Changelog

New updates and improvements to Ideanote.

Accessibility and User Experience Improvements

  • Added search support to the country selection dropdown in the Train AI settings
  • Implemented a wide range of accessibility improvements for enhanced usability on screen readers
  • Improved text visibility in dark mode
  • Improved the behavior of the resize button in Information views
  • Updated the display of idea owners on partly anonymous ideas for editors in list views
  • Changed checkmark-, dropdown-, image choice-, and select-fields in forms to show a warning when deleting an existing option, indicating that any content referencing that option will be lost
  • Fixed a UX issue where an existing user could appear in the Share dialog as if they could be invited to the Workspace
  • Fixed an issue where phases and views located inside templates could be selected in workspace-wide dropdowns, such as within filters
  • Fixed an issue in Information views where videos could sometimes flash
  • Fixed an issue in Inbox views when the ‘Hide IDs’ layout option was disabled
  • Fixed an issue where loading skeletons could appear while submitting an idea
  • Fixed an issue where duplicating an Analytics view wouldn’t include its charts
  • Fixed a rare authentication-related issue when a user is deleted with the ‘Keep Content’ data retention policy is enabled
  • Fixed an issue where selecting ‘Is Defined’ in conditional fields for an Attachment field would always revert to ‘Is not defined’

Text Editing, Accessibility and Performance Improvements

  • Added new Dynamic Variables "sessionUser.stats.comments" and "ideaCollection.stats.ideas.days7"
  • Updated Idea Collections with Enforce Owner Access now display a Not Shared label if not yet shared
  • Updated the Information View to allow all URLs to be embedded but warn if it will not work optimally
  • Updated map charts so they will now show the amount of items for which the location could not be located
  • Improved Geolocation lookup functionality
  • Improved accessibility towards WCAG compliance
  • Improved the user experience of using Shareable Links when only Without Signup is enabled
  • Improved overall performance
  • Fixed interoperability between Information views and Dynamic Expressions
  • Fixed an issue where long idea collection questions could be illegible for editors
  • Fixed an issue where teams could not be dragged into or out of other teams
  • Fixed an issue where users would still receive emails triggered by Send Email or Custom Notification automation actions after opting out of emails sent via Automations
  • Fixed an issue in Send Email automation actions where linebreaks would not appear correctly in the preview
  • Fixed an issue where some lists would appear reversed in Firefox
  • Fixed an issue where edited comments would not show the new text before reloading the page

Improved Rich Text Editing and Filters

  • Text can be now left-, center-, right-aligned, or justified in Information views.
  • The size of images can now be increased or decreased via the toolbar inside Information views.
  • Member idea fields can now opt-in to also allow selecting teams, or the workspace, or both.
  • # of Reviews, # of Comments, and many other similar kinds of filters for users now support selecting the idea collection in which the activities must have been made.
  • Fixed a performance issue when typing inside dynamic expressions when there many available suggestions visible.
  • Fixed an issue where the usage of raw HTML-tags would not render a preview value for idea collection editors after unfocusing the text field.
  • When a Splunk integration has been set up, audit logs can now show when/if an activity was synced to a Splunk instance via a new Splunk-synced at column. Note: this only works for activities generated after this release.
  • A list of the latest activities synced to a Splunk instance can now be seen inside Splunk integration settings, without having to open the audit log.
  • Fixed an issue where several different kinds of activities shared the same action value in Splunk CIM-formatted activities, causing errors.
  • Added additional metadata for Export User Data and Export Workspace Data activities inside audit logs.
  • Export User Data and Export Workspace Data activities are now generated across every Export Button, whereas it was only for certain activities before.

Improved Stability & AI in Microsoft Teams

  • Improved server response times and stability
  • AI features are now supported in the Microsoft Teams integration
  • The most recently submitted form entry is now always given the lowest order
  • Improved the layout of attachments within Information Views
  • The required asterisk will now only be shown on fields in submission forms if Show required is explicitly toggled on in the field settings
  • Added a maximum width to the help launcher
  • Fixed an issue where Create Idea automation actions could add dynamic expression parts when referencing fields on ideas with no defined values
  • Fixed an issue where the phase dropdown in certain automation actions (e.g., Change phase) would not display locked phases
  • Fixed an issue that sometimes triggered multiple redundant View idea activities to be sent to the server
  • Added a Security settings option to prevent users without edit rights from moving their own ideas to other idea collections
  • The Submitted At column in List views now always shows absolute time
  • Fixed a regression introduced in the most recent release that caused idea collection cards to appear behind others while dragging and dropping
  • Fixed a regression introduced in the most recent release that caused the filter dropdown in idea details to appear in the wrong location
  • Fixed an issue where certain activities, such as Create Custom Font, still appeared in audit logs even after all activity types were deselected

Static Fields

Custom Score dialog box showing form fields for title, description, field type, and an averaging formula in the value field.

