Version 4.0.801

This topic describes the changes made to Collaborator 4.0.801. For information on the changes made to other versions of the product, see Version History.

* FIRST RELEASE OF v4.0 BETA *

BIG NEW FEATURES

• added — Revamped diff viewer with over-under view, much faster loading times, more jump/search features, and hide-able chat pane

• added — Subscriptions allow users to get on a review with author- or file-based rules

• added — "Recently Completed Reviews" list on home page

• added — Customized Review Report

• added — "New Review" page is now a single page rather than a wizard, cutting down drastically on the time it takes to create and start a new review

• added — Open differences in local diff viewer

• added — Review deadlines 

• added — Proactive notification system alerts you to reviews that are stalled

• added — RSS feed for Action Items 

• added — Command-line structure reorganized and many new options added

• added — Extensive Command-line help

• added — Tray notifier for Windows and Linux

• added — Enterprise organization specification for reviews

• added — Annotate files in overview screen with one-line comments that are visible without opening files

• added — SCM system can usually be detected automatically

LITTLE NEW FEATURES

• added — "Fun Facts" feature on home page

• added — User list drop-down now support substring-based searching for names

• added — Custom reporting view defects_by_file

• added — Command-line client now connects to server much more quickly

• added — Addchanges from multiple SCM configurations in one command

• added — All global options can be overridden on the command-line

• added — Special last keyword can be used on the command-line to refer to the review that was last created

• added — Version control system is automatically detected by the command-line client in most cases

• added — Ability to disable all metrics displays (Case 25888)

• added — Ability to edit list of files before they get uploaded for ccollab addactivity and ccollab addtrack (Case 35009, 35383)

• added — Home page action items have more information and are split by incoming, outgoing, and more

• added — Many UI elements can now expand and contract

• added — Date input boxes now use a proper calendar widget

• added — Database diagnostics help you and tech support diagnose problems

• added — Cleaned up user activity statistics on the Admin/User page so it is easier to see how many licenses you really need

• added — User initials algorithm now supports "Last, First" semantics

• added — Button on New Review page lets you pick up custom field settings from the previous review

• added — Added on-wire compression for more web page elements for faster page-load times

• added — Speed improvements for the Review Overview page, eliminating 60% of the SQL queries

• added — Speed improvements for the Chat pane, making the common no-op case fast

• added — Review columns are hard to differentiate with many reviewers (Case 35450)

• added — Improved defect icons for red-green colorblind users (Case 35023)

FIXES

• fixed — Syntax highlighting got confused with certain sequences of escape characters in C-style strings

• fixed — Subversion checkout at root of local disk fails to upload files properly (Case 34992, 35056)

• fixed — New files/directories caused Eclipse plug-in to fail to find other modifications (Case 35664)

• fixed — Users could re-open review by continuing to comment; now must explicitly re-open the review with a button.

• fixed — When server is awaiting database upgrade, clients were reporting "incompatible server" instead of "needs database upgrade" as the error message (Case 32710)

• fixed — Incorrect handling of non-UTF-8 characters in communications with the Perforce server (Case 36367)

• fixed — Reporting database view review_activity now includes all participants, not just those with non-zero activity time

See Also

Version History