Notes first published August 13, 2021
Update available from August 3, 2021
View the Smartabase Builder Release Notes here.
View the Smartabase Administrator Release Notes here.
Version 6.9 of Smartabase is being gradually released right now and includes updates to Smartabase’s appearance and responsiveness. Here’s a short list of what’s new:
- A new favicon and more modern fonts.
- Performance and load handling improvements.
- Support for LastPass.
A new favicon and more modern fonts
We want to show you a more modern interface that’s in line with our new brand, so when you log into Smartabase, you’ll see the new Smartabase logo as the favicon as well as new fonts for headers and titles.
To protect the readability of larger pieces of text, the body font hasn’t changed, so you’ll see the same font you’re used to for buttons, field names, instructions and data.
Performance and load handling improvements
We’ve done a lot of work behind the scenes to improve Smartabase’s responsiveness and stability. We’ve improved our logging capability so that we can better understand calls being made to the server, detect issues earlier, and address them more quickly. Work has also been done to decrease the time it takes to debug and recover from server incidents. Along with these enhancements to the performance and load handling capacity of the Smartabase web app, we’ve added support for faster performance in other applications, like the Smartabase Athlete app.
Support for LastPass
You can now use LastPass to manage your Smartabase credentials. This means you’ll be able to autofill your login information from your LastPass vault as well as have the option to securely share secrets within your organization. We support LastPass for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.
Bug fixes
- We’ve fixed an issue where that caused US mobile numbers in forms to display using scientific notation instead of the expected format.
- We’ve resolved problems with how body area diagrams display in group entry mode.
- We’ve fixed a problem where records showed an incorrect date and time of entry if viewed from a different time zone to the one they were entered in.
- We’ve resolved an issue that allowed true/false and yes/no question types to be left blank even when set as required fields. This affected people entering data using the mobile web version of Smartabase and the legacy Smartabase mobile app.
- We’ve also fixed a related issue that permitted people to leave required number fields blank when the unit property was set.
- We’ve resolved an issue that prevented some records from being saved if minimum and maximum date properties were set for date fields and the same date was entered for both fields.
- We’ve fixed a bug that meant maximum character limits weren’t being applied to single line text fields.
- Some people who received an early release (version 6.9.02) encountered issues where event forms could not be saved if a file was attached to the record. This has been resolved in the latest release (version 6.9.05).
Highlights from your last Smartabase release notes
In the last release notes, for version 6.8 of Smartabase, we announced:
- Improved multi-factor authentication set-up process.
- Upload files in the background while continuing to edit the form.
If you missed those release notes, you can read them here.