New Layout for Updates, More Focus on Internal Content

A small tweak has been made the Updates application or tab, that being the layout of the applications that are displayed. The original idea was to show the external content first, such as recent news feeds or websites added, with internal applications next, followed by recent comments and pages. As this is a private network, [...]

View Only Your Comments with the My Comments Filter

A new filter has been added to the Comments application or tab, that being My Comments, or a filter to view only the comments that you’ve added. To see this, just click the Comments tab followed by clicking the My Comments filter, here’s a screenshot of the new layout: Once clicked, you have the following [...]

All Folder Expansion, Add Content and New Users

Continuing the theme of making your network easier to use with other users, the All folder has received a couple changes, both for sharing content with others as well as adding new users to a network. Sharing Content With Others Previously, while you could view content integrated from across your network, you could not add [...]

See the Total Quantity of Application Items

Within the Updates tab you can see the total quantity of items included in both the folder you’re currently in as well as from any sub-folders.  This can be helpful to see the overall activity level of each application for your many different projects and activity levels. For easy reference, the total quantity is displayed [...]

Add a Comment Directly From Updates

Whenever you see a new item in Updates, such as a note or document, you have the option to both view the details of the item, add new comment for feedback and sending an email notification of your comment added. Here’s a brief walk-through of the steps involved: View Item Details: Click on the name [...]

Customizing the Slideshow Views

One of the nice features of the slideshow feature is being able to launch it from whatever list view you’re currently looking at. Anytime you click on an application you’ll see the initial view, sorted alphabetically by the item (action, note, event, etc) name.  If you click the slideshow button, the slideshow will be shown [...]

Keeping Informed of Upcoming Events with an Email Alert

Now for any events that you’ve saved in your network, you can add an alert, or email reminder, to help provide a quick notice before the event actually occurs. This can be helpful in a number of situations, some examples: Small Business: Set an alert for an upcoming customer meeting one day ahead of time, [...]

More Info Displayed When Viewing Emails and Comments

Now when viewing your summarized Emails or Comments, you’ll see a little more information displayed to help identify where the email or comment came from. The additional information includes both the type of application as well as the name of the source of the item.   For example, if somebody added a comment to a note, [...]

Emails Default View Changed to Inbox, the All View Removed

To make viewing emails sent and received from your Odysen network a little easier, the default view is now the Inbox view. A small change but helpful over the previous view, “All”, showing all your emails.  The issue with this view is that it would integrate both your Inbox and Sent emails, which if you [...]

New Email Notifications Layout, Adding Recipients to Bcc Field

Now when you send an email notification, you’ll see a slightly modified layout along with a new field to add people to a Blind Carbon Copy or Bcc option.  Here is a screenshot of the new layout and process. Overview of the New Layout After you select an item to send an email notification from, [...]

New Formatting Options When Adding Text to Notes, Actions and Emails

Now whenever you add a note, action, or sending an email notification, you’ll see a few additional font options to tweak the style of any text you’re writing.  These include changing the font color, the background color, the font type as well as the font size. To make changes, just highlight the appropriate text and [...]

Application Items Brought into Focus

Now when viewing any of your application items, the new window that is opened is both expanded to full-screen as well as inserting a black background, helping to provide for minimum distractions outside of the item you’re interested in. Some of the notable features with the new layout: Changing to Full Screen This helps to [...]

Using Desktop Apps for Initial Idea, Share it with an Intranet

As much as it might be an interesting idea to think you can do all your creative activities through various web tools, there are plenty of occasions where it’s just not the best fit and it’s more efficient to use other more industrial desktop applications, at least for the initial creative part. Some of these [...]

Adding Comments to a News Source

The News reader application has a new feature allowing users to add comments to any of the news sources.  Helpful to add some feedback to news feeds that others have added to your network, such as “check out their recent posting on our product”, or “see this review of a location we were thinking of [...]

New Application Item Layout, Integrating Details and Comments

To make things a little more intuitive when viewing any application items, the layout has been tweaked from a top/bottom format to a left/right format.   See the below screenshot with the Note application. This helps to be able to both see the details of an application as well as view/add any comments, all in one [...]

Website Link Included with Email Notification

Now whenever you send an email notification of a website from your Odysen network, the link to the actual website is included in the email.   This makes it a little easier to both bookmark a website for later reference, as well as being able to efficiently share the website with others. Here is a screenshot [...]

Send an Email Notification with Application Content Included

Now whenever you add a new piece of content to any of the applications and would like to send a quick email notification of the item, you can do so a little easier.  This is done by automatically inserting the content or the description of the application within the email, along with a link back [...]

View Sent and Received Emails in New Emails Tab

To help provide some of your email communications for later reference, you can now select a tab labeled “Emails” to view any emails sent or received within your Odysen network. Similar to the applications, you can view emails within each topical folder, or see them integrated in the All folder.  Note that the emails included [...]

Comments Tab Added to View Integrated Feedback

Now when you log into your Odysen account, you’ll see a new tab labeled “Comments” that integrates all the comments from any of the applications in the folder you’re viewing.  This can be helpful when going through some of your folders and wanting to take a quick look at any feedback or collaboration from any [...]

Get Access to Application Content Faster with Updates Tweak

Here’s another small tweak, this one for the Updates application to help users more quickly view items and comments of any application item. The change made is that now when you click on any of the item names, a new window will appear showing you the information for that item.  If you want to go [...]

Applications Layout Upgrade, Easier to Access Content and Share with Others

Now when you log into your account, you’ll see a few changes with the applications layout, including the tabs location as well as the item details and comments section.  Here is a screenshot of the new layout, seeing the default Updates view once you’re logged in: Viewing Items Details and Comments If you need to [...]

Sending an Email Notification More Personalized, “From:” Email Included

Now whenever you send an email notification to anyone, when they receive the email, the “From:” field will include your email address.   This is helpful anytime you send a quick email notification and the recipient might want to ask an additional question or comment.  Instead of having to go through the process to log in, [...]