✨ New

• Revamped Design & Intuitive UI: Offers faster navigation with a more intuitive user interface.
• Customizable Workflows: Tailor workflows to project needs with custom checkbox actions for enhanced efficiency.
• Ora Chat: Introduces team channels, guest invites, and huddles for elevated communication.
• Personalized Favorites: Add projects, tasks, and channels to the top of the new sidebar for quick access.
• Enhanced Notifications: Notifications are now visible on cards and automatically clear upon viewing.
• Unified Sidebar: Streamlines navigation by bringing projects, channels, and views into one accessible place.
• All Tasks View: Displays all tasks from selected projects without filtering for a comprehensive overview.
• Group by State: Organize tasks by their state across various projects for a clearer overview.
• New and Improved Timeline: Offers a facelift with a more refined appearance and enhanced usability.
• Quick Filters + New Filter Types: Streamlines workflow with quick filtering options and introduces two new filter types for epics/parent tasks and activity (update date).
• Task Sharing in Channels: Enables sharing or creating tasks directly in channels for integrated team collaboration.

💎 Improvements

• Project Loading and Sync: Improved speeds and reduced syncing errors for smoother project management.
• Sidebar Settings & Command Bar: Enhanced efficiency with CMD+K shortcut for quick search and customizable sidebar settings.
• Streamlined Workspace: Removal of clutter from the project sidebar, including sprints, milestones, timers, and filters for a cleaner look.
• Improved Chat Features: Upgraded chat scrolling, search, and message jumping for a better user experience.
• Agenda Management: Enhanced with the ability to select folders with projects and preserving sprint lists during transitions.

🐞 Fixes

• Sync Issues and Slowness: Addressed and fixed issues related to project synchronization and loading times.
• Chat Functionality Enhancements: Improved overall chat functionality, including drag and drop task sharing to channels.

Read the full blog post https://ora.pm/blog/ora-5

✨ New

• 4 New task states In Progress, Rejected, On Hold and Cancelled
• Timer view - A new home for your timers. Includes Calendar, Sheet and List of your timers.
• A new visualisation for task progress in Projects and across the app
• New look for the project sprint burndown
• 2FA Badge for users in your organization (see who has acivated 2FA)
• Negative "not" filter

💎 Improvements

• Add Time Popover 2.0
• New Active Timer Look
• Add an option to change the default behaviour of checklists
• Improved Projects Picker to sort projects by Organization (in Agenda)
• New "Updating project" messages and look

🐞 Fixes

• Fixed video recording not sending if you dismiss the window and then reopen it
• You can scroll more than what you should be able to in table view
• Add tasks to sprint does not open the previous view or backlog view
• Add time shortcut "AT" not working; Annotations shortcut "A" also not working
• Due date not showing on board
• Folders in sidebar are missing! Back arrow does not work correctly to go the the root folder.
• Duplicate list is not working

🐞 Fixes

• Fix time input when you type 11 it prevents calculations for 1 and just does 11 (related to timer inputs and scheduling)
• Fix hold alt to delete
• Fix the deadline not working when you input time (from the right-click menu)
• Fix going back in the projects sidebar does not show the correct projects and folders.
• Fix PDF annotations not working

🐞 Fixes

• Click on sprint in activity does not open the sprint
• Chrome extension layout appears unaligned
• Completed items disappeared from Agenda
• Unclickable groups in the agenda (desktop app)

New:

• Sharing extension (Share any file easily to a task or channel from other apps.)
• In-app notifications (will pop up on top of the app and you can click them)

Fixes:

• Chat/task messages were never sent if you open the app from notification.
• Update currently selected project each time your internet is lost or you get back to the app
• Newly sent messages appear with 50% opacity until the server confirms they are saved.
• In this cases where you open from a push notification, the app did receive an update from the server successfully.
• Crashing project under some rare surbcumstances
• Crashing task (due to a new type of activity, which was not handled on mobile)
• Big audio and video messages for free users were lost without any warning - now we limit the audio recording time and also provide an alert so that the user downloads the video instead of loosing it.

