Latest Updates

November 8, 2007

• You can create tasks via Phone. You can learn more about this here.

November 5, 2007

• In your tasks added via email, you can now write the word "tomorrow" instead of writing tomorrow's actual date.

November 2, 2007

• We have added the ability to include time specifications to new tasks that are created via email. Skoach™ will recognize formats of the following types:
  Meet Jim 3/25 6pm
  Meet Jim 03/02 06:15pm
  Meet Jim 1/2 8.30AM
  Party Friday 10PM
  Meeting 2PM
  You can also include time durations using the following formats:
  Meet Jim 3/25 6-8pm
  Meet Jim 03/02 11am-2.30pm
  Party Friday 10:00-11:30PM
  

October 24, 2007

• The capability to create new tasks via email has just been added! You can learn more about this exciting feature here.

October 18, 2007

• When the user clicked on his mouse in order to create a new task in the Schedule Panel, an input bar comes up in the Schedule which allows the user to enter the name of the task. This input bar used to now disappear if nothing was entered into this input. This is now fixed, and the input bar will disappear if nothing is entered.
• When the user would log out from Skoach™, while having been logged in via the more secure https URL scheme, then - when logging in again - he would automatically be logged in with the http URL scheme, rather than https. This has been fixed, so that https users will default again to https upon login.

October 15, 2007

• We have added the ability to login to Skoach™ via the more secure https URL scheme. The user can either continue logging in via http as before, or via https.

October 9, 2007

• We've made the duration format more lenient. For instance, now you can enter 0:85 instead of 01:25. This capability was suggested by a user on the Skoach Forum. Click here to see it.
• Filter by top level task was added.

October 8, 2007

• We've added the ability to export a task's agenda into Excel.

October 5, 2007

• Ability to rename tasks directly in the schedule panel was added. Just double click on the task box. Also you can right click and select "Rename task" from context menu.
• Task name is a subject of Email, SMS and pager reminders.

October 4, 2007

• Now Skoach™ works under https, boosting Skoach™'s overall security.
• Scheduled indicator was added for tasks in the Tree.
• Ability to select a day from the week view was added. Just click on a day in the table header.

October 3, 2007

• The New version of the Outlook add-in has been released. You can access it here!

October 2, 2007

• An ability to modify an entire recurrency series (i.e. not merely a single iteration) in the Schedule Panel. Just right-click on any currently scheduled task and select the "Edit recurrence" option. Similarly, you can select the "Edit recurrence" option when you right-click on a recurrent task in the Task Map, as well.
• The logic underlying recurring task has also been changed. Before, in order to make a task recurring, one has to first make it fixed. Now, the user can make any leaf task - fixed or non-fixed - recurring, and Skoach™ will automatically make it fixed, as well. Hopefully, users will find this modification more intuitive than previously.
• The Task Map has a new button: "Create a new task"

October 1, 2007

• A bug on the task map forced the user to click twice on the child task icon in order to enter a new child task. This is now fixed. This bug was reported on the forum here.
• When a user clicked on the "forum" button in the Cruncher, the Cruncher stalled. This bug had been isolated and it is now fixed. It was reported on the forum here.

September 28, 2007

• Ability to use Tab and Shift-Tab while task entering was added.
• Annual recurrence tasks were added.
• Ability to select every ... day(s) or week(s) or month(s) or year(s) for recurrent tasks has been added

September 24, 2007

• IE compatibility is finally here! Skoach™ is fully compatible with Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 browser.

September 20, 2007

• A bug would occur when the user would have a task end at the deadline time, then he would get a warning stating that the end time of the task is after the deadline of the task. This has been fixed. This bug was reported on the forum here.

September 17, 2007

• Clicking on the white space using the mac equivalent of right click to bring up the menu to collapse or expand on the task map, but it did work in Camino. A workaround for right-click in Camino was added. This issue was brought up on the forum.
• The Schedule used to default to the 15-minute view every time the user would login. This has been enhanced, so that the Schedule will remember the last scale selected. This is an issue that has been brought up on the forum in three different places: 1, 2, and 3.

September 12, 2007

• We've added the capability to run Skoach™ on the Camino browser for Mac OS users.

