We improve Sketchboard all the time by releasing bug fixes, improvements, new features, and updated documentation. We wanted to have a place where Sketchboard users can see the progress of Sketchboard. Thank you for reporting bugs!
This page contains most notable changes and is Sketchboard's #changelog since Autumn 2018.
2020-02-08 Improved comment email notification
Comment email notification contains a link to go directly to a commented shape. In case you have selected multiple shapes and added comment on those, link will center the board to all of those shapes.
2020-01-09 New search functionality.
More details can be found from search inside your online whiteboard.
2019-12-20 Public boards show preview thumbnail. Thumbnail is generated after the public board has been changed.
2019-12-20 Change Recent tab behaviour on boards page. Now Recent filter shows also public boards.
2019-12-14 Fix “Send snapshot to Slack” from the share menu.
2019-12-05 Support MacOS two finger touch pad zoom.
2019-12-05 Improve shape dialog mode. When shape is not visible on a screen show a properly centered dialog with a shape context menu positioned on top of it.
Prevent accidental shape double click to click shape context menu, such as delete.
2019-11-20 Now Sketchboard opens internal links in the same tab. On a desktop computer, you can still open Sketchboard internal links on a separate tab by using a Ctrl+Click or Cmd+Click (MacOS).
Sketchboard opens external links on a separate tab as earlier.
2019-10-30 Get more screen real-estate in iPadOS Safari for Sketchboard. Use iPadOS “Hide Toolbar” functionality to hide bookmarks and other tabs on Safari. You can also use Sketchboard as a fullscreen PWA app on the iPad to further improve usability.
2019-10-27 Make iPadOS Safari SVG links usable. It is not possible to recognize iPadOS from MacOS Catalina Safari using a user agent. Now link popup is shown on all browsers when clicking a link inside of a note or just text shape.
2019-10-27 Fix subscription. It was not possible to subscribe for one day.
2019-10-27 Fix change credit card.
2019-10-13 Fix Google login. We applied a configuration that disabled Google login for few hours. Now Google login works again.
2019-10-10 Fix subscription for EU customers when using a VAT number.
2019-09-13 Sketchboard supports Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) that is required for European credit card payments. SCA is a new European regulation to reduce fraud and make online payments more secure.
Sketchboard customers that use European credit cards might need to authenticate subscription payment on first time payment. Your bank might request you to confirm subscription payments made later as well. In this case, Stripe sends an email that contains a link to confirm the payment for Sketchboard.
You can read more, what is strong customer authentication.
2019-08-09 Increase the time when premium content gets deleted (180 days) after the subscription expires — concerns: uploaded photos, board versions, and published board images.
2019-08-09 Edit shape text in a modal if shape doesn’t fit on the screen.
2019-07-24 Fix Slack command to add users by using the /slack command.
2019-06-21 Fix board list view doesn’t load all boards when boards doesn’t fill the height of the screen.
2019-06-15 Increase comment limit on free plan to 500 comments.
2019-06-06 Add support for public board comments. Now it is possible to show comments on public boards for anonymous users.
Select comment icon on the bottom left, and tap gear icon to change setting to show comments on public boards. Note that setting applies only for public boards.
Comment icon > Gear icon > Check/uncheck option
2019-04-26 Update SVG icons to use inline SVG. Fixes broken icons on Windows 10. More about how to use inline SVG icons.
2019-04-10 Get your invoice PDF as an invoice email attachment. This helps especially businesses to process invoices by the accounting department or you need it for an expense report. Invoice email includes also instructions how to update billing details, https://sketchboard.io/blog/invoice-billing-details.
2019-04-02 Update sign up and join team transactional notification’s email provider.
2019-03-30 Change focus behaviour when starting to edit a shape when zoomed out. Improve synchronization on iPad Pro PWA app.
2019-03-27 Improve iPad Pro PWA experience on iOS 12.2 using Google Login. Add landing page for sketchboard.me.
2019-03-20 Your Information Page added. List of your Sketchboard information that you can access at any time. Go to your profile and select Your Information.
Menu > Settings > My Account
2019-03-16 Fix export adds extra space in some cases.
2019-03-15 Improve shape text editor usability on iPad Pro. Fix markdown line separator color.
2019-03-08 Improve realtime collaboration on a shape text update. Same text on a new shape was not saved.
2019-03-07 Add support for pointer events. Sketchboard works now e.g. with Surface Book touch screen and with its pen.
Improve iPad Pro overall user experience and usage with iPad Pro pen.
2019-02-10 Fix PNG export with colored shapes.