Version 4.2 is not an exciting one but an important update in which we addressed a lot of technical debt. For what is worth, here is a full change log.

✨ New

• A new group by date for the project and the agenda.
• Option in Checklists to move completed items to the bottom

💎 Improvements

• New shortcut for selecting projects while creating tasks in the Agenda/Global new task. Access with ⌘/Ctrl + P
• Show pinned projects in the sidebar when inside a folder
• Added a shortcut for the Annotations - press "A" to activate the annotating mode while previewing Image/Video/PDF files
• While a task is opened press Home/End to scroll to the top/bottom of the task
• In the Agenda allow dragging subtasks to the Event Calendar
• Add completed/not-completed stack/filter in time reports

🐞 Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused the schedule dropdown to appear out of the window for small screens
• Added the tasks Color Picker in the Project's Calendar
• Fixed an issue that caused the Agenda's tracked/completed tasks info to disappear when selecting new projects
• Google events now properly show the event description
• Fixed an issue that caused the Read All button in the notifications not to work - macOS
• Added a warning when trying to create a milestone with more than 50 characters
• Fixed an issue that caused "Assign all members" not to work in some cases

⚙️ Refactoring / Reducing technical debt:

• Completely remove angular.js.
• Convert from angular routing to react routing.
• Remove legacy project files, and switch entirely to the new project architecture.
• Improve global stores architecture.
• Reduce JavaScript footprint.
• Bump up many dependencies.

💎 Improvements

• Added option to delete list when moving all tasks from this list
• Switching from "My Day" to "Planned" no longer resets the view to "Day"
• Easier pinning of projects from projects sidebar
• Added suggestion deleting subtasks when you are deleting the parent task

🐞 Fixes

• Disabling the hotkey for task type, causes "d"s to not work while typing.
• Project search not working in move task / duplicate task
• Crating a task relationship with multiple tasks causing a crash
• Sort by assignee, causing crash on new task
• Moving all tasks does not move hidden subtasks
• Recently deleted tasks show in archived

Fix issues with editing task titles not always saving the correct text

Cleanup and refactoring old code

✨ New

• Quicker filters from clicking attributes on the cards: Works with a label, task type, milestone, and sprint. A filter would be applied to allow you to see any other cards sharing the same faith (value)

💎 Improvements

• Better view properties panel
• Minimize labels from view properties
• CMD/CTRL + Click on a label to minimize labels instead of filtering

💎 Improvements

• Setup improvements, project creation skip

🐞 Fixes

• Crash on opening task

💎 Improvements

• Blurry backgrounds for some elements, popovers and dropdowns
• Upgrade electron version

🐞 Fixes

• Slack connect not working on desktop apps
• Drag on timeline makes some schedules 1 day long
• CSV import crashing on some csv files
• Saving task title not working some times on switching tasks

💎 Improvements

• Improve timeline colors when no color is set to items
• Improve top toolbar positions of group and sorting

🐞 Fixes

• Group by sprint moving tasks out of sprint not working
• Filter overdue items not working
• Invite member to project by username not working in some cases

✨ New

• New saved filter in Agenda: Tasks you've assigned to others

🐞 Fixes

• Fix scroll issues when details are open as a sidebar with split view enabled
• Fix completed checkmark not showing as active on completed tasks
• Fix potential crash in Agenda

🐞 Fixes

• Archived tasks cannot be closed

✨ New

• We've added new languages: Ukrainian, Greek, Hungarian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish

🐞 Fixes

• Review tasks cannot be checked/completed after yesterdays update
• Issues when adding tasks to sprint

✨ New

• Background blur added to toolbars of scrolling containers (task, lists, messages)

