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Release Notes for ProtoShare 6, released on January 8, 2012.

See also: Release notes for ProtoShare 6.1, released on January 29, 2012.

Features Added

  • Huge improvements to Review

    We have overhauled the the review and commenting side of ProtoShare. We took a look at what makes discussions actually useful and came to the conclusion that discussion with action is a time-sink. You need ways to make decisions and resolve open issues.

    This is nearly a complete overhaul. Many new features, including:

    • See read/unread topics & comments.
    • Subscribe multiple people to topics.
    • Notifications only on subscribed topics.
    • Mark topic comments as decisions.
    • Mark topics as resolved.
    • Assign multiple owners to a topic.
    • Filter and sort topic discussions.
    • Improved notification emails.
    • And more!

  • Drag & Drop Asset Upload

    Upload images using drag and drop. This might just revolutionize the way you use ProtoShare.

  • Floating Palette Pane

    The palette is now free and like the Inspector, can be hidden or positioned closer to where you are working.

  • Return to Edit from Review

    Wish you could easily edit a design you are viewing in Review? Now you can using the Edit link in the toolbar.

  • BETA: Edit Designs in IE9

    Beta feature: Edit your designs using Internet Explorer 9.

  • We are testing IE9 internally and so far so good, but we aren't quite ready to call it done. If you try it out and you get a dialog complaining the browser isn't supported, make sure your browser is set to "Browser Mode: IE9" and "Document Mode: IE9 Standards" in the IE Developer Tools.

Watch the video: Transitioning from ProtoShare 5 | 4:46
See these features and more demonstrated in our ProtoShare 5 to ProtoShare 6 transition video.

Also, be sure to check the blog post on ProtoShare 6 by Andrew Mottaz, ProtoShare President and Co-Founder.

Bugs Fixed

These bugs were fixed with this release.

  • Editor: Double-clicking component selects previously used property instead of the one it's supposed to.
  • Inconsistent behavior when creating a master from a selection of components
  • Reviewers do not get an error message when attempting to update other user's Topics
  • IE8: Selected topic styles are wonky
  • IE8: Cartoon font has scrollbars on Large and Huge sizes
  • IE8: Tree View Sub Pages do not show
  • IE8: Project Managers and Developers cannot invite new users (either to a specific project or to the account)
  • IE8: Text Area component has a tendency to display differently in IE8 than other browsers
  • Duplicating Pages/Designs: Discussion topics duplicate
  • Export: Slash in custom file name causes failure
  • Library: Cannot delete multiple template, master, or asset subfolders at same time
  • IE8: Many drop-menus randomly stop working
  • Cannot open design(s) for new pages in Site Map
  • Annotation body does cannot be edited in inspector
  • FF5: Right-click menu appears in wrong location
  • Annotations: Right click menu functionality inconsistent.
  • State values unavailable until window is reloaded
  • Review: Certain icons invisible on different browsers.
  • Safari and Chrome PC: International characters do not display properly
  • Library: Certain Templates and Masters cannot be edited / duplicated
  • Review: There is no way to refresh all Topic, Design, and Page data at once
  • Editor: Bringing multiple items forward on layers doesn't save
  • Accordion / Tab Panel: UL and OL do not display properly
  • Selection not retained between listing and canvas
  • Pages, Assets, Folders with :,?,%,/,*,<,> characters in name are not written to the file system correctly
  • Tab and Accordion Panel: CSS Class / ID values being stripped out
  • Windows 7 / Firefox 7: Manually changing X or Y position sets value off by 1 pixel.
  • HTML Export:: Sandbox component: Page URLs included in JavaScript do not get parsed / converted
  • Windows 7/FF7: Action Menu always displays in left top corner of the browser
  • Can't create topic via File -> New Topic if page doesn't have topics.
  • Editor: Inspector panel state not saved between sessions
  • Review: Show all topics does not show archived topics
  • Author of the Topic with role Reviewer does not see buttons Archive/Unarchive Topic
  • IE8: JS error occurs on Welcome page
  • Browser painting of floating header is buggy
  • Creating a topic navigates to the currently selected Topic's design prior to creation
  • Create Topic: new topic is not selected post-creation
  • Windows 7: View of menu elements became broken for all browsers
  • Windows 7: Welcome page for Reviewer has wrong view
  • IE8: Users are not able to open Review mode
  • Review: Decision can be removed while topic is resolved
  • Topics: After marking topic as unresolved/resolved, incorrect "mark as" shown in context menu until topic is selected again.
  • Review: Selecting annotation from the annotation listing does not activate states associated with annotation
  • Clicking a selected annotation activates states (and deselects)
  • Can't open drop down list in property inspector.
  • Design Filmstrip: Mark as Active misspelled on context menu
  • Discussion topics are duplicated when duplicating project/designs.
  • Unread archived topics do not appear in topic list
  • Kbd shortcuts do not hide palette/inspector windows when they are active
  • IE8: Can't add topics on top of components
  • Review: Screen not adjusting to topic pins below the fold
  • Topics Inbox dropdown is stuck on "show"
  • Hitting ESC dismisses export progress dialog
  • Non-owners of topics can move pins (but they revert back)
  • Duplicate Proj: Design Types do not appear to be duplicated
  • URL drag-and-drop not working
  • Following link to topic does not scroll design to pin location
  • Windows 7 / FF : Icons in project / people listings show as ellipses
  • Editor: Select-all selects "deleted" components
  • Editor: Deleting a container does not unselect children
  • Editor: Deleted group members are auto-selected
  • IE8 / Review: Clicking topic in listing causes blue highlight to flash.
  • IE8: When opening a project from project listing / recent projects, erroneous pop-up blocker message is shown.
  • Duplicating designs duplicates discussion topics.
  • Invalid email address not detected during invitation process
  • Review: Design list does not refresh when opening another design of current page
  • Asset Inspector: Fields hidden, cannot edit name
  • Review: Context menus and dbl-click actions enabled in review