Grindstone 2.2 - Build #5998
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This version of Grindstone 2 was released on April 2, 2012.
Complete Release Notes
- New Features and Enhancements
- Scaffold Client: A new bandwidth efficiency enhancement has been introduced that will improve the reliability of large Task Force sync transfers.
- Summary Report: This report now includes a "billing mode" which will display charge amounts per your rate settings rather than time. It supports block and fixed rates. It is intended to assist those in need of producing detailed invoices for clients.
Grindstone 3: The Official Features Lists
We’d like to announce the official list of new features to expect in Grindstone 3. There is a myriad of other minor features and enhancements not listed below, but this covers the bases:
- Achievement System
- Dynamic Columns
- Embedded Entity-Relational Database with Active Interlocks and Encryption
- Finite and Conditional Task Filtering
- Full Invoicing System and Billed Time Tracking
- Full System DPI Support
- Grid Report with Heat Mapping
- Hardware Accelerated Vector Graphic Interface
- Improved Printing
- Multidimensional Grouping with Dynamic Aggregation
- Multilingual Support with Right-to-Left Capability
- Multitask Away
- Native Excel Format Export
- Operating System Registered Data File Type
- Overlap Detector
- Privilege-less Setup and Updating
- Removable Drive Database Shadow Copying
- Split Time
- World Currency Support
Secondly, we’d like to make it clear which features in Grindstone 2 were intentionally cut for various reasons:
- Autopilot
- Focus Tasks
- General Task Search
- Invoice Report
- Profiles
- Travel Mode
If you have questions regarding anything in either of these lists, please post a comment below and it will be answered promptly. We cannot currently disclose precisely when the beta test will begin, or Grindstone 3’s general release date.
Grindstone 3: The Invitation-Only Beta Test
Grindstone 3 is currently nearing the end of its internal alpha phase, which means the time is fast approaching where putting it in the hands of actual users will be advisable – to find and correct the kinds of kinks and glitches that testing plans seem to miss and that only real humans can find. You will have to receive an invitation in order to test Grindstone 3 during the beta phase. We will be sending invitations to all active Task Force account holders and via private messages to random fans of Grindstone on Facebook.
So, if you’re interested in a chance to play with Grindstone 3 before it’s released to the world, get a Task Force account if you want to guarantee it, or become a fan of Grindstone on Facebook for a good shot at getting an invitation.