💎 Improvements

• Blocked and blocking tasks in review now show as Yellow checkmark / Red checkmark, so that you know it's a blocking/blocked task even if it's for review.
• Toolbars height from 48px to 52px (native apps mac toolbar height)
• Export to MD / TXT now supports groups and filters

🐞 Fixes

• Bulk actions + task relationship = error
• Export project to MD / TXT tasks are missing

🐞 Fixes

• GIF search crashes on searching in rare cases
• "Add to organization" not working sometimes
• Download CSV button not visible (chrome)

🐞 Fixes

• Custom fields appear multiple times on cards
• Project info cannot be edited
• Timeline backlog only shows open cards
• Opening related task sometimes closes the task

💎  Improvement

• Task created in monthly calendar while "My Tasks" is selected is assigned to you

🐞 Bug fixes

• Monthly calendar not displaying inside a project
• Calendar layout should not be an option in starred and someday sections

Bug fixes

Critical Bug fix

• Can't add description to tasks with empty description

New features

• Show completed and tracked in calendar view (planned > month)

Bug fixes

• Setup and create first project always showing to personal accounts
• Global Timeline no longer supports states (you cannot hide completed)
• Can't add a new line after image paste in description
• Fix event detail modal position sometimes overflowing

We are excited to announce the release of Ora 4.1, which includes the following updates:

Learn more on our blog post.

Updated agenda: We have completely overhauled the Ora calendar to make it easier for you to schedule tasks and events.

• Added filters: You can now filter the tasks in your Agenda by any entity to help you focus on the tasks that matter most to you.
• Jump to task modal: You can now quickly access the task modal by using the J keyboard shortcut.
• Added multiple select: You can now select multiple tasks in the Agenda to perform actions on them at once.
• Task grouping: You can now group tasks by different entities to better organize your Agenda.
• Sorting: You can now sort tasks in the Agenda by different entities

✨ New

• Time view: You can now view and schedule work by the hour, giving you more control over how you plan your day.
• Google calendar integration: You can now view and manage your Google Calendar events within Ora, making it easier to keep track of all your commitments in one place.
• Task colors: You can now assign colors to tasks to help you visually prioritize your work.
• Drag and drop functionality for multiple tasks at once: You can now drag and drop multiple tasks at once to change their order or move them to a different project.
• Drag to select multiple tasks: You can now select multiple tasks by clicking and dragging or by using the Shift + click + drag shortcut.
• Added scheduling option to the multiple select & task right-click.
• Added starred tasks and "someday" tasks, allowing you to mark important tasks or tasks you want to do in the future.
• Added an option to disable the password & project name requirement for deleting a project, making it easier to delete projects when needed.
• Fixed an error that caused the task modal to crash sometimes.
• Fixed an issue where dragging on the timeline sometimes created an extra day.
• Fixed a comments sync issue.
• Fixed a bug that prevented Windows users from closing the Archived tasks section.
• Added task links preview on the board / list view, allowing you to see a preview of linked tasks.
• We hope these updates make Ora an even more powerful tool for managing your projects. Thank you for choosing Ora!

New features

Projects sorting

You can now sort projects - Alphabetically, by date created, size and last update.

Update project picture with Ora default pictures

Previously you could choose one of the Project Pictures only while creating the project. You can now choose from these pictures for created projects as well.

Project views keyboard shortcut

Access your project views with alt/option + 1 - 9

🐞 Fixes

• Fixed public projects for not registered users
• Fix the timeline public projects for not registered users
• Fixed Windows app context menu
• Fixed a bug that caused the board to crash when estimating newly created tasks
• Fixed a bug that prevented users from moving tasks to empty lists
• Fixed filter by milestone
• and lots of other bug fixes

Feel free to check our blog post for more information

TL;DR

Ora 4 has new project views + updated old views (list, calendar and table), grouping, sorting, chrome extension, billable time, priority points (value divided by effort), custom welcome message for each project, and updated appearance.