September 10, 2007

• The New version of the Outlook add-in has been released. You can access it here! Here is a list of improvements that we have made to our previous version of the add-in:
  
  1. The end date on recurring task did not transfer in the previous version. This has been fixed.
  2. Some start/end times would come over as xx:01 or xx:31 instead of xx:00 or xx:30. This has been fixed.
  3. Each sync attempt would create duplicates in Outlook and Skoach. This is probably fixed, though we have not been able to reproduce this issue exactly. Please report if this happens.
  4. Support for the Monthly recurrence type has been added.
• The provider Virgin Mobil was added to the list of providers which can receive Skoach SMS notifications. The request for Virgin Mobil was brought up on the forum.
• When a new task is created, its own task properties panel will now be shown, rather than the task that had previously been selected on the task map.
• When the advanced search panel is set to filter by a particular tag, newly created top-level tasks will also automatically have that tag. NOTE: Child tasks will continue to inherit their parent's tags.
• The interface of the schedule panel has slightly been changed when creating new tasks, so that the task name can be inputted right into the task box.
• There was a bug on the reminders panel that when a task would play through its entire duration and the panel asked if the user wants to finish the task now or later. When the user would select 'now', but instead of shifting the next scheduled task downward, the currently playing task would be moved to a space later in the day. This has since been fixed, and the next scheduled non-fixed task is moved downward. This bug was brought up on the forum.

September 7, 2007

• There was a bug that had previously occurred on the Time Map: when changing the name or color on the time categories menu, the Time Map would get updated with the correct name and/or color only when F5 was pressed or when the user would relogin. This has been fixed, and now the Time Map automatically updates with the correct information.
• A new font style is being used on the web site.
• The property "Auto-Schedule tasks w/o Mapped Time Category" has been added to the user preferences. This property allows the user to control the scheduling of tasks that do not have a time category, or whose time category has not been applied to any time blocks. The following options are given to handle these tasks:
  
  • "Never" - this option unschedules the above mentioned tasks even if they had already been scheduled.
    
  • "Always" - this option schedules these tasks in other time categories.
    
  • "Ask me" - this option will ask you how to proceed when encountering such a task in the future.
    
    • When this happens, you will also have the opportunity to press "remember my decision," so that future instances of these tasks will be treated similarly.

September 6, 2007

• Tags have been released.
• Category was replaced with Time Category.
• Time buckets became the Time Map.
• Text on the questionnaire confirmation page was changed.

September 3, 2007

• There was a bug in the new Quick Learn Skoach™ Basics guide which caused the "Next" button to be grayed out when tasks that had been previously created on the tutorial were deleted. This bug is now fixed.
• The tutorial used to say, "enter four more tasks," followed by the instruction to "click on one of the tasks you just entered." This instruction was confusing because the tutorial actually expected the user to click on the last task he had created. Failure to click on the last task would prevent the user from going on to the next page of the tutorial. The instructions now say, "click on this task you've entered to open the Task Details window," with an arrow pointing to the last task. This was brought up on the forum.

August 31, 2007

• The provider Alltel was added to the list of providers which can receive Skoach SMS notifications.
• When logging into Skoach, some users would be prompted with the warning, "Unresponsive script." This problem is now fixed.

August 29, 2007

• We just added the interactive Quick Learn Skoach Basics Guide. It pops up every time you log on, you can just click the Quick Learn Skoach Basics link in the upper right corner of Skoach in order to see it.
• We have just fixed a viewability problem which rendered features and text unreadable when the displayed font was either enlarged or manually minimized by the user. This issue was initially reported on the forum.
• The Print link on the upper right hand corner of the User Manual and the Quick Start Guide used to be blue, causing it to be unreadable when it was above some text or illustration. The recent improvement causes the Print link to be clearly seen, no matter what other text or illustration is underneath. This issue was reported on the forum.
• A text of 15 minute duration used to be unreadable when the schedule was set to a 15 minute view. This is now fixed. This issue was reported on the forum.

August 27, 2007

• There was a bug which occurred when the user would enter :xx minutes for a task, but left out any hour digits. The user got an 'invalid format' message, but was forwarded to the next task before they could correct it. This bug was reported on the forum. This bug is now fixed.
• There was a bug that prevented the agenda from showing in the first instance of the task, while it showed in the later repetitions. This bug was reported on the forum. This bug is now fixed.