A new type of field that can be used to define values on ideas and form entries that aren't visible to users during submission, and cannot be edited by them afterwards. These can contain constant values, or use Dynamic Expressions to compute formulas, functions, and expressions.

Dynamic Expressions

UI showing function signature, description, example for UPPERCASE, and a dropdown list of functions.

Our Dynamic Binding system has been supercharged and can now do a lot more, including performing operations like idea.stats.likes+idea.stats.views / 5, calling functions e.g. AVERAGE(), and even logical value comparisons. You can use it in the new Static Fields but also across other parts of the platform.

Static Fields, Dynamic Expression Formulas, Co-Owners + Anonymity

  • Added Static Fields: A new type of field that can be used to define values on ideas and form entries that are visible to users during submission, and cannot be edited by them afterwards. These can contain constant values, use real-time Dynamic Expressions and be updated via automation workflows.
  • Added Dynamic Expressions: Our old Dynamic Binding system has been supercharged and can now do a lot more, including performing math operations, calling functions, and add logical value comparisons.
  • Added additional kinds of security-related activities for the audit log: 'Changed password', 'Enabled IP Anonymization', 'Disabled IP Anonymization', 'Exported User Data', and 'Exported Workspace Data'.
  • Added more visual feedback when links are copied to the clipboard.
  • Added support for conditions on fields in Expand phases referencing fields from other Expand phases.
  • Improved the co-owners and anonymity features so that they can now be used together.
  • Improved performance when reordering views.
  • Improved filtering so you can now set up filters for matching on ideas for which they have an attachment or not.
  • Improved restrictions inside embed views and added a disclaimer stating that not all websites are supported.
  • Improved the media picker by ensuring that aspect ratio is shown when selecting/generating images.
  • Improved performance and rendering with optimisations.
  • Improved our default themes to now better support dark- and high contrast modes.
  • Updated the icon for hidden activities to better differentiate it.
  • Updated the email builder so it supports the <ul>, <ol>, and <li> elements.
  • Fixed an issue where non-admins could export user data for someone else.
  • Fixed an issue where & could appear inside the subject of emails sent from Ideanote when the workspace name included a & character.
  • Fixed an issue where searching in the audit log didn't work.
  • Fixed the color tab in the Appearance settings so it defaults to the one matching the users' current preference.
  • Fixed an issue where changing the hour/minute selection in date pickers did not save the selection.
  • Fixed an issue with datetime preferences showing Greek characters for other languages when formatting dates.
  • Fixed an issue with blank PDF previews inside the Teams integration.
  • Fixed an issue where bulk actions did not work inside List views.
  • Fixed an issue with navigating to profile pages sometimes.
  • Fixed an issue where AI images could disappear from Information views.

Small UI Fixes

  • The bulk actions in the idea list is now available again
  • When saving images to the rich text editor, they show up also after reloading
  • Fixes some issues related to showing time
  • Fixes the button in the app bar that takes the user to the profile page
  • Instead of rendering a blank PDF in teams we now render a PDF logo and the name of the file (its not currently possible to render the PDF inline because of MS teams security).

Stack View

UI showing an idea card about biodegradable satellites and an implementation difficulty rating.

Easily focus on one idea at a time with the Swipe view for ideas.

WYSIWYG Information View

UI of document editor with 'Let's Explore New Frontiers' title, text on space innovation, and abstract space art.

Add a View for your Idea Collections that only contains a style friendly WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) rich text editor with AI. Great for a readme section.

Custom Fonts

UI for editing custom fonts, showing "Highway to Heck" font name, upload box, and font files.

Upload your own fonts if the existing catalog of fonts is not sufficient. In case you wondered how Impact might look on your workspace, now is your chance.