IssueTrackerProduct

A new feature in the next IssueTrackerProduct release refreshes the page of an issue when you're looking at it. It does so by periodically doing an AJAX check for the issues timestamp and if there is a change to the issue it refreshes the page without you loosing the state of that page.

If you're still wondering what this new feature does, look at this screencast (alternatively just download the Automatically-refreshing-issue.swf 500Kb file) which tries to explain a possible scenario where the automatically refreshing issue page might come in very handy.

The video attempts to demonstrate how two people are looking at the same issue at the same time. The person who is logged in with Internet Explorer (let's call him Peppe) has added an issue, which the person who is logged in with Firefox (let's call him Sven) clicks on. Sven then starts to write a reply saying he'll do it after he has finished his lunch. Then, user Peppe posts a follow up to correct the issue he entered after Sven has opened the initial issue. Notice then how Sven's Firefox screen automatically changes to include Peppe's latest follow up without losing the text he's about to enter. Notice also how the title of the Firefox window changes.

This new feature will be included in the next version after 0.6.13 but you can already now start testing it on the Demo Issue Tracker

UPDATE Apparently for the video to work you need some proprietary codec from techsmith.com which I didn't realise. Will try to provide a Flash version soon.

UPDATE2 The AVI file has been replaced by a SWF Flash file.