Fashionupdater release notes.

We fixed an issue that could prevent Excel files from being uploaded.

• Uploading files in the .xlsx format now works correctly.

Fashionupdater 4 introduces dedicated desktop and mobile experiences built around the same workspaces, content, and access rules.

This release updates how teams work with models, conversations, files, tasks, and day-to-day communication, keeping information organized and available to the right people wherever they are working.

🖥️ A dedicated desktop workspace

• Work more efficiently with a multi-panel layout that keeps lists, selected content, and related activity in view.
• Search across models, conversations, messages, notes, and files from one place, with filters and supported bulk actions.
• Quickly access notifications, saved messages, drafts, starred content, and tasks from dedicated sections.
• Move through your workspace faster with improved navigation and keyboard shortcuts.

📱 A mobile experience designed for work on the go

• Install Fashionupdater as a Progressive Web App on supported devices.
• Open the relevant model, conversation, chat, message, or task directly from push notifications and shared links.
• Follow discussions, reply to messages, manage tasks, and work with files from your phone.
• Navigate with a touch-friendly interface designed for focused mobile use.

💬 Communication in context

• Keep discussions connected to their work with real-time message threads in Models and Conversations.
• Use direct and group Chats for discussions that do not need to belong to a specific model.
• Stay on top of important updates with mentions, replies, reactions, pinned messages, saved messages, and drafts.
• Control who can access content with public and private visibility options.

👗 More control over models

• Follow models and quickly identify unread activity.
• Organize work with progress statuses, tags, and User Groups.
• Filter model lists by status, assignment, followed models, and other available information.
• Archive, abort, reactivate, or update multiple models with supported bulk actions.
• Review contributors and recorded activity for a clearer overview of recent changes.

📁 Expanded file and note workflows

• Upload, preview, rename, replace, and download files across desktop and mobile.
• Review supported file versions and content history.
• Add external document links, including Google Drive links.
• Create and edit formatted text notes with mentions, search, and PDF export.
• Download all files attached to a model in a single ZIP archive.

⚙️ More structured workspace management

• Manage members, invitations, roles, User Groups, tags, and progress statuses from a clearer set of administration tools.
• Define access for internal and external collaborators.
• Review workspace activity and insights to understand how content is being used.
• Save separate appearance preferences for the desktop and mobile apps.

🔄 Continuity with previous versions

Fashionupdater 4 continues to use your existing workspace structure and access rules.

✨ Practical AI support

• AI features have been reviewed and streamlined around tools that are useful in everyday work, including translating received messages and text while it is being composed.

• 📦 Download all files from a model in a convenient ZIP archive.
• Save time: there is no need to download files one by one.
• More information.

This update introduces a suite of powerful messaging enhancements to improve collaboration, visibility, and control inside models and conversations.

🤖 Clab Assistant for Message Creation

• Use AI-powered suggestions to write messages faster.
• Ask Clab to tag users, models, or conversations.
• Reuse recent instructions for quick input.

📨 Broadcast Messages

• Send one message to multiple models simultaneously from the dashboard.
• Use hashtags # to tag models or conversations.
• Optionally enable visibility for Viewer users.

🌐 Instant Translation

• Translate a draft message before sending it.
• Translate any received message directly in the conversation.
• Tags for users, models, and conversations are preserved in the translated version.

📌 Pinned Messages

• Pin important messages to a model or conversation.
• Pinned messages are shown in a dedicated bar above the message input field.
• Select a pinned message to navigate quickly to the original message.

👁️ Message View Tracking

• See who has viewed each message based on their last access time.
• Read status remains accurate even when visibility is granted after sending.

🔁 Forward Messages Between Models

• Forward any internal message to another model, excluding Viewer-visible messages.
• The forwarded message retains a reference to the original.

🚀 New File Management Features

• Bulk File Deletion: Select multiple files for deletion and clean up your workspace in a few clicks. 🗑️✨
• Bulk File Replacement: Replace multiple files at the same time to keep your projects up to date. 🔄📂

💬 Smarter Messaging

• Copy and Paste File Attachments: Copy and paste files directly into the text field and they will be attached automatically. 📎✨

🤖 Clab Assistant AI Enhancements

• Translation Assistance: Clab helps translate your messages for smoother communication across languages. 🌐🗣️
• Message Composition Assistance: Clab can help compose clearer, more effective messages. ✍️

📜 Activity Log for Deletions

• Admins can now review a detailed deletion history for messages and files related to models and conversations. 🛡️📊