Bugfixes

• Due date/Schedules did not display properly when using language other than English
• Fixed opening PDF files in Ora
• Non-registered users can now properly see tasks in public projects
• Fixed highlight issue with the description

New

• The desktop app for macOS is now available for arm64(M1 macs)
• Press Ctrl/cmd + Enter while creating a task to create & open the task

Improvements

• When selecting folder report now all projects(not only the ones you've joined) are calculated
• Added zoom for images and zoomed image annotation. When annotating press Ctrl + Double click to zoom
• Insert link in the description now works on the desktop app
• Insert image in the description now works on the desktop app
• You can now adjust the play speed and volume of videos
• Archiving a repeating task asks you if you want to stop the task from repeating

Bugfixes

• Fixed timer live update issues in List View
• Fixed a bug with task types when created from the New Task Modal
• Fixed the timer Checkmark button
• Fixed a bug that caused shared Custom Fields not to display properly
• Fixed a bug that disabled you to edit active timers
• Fixed dates in the reports when using different language than English
• Fixed some issues while creating multiple tasks with Shift + Enter
• Fixed a bug that caused labels not to display on subtasks

New features

Sidebar with annotations

For a better overview of the Annotations, we've added an annotation sidebar when the attachment is opened.

Importing multiple projects

The import feature of Ora now works for multiple projects at once. It works for CSV and all the import integrations we have.

New task in Agenda/Calendar view

Clicking on any day in the Calendar now allows you to create a new task

Improvements

• Added a warning when file upload is in progress and the user tries to quit Ora
• Sprint modal improvements - added sprint burndown in the modal & other improvements
• Only the latest 10 task timers are shown by default. Click to expand and see all timers
• Tasks with a due date are now visible in the Timeline under Milestones
• In Kanban board labels are now expanded by default
• Added show/hide completed tasks in Milestone/Sprint modal
• Dragging tasks from the Backlog in Timeline view under a Milestone now adds the task to the Milestone
• Added shortcuts for Approving/Rejecting a task - "APR"/"REJ"

Bugfixes

• Total tracked time is now correctly shown for sub-tasks
• Fixed an issue with live updates when assigning a member, label to card
• Timeline fixes
  • Converting due date to schedule
  • Moving due date in the timeline
  • When converting schedule to due date add the schedule assignee as task assignee
• Task timers were not shown for some users
• Fixed a bug that caused duplicated task activity when reacting on it
• Observers needed to refresh in order to add labels/checklists to cards they've created
• Choosing list when creating sub-tasks now works properly
• Fixed multiple-select task relationships
• Live update when deleting a milestone in the Timeline
• Fixed shortcut for play/pause timer

We are preparing a big update for the mobile app and we're testing everything now. Expect an update for the mobile apps soon! Here are the latest changes to the web version of Ora:

New

• You can now use the multiple select to make task relationships
• Added sprint burndown report for members. You can also filter to see each member's burndown

Improvements

• You can now filter tasks by a member in the Milestone/Sprint modal by clicking on their avatar
• Improved the speed when moving tasks to another project
• You can now right-click on images/files while using the desktop app
• Clicking on the task activity for task attachments now opens the attachment and shows the attachment name
• Added the ability to delete an active timer
• Ora's webhooks are now available through the API. Previously, you could only access them from the Project Settings > Integrations
• Added Open Sprint Modal button for finished sprints
• Clicking on task labels inside the task modal now shows the labels dropdown
• Added live counter for ongoing calls
• Sprint reports improvements
• Added Go to reports button in the Project three-dot menu
• Sprint modal can now be opened from the Sprints sidebar

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue that caused closed tasks/cards to appear in the overdue section of the Agenda
• Fixed wrong task activity when linking tasks as parent/subtask
• Fixed a bug that didn't show completed story points correctly when switching tasks
• Fixed a bug that caused the Organization picture not to update properly
• Fixed New task added webhook
• Subtasks now display the closed state correctly
• Fixed a bug that caused tracked time not to show on subtasks
• Fixed mentions in annotations. Previously you could only mention team members on already created mentions

