We at corabbit have been working on a creating a new creative community called "Design Japan". The goal is to help the creatives of Japan organize, collaborate, and share their knowledge domestically as well as globally.
28/10/2014 – Design Japan: Discussing the Creative & Design Process [Discussion]
29/10/2014 – Tokyo Design Week – Pecha Kucha Presentations [Exploration]
30/10/2014 – Design Japan: Art x Technology [Study Session]
Links:
Design Japan - General Events (English or Japanese) http://www.meetup.com/designjapan
Design Japan - Japanese Focused Lectures and Study Sessions (Japanese) http://designjapan.jimdo.com
Design Japan Event Archive http://blog.corabbit.com
Organizer Twitter: @corabbitweb & @kingcaven
Photoshop & illustrator File Preview & Annotation is now FREE for everyone!
Hey corabbitors, BIG CHANGES!!!
Anyone can Preview Photoshop & Illustrator Files Even Without the Software
With this new change to corabbit, everyone from designers, their teams, the stakeholders, to even the clients will save a lot of time and money by allowing anyone to preview Photoshop and Illustrator files even without the software on their personal computer.
Get Feedback Directly on Your Original Designs
Now everyone has the power to annotate and collaborate directly on Photoshop and Illustrator files.
Say Goodbye to Email & Chat Attachments
Designers will no longer need to convert original designs into pre-viewable image file types (JPG, PNG or GIF) and send them via email or chat just to get feedback. Now, they only need to upload the original designs directly to corabbit and invite the necessary members to get feedback. This way everyone is all in one place and all on the same page!
Create a task and invite someone to review it by clicking on the Assign Member button. Input as Many Emails as you like and even write a Personalized Message.
Simple and Friendly Login Screen
Your Clients will appreciate this simple but friendly login screen. They will receive two emails with a Link and Password to view the files you have invited them to review.
No logins, sign ups, or extra windows. Just you, your colleagues and clients and the constructive feedback you so want and need.
We know you're short on time, we know you want to stay informed, we know feedback is valuable to you. So we've added desktop notifications to corabbit to help keep you on top of things.
Now whenever someone comments on a task your assigned to you'll receive a desktop notification immediately telling you who wrote what.
You can control the desktop notifications via an account settings option. It's on by default, so turn it off if you don't want to be notified about any comments for any tasks you've been assigned to.
At corabbit we understand that Accessibility and Speed are important to your business. So we've made corabbit accessible through your Mobile and Tablet. Whether you're on a bus, train, at a cafe, or just waiting for a flight, access corabbit anytime, anywhere.
Swift Communication
Now with the power to access corabbit from your mobile or tablet, after your Team and/or Clients leave Feedback, you'll be able to check the feedback and reply immediately!
Check Your Tasks Wherever You Are
With corabbit you can assign a task for review, approval, or just receive feedback. Now with the mobile interface you can see immediately when you've been assigned to task and review it from wherever you are.
Get Approval on the Go
Your boss is away or out of the office but you need to get their approval? Don't worry we've got you covered! All you have to do is assign them to the task and ask for their approval. It's that simple.
With corabbit you have access to your projects and can interact with your team or clients anytime, anywhere. Check it out now from your mobile device: https://corabbit.com
Our all new review feature is finally here! As previously mentioned corabbit has implemented a new interface with a new review feature that you're sure to love.
Project Review Dashboard - With this new dashboard you'll be able to:
See all your major tasks in one place
Add members to your project
Drag&Drop/Import/Upload files from your "project assets" or desktop
Assign those tasks to the members of your project.
Approve or modify the status of the task you created.
Use additional tools to leave even more meaningful feedback.
With this dashboard you'll be able to review tasks more efficiently and get detailed updates about what your team members are working on.
As mentioned earlier, with the implementation of this dashboard the project finder will no longer be the main area of corabbit. The finder will become the location for your "project assets" which is accessible through the Project Review dashboard.
corabbit has had many changes over the past few weeks with still more on the way, we wanted to take a brief moment to review a couple of these changes. In particular we wanted to review changes to the old finder as related to the new dashboard as well as the review and Postbox features.
Using the old finder view, to review/compare a file you had to take the following steps:
1. Login
2. Create/Open a project
3. Upload/Open a file
4. Click the Preview button to view
5. Comment directly or Highlight an area and comment
With the new finder view, to review/compare a file you will now have to take the following steps:
1. Login
2. Create/Open a project
3. Upload/Import/Open a file to review as a Task
4. Click the Task to view
5. Comment directly or
Change the status of the task
Highlight an area and comment via a new circle or rectangle tool
Draw a line and comment
Assign a user to the task
Modify the name of the task
Turn version comparison off (so that only the most recent revision is shown)
The new Review feature makes it easier for you to get feedback from your client and team.
The additional changes to the old finder are as follows:
1. The current finder view is being renamed to Assets. All previously
uploaded files will still exist but now under the Assets view.
2. The previous file/version comparison view via the old finder is being replaced by the file comparison view via the new task interface. Now if you want to compare revisions of a file all you have to do is create a task for it and upload the various revisions.
3. Comments made in the previous file comparison view will still exist in the preview view but cannot be modified or removed. Instead please use the new task interface to leave any additional comments.
We believe this new interface and task tool will be a lot more beneficial to users and fits a lot better with their over all workflow, as it allows people to now create specific tasks related to their files and receive approvals from their project stake holders.
The second change isn't actually a change at all. It's a reminder of our
awesome new file send feature called "Postbox".
With the new interface you can send a file directly from the new "file assets" view or from the task view.
Also in the file assets view you access the file sent panel to view all files
ever sent as well as see their status.
The corabbit Postbox lets you send files securely and quickly to anyone with an internet access. Once sent 2 emails are sent to the receiver, 1 includes the link to the file, the second includes a randomly generated password required to access the file.
Check out our previous post for here, additional details about Postbox.