I learned something a while back from the Campaign Monitor support team about how they handle feature requests. Specifically that every time a customer asks for a feature, it's logged in their system — and each customer gets told if their request becomes a reality.
Groups, archiving & more
In New Features
Whilst small features and updates get pushed live most weeks, it's been a good few months since the last major feature release on Prevue. I've been talking about it for a while, so I'm really pleased to announce the launch of Groups... and a few other exciting things too!
The waiting game
In Articles
It's often difficult choosing what features to focus your attention on, and it's something I've definitely got wrong in the past. You react to the requests of a few, or you build what you think would be cool — but always run the risk of spending time and effort building something that no-one will use.
July updates
In Monthly Updates
You might not know it, but any time someone requests a feature or improvement to Prevue (no matter how small), it's noted. That list then informs a lot of the decisions I make about updates to the app, and quite often gives me a decent insight into how people use Prevue, and what they expect of it.What's new?
The Loop
In Articles
Prevue was recently mentioned by The Loop as instrumental in helping them re-design their awesome new website...
Spring cleaning
In New Features
Up until today, each project has an ever-growing list of admin links in the footer — and let's face it, that was pretty ugly. Fortunately as part of the next wave of major updates, a small (but significant) simplification of the project navigation was pushed live today.
The cost of failure
In Articles
Product owners don't usually talk about the features that fail - so when you launch something that's a complete flop, it might seem like you're the exception. The reality is that failure is a huge part of making something worthwhile - and something that'll shape your success.
Saving milliseconds
In Articles
Recently, the fullscreen image view underwent some significant updates to improve page load time. An improvement of 0.295 seconds (25%) to be exact... which means that on average, full images will load in less than a second. Such a seemingly small update took almost an entire day - but here's why it was worth it, and how it was achieved.