Improvements

• Added the ability to watch projects - right-click on a project to access this feature
• Moved webhooks to Integrations tab of the Project Settings
• Annotation checklist improvements
• A new report for sprint story points progression
• When adding tasks to sprint future is now selected by default
• Added the ability to filter projects/organizations in the Reports
• Added sprint start & end date to the Sprint modal. You can also close the sprint from the modal
• Change task types in the Agenda with right-click

Bugfixes

• Sprint lists no longer appear in the finish sprint modal
• Fixed an issue that caused CSV export with custom fields not to display properly
• Completed story points are no longer copied if you duplicate the task
• Monthly time reports now recognize when you already have linked email

New

• Webhooks - webhooks are now publically available for everyone
• Jira import
• Annotations checklist - a special checklist in the Task Modal that shows all annotations from the task files

Improvements

• Dropbox integration improvements
• Clicking on task history for new annotation now opens the File & Annotation
• Opening annotation comments from the notifications now open the File & Annotation
• Projects can now be exported only by project admins
• Milestones sidebar is now hidden if the Task, time, and comment privacy addon is enabled
• Email to task - now shows the user who sent the email. If there is no Ora user with such email the name is displayed instead

Bugfixes

• Pasting text from Microsoft Word caused issues with the description
• Fixed an issue that caused Google Calendar integration to disconnect when logging in
• Fixed Slack slash commands
• Live update for checkboxes in the Kanban board
• Fixed project settings crash for some users
• Fixed task type counter in the Project Settings > Task Types
• Fixed a bug that caused tasks created in the Agenda not to be scheduled properly
• Linking Git repositories now have live update

Improvements

• Faster task creation
• Added task-relationships support for multiple select
• Added change task type for the task right-click menu
• Observers and public members reactions to comments no longer appear as "undefined"
• Annotations without comments won't be created anymore
• Only project/organization admins can export projects now
• Linking git repositories now have a live update

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue that caused tasks created in the agenda not to schedule properly
• Fixed a bug that made it impossible to edit/react to annotation messages
• Fixed task templates

Ora 3 is now more stable, a lot of bugs have been fixed and we have also introduced new features & UX improvements.

New features

Translations

• We have extracted almost every string in Ora. Everyone of our users can participate in translation Ora in their own languages now. See this link for more information.

Timeline 2.0

• Time allocation - watch this short video
• Tasks with due dates are now visible in the Timeline
• Milestones & Sprints are now visible in the Timeline
• Added zoom slider

Milestones 2.0

• Introducing Milestone Modal
  • When you open a Milestone you'll see all milestone tasks & useful information about them
  • Open tasks from the milestone & then go back to the milestone modal
  • Minimize your Milestones and open them anywhere in Ora
  • Pull in tasks & create new tasks that are directly linked to the milestone
• Milestones sidebar in the project view
  • Open, delete, reorder & create new Milestones directly from the project view
  • Filter Milestones & toggle Open and Closed milestones
  • Right-click on the sidebar items to open More Menu
• Milestones now have a duration - add start date to milestones while creating them or from the Modal.
• Visible in the timeline - milestone duration allowed us to add them in the Timeline. You can open, move, and reschedule them directly from the Timeline.
• Sprints too can be opened as a modal

Improvements

• A lot of video call improvements
  • Users without a microphone/camera can now participate in calls too
  • Fixed permission issues with macOS users on the desktop app
  • Improved screen sharing
• Added task contributors - a break down of the tracked time for each member
• Greatly reduced the amount of notifications editing task description produced. Now other users are notified about the changes only when you close the task.
• Added custom fields to Project CSV export
• Added an option to change the send message shortcut. Access it in the Account Settings > Preferences
• When you move a task/card to another project the comments are now moved as well
• Added reset email confirmation button in the Account Settings > Email Aliases
• Observers are now able to see the Image/Video/PDF annotations
• Observers custom task visibility improvements
• Hidden observers emails from Project Members - visible only to admins