August 21, 2007

• There was a bug that occurred when the Cruncher window would be set too high on the screen, which had caused the pop-up calendar to hide underneath the toolbars at the top of the window. This is now fixed.

August 20, 2007

• The calendar used to show up too low in the task properties panel and has been moved up to improve the panel view.
• There was a bug which caused the schedule to show the 15 minute view, although the 10 minute had been selected. This is now fixed.
• There was a bug that did now allow the list view to check off a task that is unhighlighted, when there is another highlighted one that is not on the screen. This is now fixed.
• Tip "Press Ctrl+F to search for a keyword." was added to the User Manual and Quick Start Guide.

August 13, 2007

• There was a bug that caused the category drop-down menu in the time bucket editor to shrink immediately upon being opened. This bug is now fixed.

August 10, 2007

• Previously, the tiny to-do's window only allowed hour and minute entries that were double-digit. Now you can enter in hours and minutes that consist of only one digit.
• The functionality of drag and drop in the task tree has been upgraded. Now the tasks will have to be dropped onto a task's "add child task" icon so that it would become a child of that task, or onto a task's "add sibling task" icon so that it would become the same level as that task.
• For all the users who have not create any categories, we've provided them with four default categories: "home," "work," "school," and "sleep."

August 8, 2007

• The bug which caused time buckets to become askew of the grid when the user right clicks on the time buckets editor - or drags a bucket to another open time zone in the time buckets editor - has been fixed. This bug was reported by a user on the forum.
• There was bug that occurred when the task properties panel was minimized and a different task was selected. If this newly selected task was near the bottom of the task tree, it would be hidden by the maximized task details window. This bug is now fixed.
• Since it is easy to inadvertently unschedule a scheduled task by adding a child task in the task panel, a pop-up was added, which says "You are about to add a child to the scheduled task X. As a result, this task will become unscheduled. Proceed anyway?" This was suggested by a user on the forum.
• A site map was added at the beginning of the user manual, right after the table of contents. This was suggested by a user on the forum.

August 7, 2007

• Task dependencies are temporarily disabled. There will no longer be the option for task dependencies on the Advanced tab of the Task Details window. This is a temporary measure done in order to prevent surprises with the Automatic Scheduler currently not supporting dependencies. In the future, we plan to put them back and have them be supported by the Scheduler.
• Creation date was moved downward in the Time Related tab of the Task Details window.
• A version check was added. If a user has been logged in for a period of 12 hours without closing his browser, and Skoach™ has been updated in the meantime, then he will be prompted "Your application version is outdated. Would you like to get latest version?"
• The user can now turn on/off internal reminders that pop up in the reminders window. Just go to User Preferences and either check/uncheck "Notify in reminders panel." Similarly, the "Notify about" reminder drop-down settings also effect the type of reminders will pop up in this reminders window.
• Previously, when the user would play a task late, then all of his tasks would automatically shift downward in order to accommodate the time change. Now, if the user click play on a task not more than 10 minutes late, then the task duration will automatically be shortened - the top edge of the scheduled task would move downward, but the bottom edge would remain in the same place.

August 6, 2007

• Warning about disabled javascript was added.
• Animation effects were added to the following application features:
  • Agenda editor
  • Calendar
  • Recurrence editor
  • Prerequisite editor
  • Time buckets creation dialog
  • Time buckets properties

July 31, 2007

• Animation effects were added to the following application features:
  • Slide effect:
    • Task properties (expand, collapse)
    • Tools and options (expand, collapse)
    • Task Map Filters (expand, collapse)
    • Wherewazi extra panel (expand collapse)
  • Fade effect:
    • Context Menu (show)
    • Floating panels (show hide)
• There were a number of explicit footnote references on the User Manual. These were rewritten into a more visually appealing TWiki format. This mistake was reported on the the forum.

