Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

New design and features - plus big changes to this blog

By Tyler King

About 30 minutes ago we pushed out the biggest software update in the history of Less Annoying Software! �There are a lot of exciting new things to talk about, so let's dive right in.

New Design

We have a completely new design for our blog, website, and application. �If you're reading this from an email or RSS reader, you should click through to see what the blog looks like now. �We completely redesigned our logo, picked new colors, and updated the entire site. If you have a customer manager account, you might want to log in and check out the major improvements we made to the user interface.

New Features

You can skip this part if you don't use our customer manager software. �We've added some pretty cool features to the site that you should check out.

New Navigation�- We moved all the navigation links from the top of the main content area to the sidebar on the right of the screen. �This makes getting around a lot easier because we can show more options and organize them more intuitively.
We work with Internet Explorer - Up until now, we have completely blocked all IE users from accessing the site because there are all kinds of problems with IE that we didn't want to deal with. �Well, we caved into to the demand for IE support, so now you can log in (or sign up) using IE7 or IE8. �We still recommend using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox instead because IE is�definitely more annoying software, but that's up to you.
Recent activity report�- There's a new report to help you keep track of your customers. �You can click on the "Recent activity report" link on the sidebar to see a list of all the customers you've written notes about, ordered by their most recent note. �This can help you review what you've been working on recently, or identify customers that you haven't talked to in a while and might need some attention.
Other little improvements�- There are a lot of minor things that are a little better throughout the site. �Some of them you'll notice, some of them you won't, but almost every page is a little better today than it was yesterday.

So please, go play around and let us know what you think.

Major blog news

We started this blog before we really knew what Less Annoying Software would turn into, and the material lacked focus as a result. �Now that we've finished building our brand and identity, it makes sense to reconsider how this blog should really be used. �Bracken and I are huge tech nerds, so we've written about tech, but our topics haven't really matched what we're doing with the company.

As of right now, this blog is now going to focus on software for small businesses. �We know a lot about technology, and our customers are small businesses, so it makes sense to combine the two. �We'll post tips, news, and reviews about software that we think small business should know about. �We'll also post about Less Annoying Software product updates so that our customers can stay on top of the improvements we make.

We still have tons of other random tech thoughts, so I'll be picking up my old blog on tylerking.net again. �Bracken will start posting at brackenking.com eventually, but that site is still under construction. �So to summarize, the Less Annoying Blog will start giving advice specifically for small businesses (and independent business people) and Bracken and I will both post on our personal blogs with all the content that doesn't fit with this site.

I hope you like all the changes. �I'd love to hear what you think!

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