Right now I normally find out there is a new version of GoCanvas for Windows by periodically going to www.gocanvas.com/m and then downloading the version there and checking the properties for the version information.
I normally find out there is a new version of GoCanvas for Android by noticing that it did an auto update.
I'm not sure about the Apple / iOS updates but I imagine them behaving similar to Android.
It is also sometimes a surprise what winds up in an update or not, what's fixed (or possibly broken), etc.
I believe it would be very helpful if we had the ability to "subscribe" or "opt-in" to update notices and accompanying release notes via email (or a page in the web UI that we can "follow" to get email notices from).
This way we could get proactive notification about a new version and then be able to read some release notes that highlight (with at least simple bullet points and possibly links to further reading if necessary) what's new, what's different, what's fixed, known issues, and any other pertinent information.
This seems to be a best practice in software development and helps to lower anxiety and foster trust. Knowing is half the battle.
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Hi Nathan,
These are great points. I will be posting release notes here in the Community and, if anything that has been requested here gets released, I'll be updating that thread. They're also posted here: https://www.gocanvas.com/content/blog/category/canvas-release-notes.
You can follow this category (Feature Requests & Releases), but that might inundate you with emails. I could do a sort of digest of all the release notes that you could follow, and when that gets updated (every time I post the release notes), you should get an update. Would that work, at least short-term?
I will also bring this up with the Marketing and Product teams and see if they'd be open to doing an email list for product updates.
Hi Sara.
https://www.gocanvas.com/content/blog/category/canvas-release-notes doesn't seem to have the ability to follow or subscribe.
I clicked to follow this category (Feature Requests & Releases) for the short term.
I'll watch for the digest piece and look forward to something more long term as well.
Thanks.
Here's the digest post: https://help.gocanvas.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360000688768. Every time we have a new release, I'll add the links there.
Hi Sara,
We had GoCanvas for Windows 9.4.0.7 and now 9.5.0.7 is available, but there were no release notes or notifications or anything? We found out by checking the version after doing a new install for one of our users.
Hi Nathan,
I'm awaiting release notes from this past weekend's releases (including the Windows client update). As soon as I have them, I'll post them. On smaller version updates, we aren't always going to have notes as they are often things happening in the backend, preparations for more significant releases, or minor bug fixes.
Happened to check earlier while working on an end user's machine and we now have 9.6.0.4 available. I bet release notes are in the works?
I'll check, though I believe this is the Windows app catching up with the previous mobile release (so mirroring, yay!).
Updated with details: The 9.6 Windows version has the new Workflow Status feature as well as some bug fixes. Mirroring will be part of the next release.
Discovered there is GoCanvas for Windows 9.8.1.6 by downloading the file and checking the version manually again. Hopefully one day there will be some kind of notification like an email available when new versions are released.
Hi Nathan,
That was a small update that addressed an issue caused by the new and improved Application Store. Nothing major, sorry that I didn't get that up here sooner (clearly I also need to have email notifications about this stuff). Thanks!