July 30, 2007

• There was a bug with one of the links on the User Manual. Clicking Help "?" in the Task Properties window sent one at first to the Task Search section of the User Manual, instead of the Task Properties section. This is now fixed. This bug was reported on the forum.
• There was a spelling mistake in the words of one of the Cruncher steps. It has been corrected. This mistake was reported on the forum.
• There was a bug where if one wasn't super careful in clicking on the edge of a time bucket, it would jump to a nearby slot, forcing one to have to reposition it again. This is now fixed. This bug was reported on the forum.

July 26, 2007

• There was a bug that caused task/time bucket resizing to not work smoothly. It made it difficult to click the side of a task on the schedule or a time bucket on the time bucket editor in order to drag it and make it smaller in size. This is now fixed.

July 25, 2007

• There was a bug which prevented Skoach™ from sending notifications for recurring tasks. This is now fixed.

July 24, 2007

• The login and password recovery site had been activated. It can be accessed either by clicking here or by clicking the "Forgot user name or password?" link on the Skoach™ login page.

July 19, 2007

• The field "Due date" was renamed "Deadline" on the Task Details window.

July 18, 2007

• The task list view could not sort tasks in alphabetic order properly because the sort functionality had been case sensitive. We have since made it case insensitive, which means that tasks can now be properly alphabeticized . This bug was reported on the forum.
• There was a "callbackfunction error" reported yesterday on the forum which is now fixed. This bug did not interfere with product functionality.
• Version 0.6 of the Outlook add-in has been released. You can access it here!

July 17, 2007

• A user reported on the forum that they received an error when they attempted to sign into Skoach™. This has been fixed.
• Version 0.5 of the Outlook add-in has been released. You can access it here!

July 16, 2007

• The message "broken due date" has been changed to "the end time of task is after the due date", as per user's forum request.
• Clicking on the "Skoach™ forum" logo on the top of forum pages used to send you to the Skoach™ application. It now sends you to the main forum page.
• Clicking a on a newly entered task on the task map would not cause it to open because the task details window of another task was open. This has now been changed - now, clicking a task opens that task's task details window. This was reported on the forum.
• There was a bug that would duplicate recurring appointments on the schedule. It is now fixed. This bug was reported on the forum.
• A bug would prevent notifications from being sent. It is now fixed. This bug was reported on the forum.

July 12, 2007

• There was a forum bug, which was when a user tried to submit a forum item by clicking on the submit button, nothing would happen. This has now been fixed.

July 11, 2007

• We posted the Skoach™ Outlook Sync Addin. You can download and read its instructions here.

July 10, 2007

• There was a problem with recognizing email addresses that had hyphens. This issue prevented proper user registration and the sending of reminders. This is now fixed. This bug was reported on the following forum post.

July 6, 2007

• Tiny to-do's formatting bug was fixed. If the user wants to enter time for his tiny to-do's task, he must now follow the hh:mm format. This bug was reported by a beta tester on the Skoach™ forum.

July 4, 2007

• Incorrect date in the today's section of the calendar was fixed. This bug was twice reported by beta testers on the Skoach™ forum: page 597 and page 196.
• The subject line of topics entered in the Skoach™ forum modules will now be restricted to 100 characters.
• Bug in login reminder was fixed.
• Privacy Policy was added.
• "Remember me" enabled by default. Now the user will not have to click this box for the browser to remember his login information.
• [Pending] prefix was added in the Skoach™ forum.

June 26, 2007

• Previously, when a selected task would no longer match a given filtered and therefore disappear, the task properties would still be displayed. This is now fixed. For more info about this bug click here.

June 22, 2007

• We added the What's New link. This page will keep you abreast of recent Skoach™ product enhancements and bug fixes.
• Incorrect timezone offset.
• The message, "Invalid reply from server," when Skoach™ wasn't used for 3 hours or more and then the user attempted to perform any application-related function. The new protocol allows Skoach™ to remain open indefinitely without any subsequent error.

June 21, 2007

• We made the Quick Start Guide and the User Manual printable
• We placed the Quick Start Guide and the User Manual into separate windows
• We enhanced the interface of the Quick Start Guide and the User Manual.
• The Quick Start Guide and the User Manual are now available in their entirety, rather than in parts
• We updated the Quick Start Guide with a new screenshot

June 15, 2007

• We added agenda items: Task Properties