Think Big! That’s what I kept experiencing in my US tour in October. A coffee cup would be five times larger and fifteen times costlier in the USA than my office in India. Everyone was talking about changing the world. Everyone was talking about millions. You can’t stop but get infected by this passion.

I returned on 5th November and last 33 days were about catching up with work. Pending deliveries. Revamping code structure. Solving bugs. Adding new features. Brainstorming our plans for 2012. Training new team members. Just keeping the neck down and working hard.

And then there is activeCollab 3. Yes, it’s looking great and is just around the corner! We get access to developer previews and it’s progressed faster than my own expectations over last two months. So I thought we should share our activeCollab 3 plans with you – as it is they are centered around you!

Use notifications and incoming mails to get people on-board activeCollab

activeCollab is awesome, but some people just won’t use it. Why not let them use email? In this acVarsity video, we demonstrate everything you need to know about the Incoming Mail module of activeCollab. You will be able to set seamless email communication – both outgoing and incoming – for your activeCollab projects after watching this video. Go ahead, get more people on-board with activeCollab!

Watch video: using email for teamwork with activeCollab

You may also want to watch other acVarsity videos

Planning & Reports modules upgraded (among others!)

We launched the much awaited upgrade to Reports module around Christmas. The new version adds people and company reports, allows taking action from within reports and is simply the best reporting tool for activeCollab today.

Today, we also launched an upgrade for Planning module. This upgrade fixes some annoying bugs (with notifications and duplicate entries) and has an Export to CSV feature. We have also included a few other fixes and enhancements.

acHacks: Latest Comments First
We also launched a useful acHack. This one lets you show comments in reverse chronological order for tickets, discussions, pages and files. You no longer have to sift through pages of comments.

BTW, we also updated Copy Pages and Discussions with project acHack!

Next Product: Paypal Monitor
We are now working on a new product for Paypal. If you are a Paypal business user, we believe you will find it useful. If you would like to know more about it, drop Nirav an email.

activeCollab Updates

activeCollab guys just published cool intro videos. They can be very useful in familiarizing your users with activeCollab. Check out the videos here. If you would like to see training videos we’ve made so far, click here to see them all.

On the forums, improving search is an interesting topic. If you have a few minutes, do read it and post your comments. That will help activeCollab improve search capabilities. We also posted notes on how we improved search results. You may also want to try that out.

Another useful topic is how to move activeCollab from one server to another. There are some nuances you got to know when you move, and this article will surely get you on the right track.