Few "things" you should expect from AppShore for 2010
Beside our revamped web site, here a list of few features we are working on this new year:
- A new release poetically called v2.2 is available for all new created accounts since January 1st. Being new, we consider it subject to few improvements in the comings weeks. Then we'll work on a migration procedure to make it available to all existing customers. We'll come back later on the new features available on this v2.2 release.
- An extended API (Application Programmatic Interface) to allow more interaction and data exchange between your AppShore account and external applications.
- Along with the API, we will extend import/export feature for contacts information (and other type of records when relevant) with the leading web based email/contacts systems. Google Contacts, Yahoo Contacts and Microsoft Live Contacts are amongst the targets. Other more business oriented services are also in the wish list. All depends of the availability of an open API on the distant side.
- Today we lack some serious feature when it is about inbound emails in the Webmail and Campaigns applications. This is a fairly complex subject that we expect to see handled in the coming months.
- To allow better time management of the email Campaigns, we will add a scheduling mechanism. Later this should lead to a complete customizable email/form notification system widespread across all applications.
- Emails sent through Campaigns application will also include the option for recipients to opt out from campaign lists. Likewise, we will add an opt in web form similar in its usage to the leads web capture form.
- The search filter form allow to build some fairly elaborate search requests. It is sometime a pain to have to rebuild the same filter over and over. So most of search filter forms will have the option to be saved and shared amongst users.
- In forms, a new field type to store images, graphics will be added. It will be available as a new standard field in Contacts, Leads and Accounts as well as a custom field in all applications.
- Another custom field type requested is Computed field. It should come along some interface improvements of the custom fields and forms designer.
In term of new applications, Projects management, Products management and Workflow system are on the wish list but we wait for more feedback to decide how and where to go ahead.
This is an open list so do not hesitate to contact us to express your needs, expectations and also frustrations. Customer's opinions have great impact on the planning and release date. Happy New Year 2010!
Posted Jan 7
by AppShore Inc.
