We’ve just released a big update to the system that drastically improves the speed of changing information related to your tasks. Everywhere you see a task card like below, there is a new action next to Show Description called “Quick Edit”.

Selecting quick edit will instantly change your task card to look like below, from here you can edit the most common information about a task.

Unfortunately this new feature didn’t fit on the project screen using the 3 column layout, so we’ve changed to a two column layout similar to dashboard as shown below.

Also in this release we’re the following smaller tweaks.

• A consistent task list style across all screens.
• More “under the hood” improvements for a faster sleeker system.

Note: All screenshots are taken from our test system, so don’t read too much into them.

I was recently contacted by a new user of Task|mate who asked “How do you set due dates on a task?”. At first I explained that we only supported due dates by bundling tasks together, and questioned why a due date at task level was required. After a short email conversion it was obvious that this was a feature Task|mate that would make our customers very happy.

I’m now very pleased to announce that, this feature is live and available for all our customers to use. You can see this new feature on the Add/Edit Task sections, however when shown on the dashboard – it’s true potential becomes obvious.

As you can see below, it’s no incredibly easy to see what you should be working on next.

Your feedback really does help in improving Task|mate and we’re always eager to hear your ideas.

Please get in-touch, your idea could be implemented just like this one.

Other Usability Improvements

We’ve been really busy over the last week, and also implemented the following improvements:

• Improved Navigation between Projects/Milestones/Tasks
• All commands have been consolidated into one "Action Menu".
• After adding a new task, the screen will now automatically refresh.
• Improved layout of Task Information.
• Improved layout of New Task section.
• Improved My Projects menu section.
• Improved layout of Timesheets.

I’ve just finished deploying the new improved international support for Task|Mate, up until now all dates and numbers had to be in a British Format.

For Example:

Numbers: 1.00
Dates: 24/12/2008

Task|Mate will now lookup your locale from your browser settings and use the settings of your default language, which should increase the usability of the system for everyone outside of the UK.