Collaborator Release Notifications

Welcome to Collaborator v13.0!

Collaborator 13.0 is the latest release from SmartBear Software’s dev collaboration team. This new version enhances add multiple checklists per review as well as improves document conversion performance and the time it takes to load review information.

We try not to increment the Major build number very often.  However, it was necessary this time because backwards compatibility with the Eclipse plugin could not be maintained with the addition of the multiple Checklists feature.  Had it not been for the Eclipse plugin, this would have been a 12.x release.

Multiple Checklists

It is now possible to tie multiple Checklists to a singe Template and to have multiple Checklists displayed during the review process.  This allows unique Checklists to be displayed for different file types or for different disciplines to checkoff. 

Checklists

Improved Participant State Information

A new ‘Approved by workflow’ participant state has replaced ‘Active’ or ‘Waiting’ in scenarios where a review has been completed but the participant wasn’t required to send the review to ‘Completed’.  This can happen for non-approving roles such as the Observer role.

Performance Improvements

Collaborator 13.0 introduces many improvements for performance related to document conversion and processing.  These improvements will speed up conversion as well as improve user experience by providing status information within the UI.  For the specific details, please read the 13.0 version history information.

To learn more about Collaborator 13.0, please check out the links below.

Download the latest release of Collaborator.

You can view the full list of fixes and improvements here.

If you have any questions about licensing, please contact sales. If you have any technical support questions, please contact SmartBear Support.

Best Wishes,
Justin Collier & The SmartBear Team