Bugfixes

• Fixed reports by folder

• Fixed a bug that caused the task to switch while previewing images and switching them with keyboard arrowsOnly project/organization admins can export projects now

• Fixed a bug with description highlights that caused issues

• Fixed custom emojis

• Fixed issues with formatted text copied from email and pasted in the task description

• Fixed a bug that caused sometimes tasks not to load

• Live update for task states in Chat Discussions

• Fixed a bug that caused you to see tasks from future sprints in your current sprint

This changelog also includes v3.0.16 which was a very minor update one day after 3.0.15

Improvements

• When switching the deadline time the selected time doesn't get reset anymore
• Observers UX improvement
• Observers can now copy the task link
• Profile popover anywhere in Ora - click on any teammate profile picture/name to see this feature
• Video call improvements

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug that didn't allow users to leave Organizations
• Fixed thematic break shortcut in the description
• Fixed a bug that caused task modal to crash when it was Sidebar tasks & comments on the right
• Some users didn't see the sprint burndown chart

Improvements

• Checkbox addon > added the checkbox for Task Modal
• Added dark mode for "Add Feedback" button on image/video/pdf preview
• Added success notification when adding/updating recurring tasks
• Clicking on chat notification when in another organization now correctly opens the chat
• Switch task with left & right arrows
• Added emoji support for checklists
• Task template shortcuts improvement
  • Load task template - "t t" or "l t t"
  • Save as template - "s a t"
• Opening links in the desktop app now opens it in your default browser
• Added online status for Channel > Members tab
• Add keyboard shortcut for move task to top/bottom
• Added scroll bar for Project > Members Tab
• When switching tasks with arrows and you switch to another list, highliight list name

Bugfixes

• Thematic break shortcut in description now working
• Can't mention in discussions
• Wrong attachment time (hover) in messages

Timeline Improvements

• Due dates support
• Convert due date to schedule
• Convert schedule to due date
• Display the text of super small items
• Add collision to the text of super small items so that it displaces other items
• Visual improvements

==Note==: We'll continue adding more improvements to the timeline in upcoming updates

Bugfixes

• Mute channel now working properly
• Public members who commented or created the task can now be mentioned
• Matching members when importing a project now works correctly
• Hide all comments from Addons > Task, time, and comment privacy now working
• Fixed scheduling API call
• Global search used to show the results twice when you click show more
• Projects now updated correctly when you open Ora
• Tasks can now be opened from the global search
• Optimized the speed of some server requests
• Attachments from comments can now be removed
• Task names in discussions are now updated properly
• Duplicating a task showed the wrong icon for "recurring" task
• Opening link from description crashes next opened task
• Zapier now showing projects properly
• Zapier checklists now working as expected
• Emoji picker in annotation not showing
• In some rare cases, recurring tasks were duplicated

Bugfixes

• Login from Zendesk to Ora is now working
• Project selector in the Agenda was missing for some users
• Link description was sometimes overflowing if too many characters
• Notifications were sometimes truncated improperly
• Fixed an issue that caused some weird visual effects when editing a long comment
• Some links redirected to Ora. They now direct to the correct link
• Underscores in comments/messages were depricated
• We have re-written the comments/messages and fixed a lot of the bugs there
• Fixed warning message in the Agenda when you're creating a task in a project taht's not selected
• Observers were able to completed checklist items in tasks they have not created
• Task estimated time is now properly hidden from observers when this is enabled from the addons
• HOTFIX: Non-registered members were not able to open tasks

Improvements

• Messages in discussion are now properly read
• Improved the unread messages in the chat. Once you have read a message it should no longer appear as unread
• Description can now be toggled between Markdown editor and Rich Text editor
• Clicking on message notification should now always scroll to the message
• Added current version to the App & made the changelog accessible from the app

