We released two new modules yesterday – Chronograph and POP3 Authentication.

Chronograph: time tracking for activeCollab simplified

Ok, Chronograph is not technically a new module. It’s been on our roadmap for a long time, and even available for purchase pre-release. We finally made the first release yesterday!

Chronograph makes time tracking a piece of cake! You no longer have to guess how much time you worked on a task. You don’t even need to click around and locate the task within activeCollab to log time. Chronograph sits in the activeCollab status bar and is absolutely easy to use. We actually spent all this time redesigning Chronograph module such that it makes time tracking simpler, not tedious!

POP3 Authentication: Simplest way to bring colleagues to activeCollab

Remembering another password for activeCollab can be troublesome. Creating new user accounts everytime someone joins your team is time consuming. POP3 Authentication module allows users to login to activeCollab with the same password they use to check their email! And everyone is going to remember that! Plus, your email server is already going to be integrated with LDAP or any other central authentication system you use. You may also have password policies implemented on your email server.

POP3 Authentication benefits from all of that and provides a seamless login / onboarding experience for your employees…

And yes, you can define what domains should use POP3 auth – so your clients won’t start hitting your mail servers!!

It’s quite nifty actually…

POP3 Authentication Settings

Diwali Vacation at Apps Magnet

Apps Magnet is based in Mumbai, India. And we will be on a brief vacation during Diwali days – 11th November to 14th November. Our response time during this period will be longer because we’d be lighting diyas and firecrackers with our families. Plus eating sweets and Diwali special delicacies.

We wish you the best festivities!

Product Updates

We’ve released a lot of product updates recently. We have many products plus we are always improving them. On top of that, activeCollab updates come frequently too. Plus we don’t really know what version of the product or activeCollab a user is using. It would be overwhelming for users if we sent emails / blogged about all updates!!

Recently, activeCollab 3.1.18 was released and Confidential Items module was not compatible with new code. We released an update quickly, but some users experienced troubles logging into activeCollab due to the incompatibility. Such critical issues are rare, but if customers knew of product updates, they can choose to upgrade whenever they feel like.

That’s why we strongly recommend using our free acGarage Lite to get product update notifications within activeCollab. You can also get automatic upgrades and a whole lot of other benefits with acGarage Plus if you wish.

New Tutorial Videos

We’ve added a public video about batch update of time records using Time Reports Plus here. Plus an exclusive video for Inner Circle customers on invoicing with Time Reports Plus.

Here’s to better projects!!