🚀 New Features

• Enhanced File Uploads: You can now select up to 10 files in a single upload, making it easier to share multiple files at once. 📂✨
• Saved Messages: Keep track of important conversations by saving messages for later. Access them from the new Saved Messages menu option. 💾🔖
• Tagging in Text Files: Mention users directly in text files. They will receive an instant notification to make sure nothing is missed. 📣👥

💬 Improved Messaging

• Auto-Saving Drafts: Fashionupdater now automatically saves drafts of new messages, including files selected for upload. Find them in the new Draft Messages menu. 💡✍️
• Message Replies: Reply directly to specific messages, keeping conversations more organized and easier to follow. 🔁📩

• 📥 Group Task: Assign tasks to a group of users. Each user can decide whether to complete the task for everyone or only for themselves.
• 📂 File Preview: You can now preview Excel and Word files. You can also view the contents of ZIP archives.

• 💥 Clab Assistant: We launched the new Clab Assistant, an AI-driven Pattern Maker Assistant (beta). Enter your desired measurements and Clab will create your pattern in moments. Watch Clab Assistant in action.
• ✨ AI integration: You can now ask Clab Assistant for information directly in model and conversation chats (beta).

• 🚀 Speed boost! This update is packed with performance enhancements that deliver a smoother, faster experience.
• Minor fixes.

• PLM Cloud Provider Link Management: It is now possible to connect models in Fashionupdater with those in your PLM system.

• User management: Enhanced efficiency and usability.
• User Group handling: Improved management and organization.
• AI functionality: Advanced features for better performance and accuracy.

• Bug fix: Addressed an issue that caused search functionality to malfunction.
• Permissions update: Revised file deletion permissions.

• Ask AI (beta): Improved the AI assistant. You can now ask your own questions related to the selected model or conversation.
• Minor fixes.

• Enhanced Global Search: Search across the entire workspace and filter results using the new Categories and Filters, including Author and File Extension.
• Improved performance when loading search results.

• New options for adding models.
• New file replacement and versioning features.

• Google Drive support for linked documents (beta): You can now link documents directly from Google Drive for more efficient management.
• Fixed minor bugs for a more optimized user experience.
• Enhanced security measures to help protect your data.

• New Task Manager: You can now see all tasks assigned to others by clicking the dedicated tab at the top.
• Message drafts: When you start a message on a model, you can now switch to other models to check information or files. When you return to the model where you were writing, you will find the message draft.
• Image detection in PDF files: Compatible images found in a PDF can be used as the model's cover image.
• Ask AI (beta): With the new AI plugin, you can formulate custom questions. Questions must be precise; otherwise, results may be inaccurate.
• New homepage: View your last visited models, recent files you shared, and recent tasks assigned to you.
• General improvements.

• New Linked Items feature: link models to a conversation and conversations to a model. Connect models and conversations to access different levels of shared information.
• Mention linked items in messages to move between content more quickly.
• Set granular permissions on messages, files, and Notes files for Viewer users.

After a long period of designing and testing new solutions, today we are finally releasing the brand-new Fashionupdater.

• 💡 Communication at the center of this new version.
• 📐 Completely renewed UI and UX.
• 🔍 Global Search.
• 👋 Say goodbye to folders and welcome Tags and User Groups.
• 💬 Introducing Conversations.
• ✅ Task Manager panel.
• 🔔 Desktop notifications and Notification Center.
• 📌 Fitting Notes text files.
• 📱 QR code for tracking, and much more.

• Added the option to enter negative values in the measurement increase fields (%) and (cm) in the Techno@Art by Artemoda data sheet, an optional app in the Fashionupdater ecosystem.

• Fixed an error that caused problems when viewing the model User Group panel.

• Added a new feature for duplicating a model.
• When copying a model, you can choose its new location: season, collection, and/or theme.

• Fixed an issue that prevented notes from displaying correctly in the Model History section of the Admin panel.

• Improved the overall stability of the service.

• Fixed an issue that prevented models with the same name from being created in different seasons and/or collections.

• Improved loading speed for collection and model details, including images and photos.
• Fixed an issue in Compact View mode.
• Added new filters for searching within a collection or theme.
• Updated several UI components.
• Improved the overall stability of the service.
• Increased the level of security.

• Fixed issues that prevented dates from displaying correctly in email notifications.

After a year and a half, all the new features are now available to all our customers.

This is the first release of Fashionupdater.

We're releasing our first public version of Fashionupdater. For the last two years, Fashionupdater has been our internal web application, which we used to manage and collect data from our customers. Thanks to this tool, our productivity increased significantly, and today we're releasing it to some of our customers who want to speed up their internal workflow.

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