Bugfixes

• Edit time slider is not working properly in all cases
• The filters are now working as expected for List View
• Edit time can now be adjusted with the Up & Down arrows
• Fixed the broken colors in Project Reports
• Switching projects sometimes caused the filters to bug
• Tasks with Cyrillic name can now be mentioned in the Description
• Emoji picker is now showing in the annotations

Improvements

• If you have opened your tasks as a sidebar, clicking on notifications from the bell won't close the notifications modal. This allows you to quickly go through all notifications with an ease. See attached video for demo of this
• Added online status for members & observers in Project > Sidebar > Members tab
• Links are now clickable in the checklists

BugFixes

• Clicking on "Read" notifications no longer reduces the total notifications count
• Observers can now:
  • add attachments to comments
  • be @ mentioned
  • edit their comments
  • see their profile picture when they comment without refreshing
  • receive live updates for all comments
• Task comments no longer flicker
• Time reports now load properly from the desktop apps
• Improved description typing speed
• Files with unrecognizable type can now be uploaded
• Text was pasted sometimes as an image in comments if copied from certain software
• Fixed a bug where messages did not load properly sometimes
• Task scrolling issue fixed
• Many description issues fixed
• The board was sometimes crashing for some users
• Notifications now properly displayed when you log in
• Fixed chat issues
• Online status now working everywhere
• Added an error message when you try to upload a bigger file in the comments
• Can now properly mention @everyone in comments
• Zendesk CSS broken
• Description crashing task if you switch to another tab in the browser
• Fixed crashing comments in rare situations
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused opened task not to load properly
• Time shown when you hover your mouse over a task
• Opening task from overdue notifications now works
• The project background is properly updated using the desktop apps
• You can now make slack integration from the desktop apps

Bugfixes & Improvements

• Sprint duration not working ==fixed== • Description Improvements • Different color notification on blue theme • Switching from project with List View to project with Kanban View resulted in no switch in the view ==fixed== • delete folder not working ==fixed== • Description new line lost with inline code block ==fixed== • Converting user with identity with ora but no account results in white screen ==fixed== • Many Onboarding improvements • Observers now update correctly in the Members tab, project screen • Shared with me now showing after login • checklists disappearing ==fixed== • Improve the observers onboarding experience • Clicking on desktop notifications on Windows & Ubuntu doesn't open the app ==fixed== • If you invite an observer he will be now directed to your project skipping the user info part • Double pdf annotation • new comments don't go in slack ==fixed== • Links to Ora in tasks doesn't work anymore ==fixed== • Admins can't edit the tracked time of other members ==fixed== • No message for locked organization/project ==fixed== • Converted users don't see the new Onboarding ==fixed== • google login from mobile apps not working ==fixed== • Leaving channel no live update ==fixed== • Description no live update ==fixed== • If there is an image in ora message no message is produced in Slack ==fixed== • You can't create tasks in the Agenda ==fixed== • slack integration shows a blank screen ==fixed== • Hide review task approve/reject buttons for observers • Annotation resolve live update • Top navigation missing after you open a task while in list view

Ora 3 is now live :bangbang: :tada: :rocket:

==Features==

Ora chat

• Channels - group your conversations by channels and invite your team members
• Discussions - this is what makes our chat unique. Discussions are linked to your projects. Each task with a comment is automatically converted to a Discussion thread. Never lose messages in long conversations, keep things organized and clean.
• Direct Messages - talk one-on-one with your team members, create groups, and just have fun!
• Calls, Video & Screen Sharing - have group meetings with your team, share your screen and express yourself

Proofreading

• Annotate Image, PDF & Video files to better communicate with your team

New task modal

• Task opening is now faster
• Open task as a modal
• Open task as a sidebar
• Task split view - your comments & task activity go to the right
• Minimize tasks and open them anywhere in Ora

