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Helmby

Changelog

What changed, release by release.

Across the Hub and the four products. Only what you can open in the product today is listed here — nothing that is on its way.

Releases
5
Changes listed
54
Of them new
30

  1. Drafts, bigger files and a new Time Tracker

    14 changes

    • NewHelmby ChatDrafts: a message you have started is kept for that zone or connect, listed on a Drafts page, and follows you between the web, the desktop app and your phone
    • ImprovedHelmby ChatA shorter sidebar: your five most active zones and connects with View all, Drafts, Branches and Pulse always in view, and the rest under Toolkit
    • ImprovedHelmby ChatSend files of up to 500 MB in a zone or connect; a large file is sent in parts and a part that fails is sent again
    • NewHelmby ChatChoose the icon for a zone from its settings
    • ImprovedHelmby ChatAttach several files, write your message, and send them together; a picked file waits with the message until you send
    • ImprovedHelmby ChatA message you send appears in the conversation at once, and an edited message says so everywhere, replies in branches included
    • NewHelmby ChatA zone says who joined, left, was added or was removed, and zones and connects with something unread lead their lists
    • ImprovedHelmby ChatType @ and pick a person with the arrow keys and Enter; the formatting bar is on every message box, and the whiteboard eraser rubs out only what it passes over
    • ImprovedHelmby ProjectsThe inbox loads older notifications a page at a time, and choosing a project team has a search and clear tick boxes
    • ImprovedHelmby ProjectsA card moved on the board or the sprint board stays where you drop it while the board refreshes, and a move that cannot be saved goes back and says why
    • ImprovedHelmby PeopleTime Tracker has a new look: a dial for the running timer that shows breaks, tabs for Today, Screenshots and Privacy, and quick picks for recent work
    • NewAll productsA link to a message, ticket or record opens in the phone app when it is installed, in Helmby Chat, Helmby Projects, Helmby People and Helmby Finance
    • ImprovedAll productsThe phone apps tell you when the connection is the problem and offer to try again, instead of waiting without limit
    • ImprovedHubMore storage included: 25 GB for up to 50 people, 50 GB up to 99, 100 GB up to 199, 200 GB up to 299 and 350 GB beyond that. Files shared in Helmby Chat now count towards it

  2. New prices

    2 changes

    • ImprovedHubA single product is now $2.49 per user per month billed yearly ($3.49 monthly), and all four with the Hub are $7.99 ($9.99 monthly)
    • ImprovedHelmby PeopleThe Time Tracker screenshots add-on is now $1.99 per user per month, added at sign-up or later from Billing

  3. Launch readiness

    29 changes

    • NewHubSign-up sets the whole company up: plan, products, branding, first zones, first project, leave types, currency and invitations
    • NewHubEvery new Hub starts a 14-day trial on the chosen plan, shown in Billing from the first minute
    • NewHubHub switcher and Create New Hub in every product; one email can own several Hubs
    • NewHubSettings: Hub name, logo, tab icon, brand colour, default theme, region and financial year
    • NewHubAnalytics rebuilt with date ranges, a tab per product, real charts and CSV download
    • NewHubInsights: twelve plain rules over live data, each saying how it was worked out
    • NewHubSupport tickets name a product and carry a reference, a status, comments and history
    • ImprovedHubBilling offers every way to pay that applies, and updates itself on return from Stripe
    • ImprovedHubAudit log reads as sentences, with device and browser; the security score shows its formula
    • ImprovedHubHelp Center rewritten: 30 articles and 10 questions covering everything that ships
    • ImprovedHelmby ChatScreens you return to paint at once from the session cache and refresh quietly
    • ImprovedHelmby ChatZones and connects open on the newest message; sender names are more prominent
    • ImprovedHelmby ChatList ticks and Gauge votes persist for everyone in zones and connects
    • NewHelmby PeopleWeekly timesheets go for approval entry by entry: submit, send back, resubmit, approve, lock
    • NewHelmby PeopleE-signatures open in the browser; people outside the company sign through a single-use, expiring link
    • NewHelmby PeopleUser Management with six default roles and a table of what each role can do
    • NewHelmby PeopleTwo-factor sign-in with authenticator apps, QR set-up and single-use backup codes
    • NewHelmby PeopleGDPR requests with a one-month due date and a privacy policy every employee acknowledges
    • ImprovedHelmby PeopleRequests and Approvals are one area; locations and the org chart read from your records
    • NewHelmby ProjectsSprint review computes completed work, comparison, cycle time, flow and sprint health for any past sprint
    • NewHelmby ProjectsBlockers and risks in one list with owner, severity and linked ticket
    • ImprovedHelmby ProjectsRoadmap: add epics and milestones and edit dates in place; dependencies between any two tickets
    • ImprovedHelmby ProjectsStandup history by day and person; the archive says what each item is and what restoring does
    • NewHelmby FinanceOne template system for invoices and estimates: four built-ins with live preview, plus your own
    • NewHelmby FinanceRecurring invoices raise a real draft on schedule; pause and resume
    • NewHelmby FinanceInvoices are emailed to the customer from Helmby Finance with the document embedded
    • ImprovedHelmby FinanceOne customer form and one vendor form everywhere; add either from inside an estimate, invoice or bill
    • ImprovedHelmby FinanceDraft estimates and invoices open in the main form to edit; bills are numbered by the system
    • ImprovedAll productsEach product’s top bar carries its own mark and tagline; Settings lives in one place

  4. The products start handing work to each other

    7 changes

    • NewHelmby FinanceTime to invoice: bill tracked hours by project, task, period or person at the rate typed on the invoice
    • NewHelmby FinanceExpense claims approved in Helmby People arrive as expenses, marked with their origin
    • NewHelmby ChatA new Helmby Projects project can get a zone of the same name, kept in step with its members
    • NewHelmby ChatNew people join General and Random when they accept their invitation; quiet hours for notifications
    • NewHelmby PeopleProvisioning: grant and revoke access to each product you hold, per person
    • NewHelmby PeopleTime Tracker offers the person’s own Helmby Projects projects and tasks
    • NewHelmby ProjectsProject types and templates, public intake forms, and saved views

  5. Pricing by product

    2 changes

    • NewHubBuy any single product on its own, or all four as Pro
    • NewHubA public status page, linked from the foot of this site

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