Menturio/WEB 1.4.5 released

This interim release (in preparation for 1.5 a.k.a. “Marvel”) focuses on some more usability enhancements and overall system robustness. Highlights:

Workflow-oriented status selector
The item status is an important property to follow the progress of an issue or a task (especially, combined with the item history and/or offline reporting). In Menturio there are many status values (like New, Open, Resolved, Closed etc.) to suit your needs. Since you could choose the status from a combo box, it was at times not intuitive to find the status you were searching for. Based on the feedback from our users, the new status selector visualizes in what phase the item is currently in by showing the main status values in a flowchart and marking the current one. Of course you can still use the combo box status selector as well. (Right-click in Edit/Add items on the Status field to show the new status selector)

Web Folders: easy document sharing anytime, anywhere
In Menturio you could always attach your documents to the items. Now you have the means to use your Menturio document repository as an ordinary file system like one on your hard drive. On any system that supports the WebDAV standard, and especially on Windows XP you can manipulate your documents in Menturio even without installing new extensions. You can create, open and save documents from Microsoft® Word™ , Excel™, PowerPoint™, or virtually from any other application as if they were on your hard drive.

Menturio statuses revisited
The status values of Menturio evolved as users managed their projects with Menturio. We have learned through your feedback (thanks!) and put together a new, even more powerful set of status values. With the accumulated knowledge the new status values provide more workflow options and a streamlined way of handling items in your projects. For example, we have introduced the approval status values so that certain work items can be flagged as waiting for management/client approval; also added a second level of QA status values for client QA validations.

Numerous other enhancements and bug fixes.