Task description 2.0

We have fully revamped the task description and dedicated a lot of time to make it powerful. The description now supports rich text editor with shortcuts and more. Try it out and share your feedback with us at hi@ora.pm

Project sidebar 2.0

• More user friendly & powerful

New archived tasks view

Many improvements here you can now select all and delete or restore them at once

Features

• Time stats and Story points stats are now displayed in the Agenda. You can turn this off from the View Settings

Improvements

• Only Organization admins can now delete/archive folders
• Added 24H support almost everywhere
• Added Task ID and Story Points in the Reports export
• Added Leave Project when you right-click on a Project

Bugfixes

• Users who had Saturday as First day of the week now see the calendar while setting Due Dates & other places properly
• Some links didn't display in cards. This issue is now fixed
• Fixed creating task from Task Template while there was no description
• Fixed wrong time for Task Repeat for users in Australia

Features

You can now specify to which email the invoices are sent to

Improvements

Observers / Public members can now watch lists and tasks

Bugfixes

• HOTFIX: Fixed an issue with creating Organizations
• HOTFIX: Fixed an issue that caused the Agenda to crash sometimes
• HOTFIX: Fixed an issue that didn't allow Windows 10 users to import projects from CSV
• Fixed an issue that showed negative amount when starting a subscription in Organizations that have AppSumo lifetime plans
• Fixed typo in the email verification
• Fixed an issue with the timer CSS
• Fixed an issue with self-hosted GitLab

Features

Agenda - added Time & Story Points

• Tracked Time, Estimated Time, Story Points, Completed Story Points, and Business Value are now visible in the Agenda
• Hover your mouse over the date, e.g "

Public Project Template

• Project Templates can now be public.
• To create the template public, go to your Organization's Settings > Templates and click on the "Private Button."
• To see and search for Public Templates, start creating a project and click on "Public." Then you can browse and search for Public Project Templates. They're ordered by use count.

Unfurl Links

• Updated how links appeared in task modal - they now show more information and look cooler!

Watch on assigning

• Added an option in Account Settings > Preferences that allows you to watch tasks when assigning a member to it

Improvements

Sprint Changes

1. The sprint commitment points now have 3 numbers (instead of 2).

• Effort completed during the Sprint
• Commitment at the start of the Sprint
• Current points inside the Sprint (new). This number only

2. Added Sprint Activity and Story Points & Business Value activity in the task history. Now you can see when the Sprint was started when story points were added to the task and when they were completed. We believe this will help you better understand why there are missing points in the Sprint, or why there are excessive points.
3. Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the Sprint to have more commitment at the start of the Sprint than achievable.

Improved email forwarding

• Assign member & add labels via sending or forwarding an email to Ora
• Fixed forward description truncate

• Load Task Templates - you can now use Task Templates on already created tasks.
• Added Sign in with Apple
• Added Story Points, Labels, and Global ID to Project Export
• Added Links to Task Template options to save
• When Labels are collapsed the name is displayed when you hover your mouse over the label
• Added Zoom In/Out for Desktop apps - Command/Control plus "+" / "-"
• Added warning when trying to add new Email Alias and the email is already taken
• Archiving tasks when filters are active now has a live update
• Improved warning message when deleting Organization / Project.

Bugfixes

• HOTFIX: When deleting a view and this view has been your last view the app crashed when you closed the Project Settings -- fixed
• HOTFIX: Fixed a bug that didn't allow you to upload a custom background to projects
• HOTFIX: Commenting on public projects now works properly
• HOTFIX: Fixed a bug with email to comment
• HOTFIX: Fixed email to comment
• Fixed a bug that didn't allow you to reorder checklists
• You can now create Task Templates after editing a task without having to refresh
• Related task order views are now shown in the correct order
• Fixed a bug that didn't allow you to close tasks with "ESC."