thanks for your input.
Keith
Hi Keith,
I use since a long time informant on 4 devices parallel: Iphone, Ipad, Android phone and android tablet. On iOS informant 4 was the best, maybe the only app which integrates different accounts (calendar, tasks, notes) into one very good designed app. I use it for business (exchange) and private (google and Toodledo). I do have three suggestions:
1.) Look at the design of informant 4 on iOS – perfect and then on informant 5. Two examples: On focus 4 informant 4 there is a day view on the left side on ipad and you can slide it in on iphone. Informant 5 you must slide it in on ipad and nothing on iphone – why? Look at the date and time input for appointments – slow and nearly not to use on an iphone (scrolling) – absolute ok on informant 4.
2.) You are working on apps for different platforms. I do not see any improvements on android, but you are working on an app for MacoS. On my desktops (business Windows, private Apple) I do have Outlook or very good Webinterfaces – so why should I buy a third party app?
3.) I need good looking app integrating different account – like informant 4. I always payed for the app and I also payed the 26 Euro (now it is 19,99 – also I little bit frustrating) for informant 5. I would also pay a little yearly amount for the syncing with toodledo (I still use it, but if I decide the cancel it there is no more need for me to use informant, because there are a lot of good looking calendar apps, but all without toodledo sync) , but why should I pay 19,99 a year for features I do not need at all – informant sync? I do not understand at all why you need informant sync. Normally you do have google account or Microsoft account or Business Exchange and all mobile devices sync them self with this accounts.
Norbert
Norbert,
Thank you for the thoughtful input. Ill respond to each point.
1) We agree. We do intend to take another iteration on the time picker. We tried an innnovative time/date picker in v5 and it was met with resistance. We improved the Date Picker, but we decided to go with a default (apple-esque) time picker, and it is not very good. We will be making some more changes/improvements to that in near future.
2) We have just started to do some work on Android. We are determining how much of that code is salvageable and we can go forward with. It hasn’t been touched for a few years so it is still not known how long it will take. RE: web interfaces, are you referring to toodledo? or other?
3) We moved to a subscription for a variety of reasons. The subscription price includes Informant Sync (which you say you don’t find much value in) but it also includes ongoing updates etc. We have released 7 updates to the iOS app in past 10 months. We are able to do that because of the subscription. So…you can look at it like paying for Informant Sync or paying for the updates. Either way, it ensures that Informant stays in business and stays on the cutting edge of productivity apps.
Thank you for your support. We do appreciate you!
Hi Keith,
I am using Outlook for business and the Webinterfaces of Google and Toodledo for private. I also testing different task lists in the moment to see if I change. If microsoft would integrate Exchange Tasks into the mobile apps, I already had canceled my toodledo (and informant) subscription and changed to the outlook app.
I do not have a problem with subscription, and I do have other subscriptions. My problems are two:
1.) With other subscriptions I pay for the subscription and get the apps for every platform for free. With informant I have to pay for every platform or app (as I told I do not need other apps as iOS and Android, but I read all the information on your Website) and the subscription – I know one year is free, but is this year added to the other subscription. I also see that with the superscription you now get the Android app for free – I payed for it. I also payed 26 Euro for informant 5 and now it is 19,99 Euro and having problems with the new app since month. If I have been waiting I would have been saving money and time corresponding with the support. So early customers pay more, wasting time and there is no accommodation, like maybe a few month expand of the subscription (other companys do this by itself)
2.) To pay the same price like other people who need the informant sync function is also not a fear concept. If I would change to google tasks (unfortunately a very bad and not useful task list) I would not need to pay for the informant subscription at all. So why not making different functions for different price – like a lot of other subscriptions.
With all the updates there are numerous large and small issues which I have been told will have to wait awhile. No watch complication (Informant Issue ) which will not be addressed until after the 1.0 version of desktop Informant according to support. Air Drop (Apple issue) support reports they are dealing with Apple on this issue. It sure would be nice especially for a subscription service to have at least functions of the app that worked before the update. Paid for a year and will see what Informant has to offer in the future. Needs to be a home run before I will pay for another year.