Don't know if you want to put these in Trac yet, they are functionality issues rather than bugs.<br><br>Won't know a lot until migrate a copy of our 5.4 and attempt to use it full up....<br><br>Straight away...<br>
<br>Under Leads and Contacts...<br>The "Add Event" button is buried under "more" which is too many clicks for the most used function. Every lead gets at least 1 "call" event added before it gets converted. Too many clicks.<br>
<br>Under Calender- Add event...<br>1) The functionality of adding a "follow up" event is gone. We use that in most, 70% or more, of our closed event entries.<br><br>2) Recurrence needs to be more robust. Monthly, does that mean the 1 tuesday every month or on the 1st every month?<br>
<br>3) no way to do multiple leads or contacts as attendees<br><br>4) the start time for the event is 4 hours later than the current time. Particularly for a "Call" event the start time should be the current time. (I would, do have to change that every time I place a call)<br>
<br>5) It would be nice to have a "NOW" button that would place the current time in the end field for a call.<br><br>6) Sharing might fix this but no way to add another user to an event, ie. assign a service tech to a sales call I have created and going on myself.<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Prasad <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:prasad@vtiger.com" target="_blank">prasad@vtiger.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>Today we reached an important milestone on the road to Vtiger CRM 6 - we are pleased to announce the </div><div>early access of source code for our developer community to enable extension development and contributions on the new platform.</div>
<div><br></div><div>SVN: <a href="http://trac.vtiger.com/svn/vtiger/vtigercrm/branches/6.0.0" target="_blank">http://trac.vtiger.com/svn/vtiger/vtigercrm/branches/6.0.0</a></div><div><br></div><div>Our primary goals with Vtiger CRM 6 are the following:</div>
<div><ol><li>Make Vtiger easier to use (UX)</li><li>Make Vtiger easier to develop for.</li></ol></div><div><b>A long journey</b></div><div><br></div><div>We started work on Vtiger 6 over 8 months ago. On the UI end we worked off a fresh slate and arrived at the current design </div>
<div>after several iterations and the continuous process of collecting and integrating feedback. We then shifted our focus to new libraries, </div><div>and refactored some of the server side code to provide a clean interface for the front-end code. </div>
<div><br></div><div>After more than 10,000 hours of work, we are thrilled to finally release the code that we've been working on </div><div>for your feedback and use in your extension development.</div><div><br></div>
<div><b>A brand new UI</b></div><div><br></div><div>With Vtiger CRM 6, improving usability was our main goal. Completely new front-end code has been written from ground up using new libraries (Bootstrap, jQuery...). The new UI aims to provide a better user experience, while simultaneously making future development for Vtiger easier. </div>
<div>Developers will, for example, find that it is now quite easy to add new layouts and skins. </div><div><br></div><div><b>New features</b></div><div><br></div><div>On the journey to a better UI, we added some features to improve user experience:</div>
<div><ol><li>Module level dashboards</li><li>History widget in the dashboard showing recent actions in the CRM (updates and comments)</li><li>Summary views added to offer useful information at a quick glance (in Leads, Contacts, Opportunities, Projects and more modules)</li>
</ol></div><div><b>Key improvements for developers</b></div><div><ol><li>New UI follows the MVC model, which is easier to maintain</li><li>Simpler folder structure (easy to follow the code)</li><li>Simpler structure for Language files</li>
<li>Simpler structure for Themes (layouts) and Skins (colors)</li></ol></div><div>Please refer to the following developer guide for more details. </div><div><br></div><div>Developer Guide: <a href="https://wiki.vtiger.com/index.php/Vtiger_6_Developer_Guide" target="_blank">https://wiki.vtiger.com/index.php/Vtiger_6_Developer_Guide</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><b>The road ahead</b></div><div><br></div><div>The following areas are yet to be completed in the new UI</div><div><ol><li>All Settings pages</li><li>Calendar sharing, Report Charts, and some minor features</li>
<li>Mail Manager</li><li>Dashboard widget for showing custom filters</li></ol></div><div>We plan to release the complete UI overhaul around the end of the year.</div><div><br></div><div><b>We need your help!</b></div><div>
<br></div><div>To ensure the successful release of Vtiger CRM 6, we need your help to:</div><div><ul><li>Port extensions to Vtiger 6.</li><li>Test for gaps in security</li><li>Validate Vtiger 6 (keep us posted on issues you notice (trac - please mark the version as 6.0 ea.))</li>
</ul></div><div>We plan to have all extensions working with Vtiger CRM 6 by the time of the GA release. </div><div>Receiving early feedback on porting issues will help us ensure that a strategy and process is in place to make this happen. </div>
<div>We really look forward to working with you in the coming weeks to help make the public release Vtiger 6 a tremendous success.</div><div><br></div><div>Warmest Regards,</div><div>The Vtiger Team</div>
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