Changelog

🚀 Asana Integration, Faster Comment Navigation & Improved Collaboration Flows

This update introduces a refreshed Asana integration experience, adds smoother comment navigation, improves collaboration flows across folders and projects, and polishes multiple UI/UX touchpoints. We’ve also shipped important fixes to improve stability and usability.

🆕 NEW: Asana Integration & UX Improvements

The Asana integration experience has been refined to make syncing feedback and tasks smoother and more intuitive.

Expect:
✅ Improved overall integration flow
✅ Clearer syncing behavior
✅ Better experience while connecting and working with Asana

🆕 NEW: Next / Previous Buttons in Comment Sidebar

Navigating comments just got easier.

When you click on a comment, you can now:
✅ Jump to the next comment instantly
✅ Go back to the previous comment
✅ Review feedback faster without losing context

Perfect for projects with lots of comments.

📁 Improvement: Folder-Level Collaboration Sync

Folder collaboration is now smarter.

What’s improved:
✅ Collaborators added to a folder can view newly created projects automatically
✅ No need to invite them again for each new project
✅ Seamless access management at scale

📨 Improvement: Faster Acceptance for Collaborators & Guests

Inviting existing collaborators or guests is now frictionless.

Now:
✅ Existing collaborators/guests are added automatically when you invite them.
✅ No need for them to click Accept again
✅ Faster access, fewer steps

📄 Improvement: Persistent Zoom Settings for PDFs

PDF reviews are now more consistent.

What’s changed:
✅ Zoom level settings persist across pages
✅ No need to re-adjust zoom while navigating
✅ Smoother document review experience

🎨 Improvement: Custom Branding Improvement for Emails

For Custom branding enabled users - emails are now primarily labelled with your Brand name.

Now:
✅ Prominent BugSmash name is now replaced with your brand name
✅ Applies to email subject lines
✅ Also reflected in the main body title

A more cohesive, branded client experience.

🌐 Improvement: Hidden Website Link Behavior

Website privacy controls have been improved.

When Hide website link is enabled:
✅ The base URL is now hidden
✅ Applies to the comment sidebar as well
✅ Cleaner and more private client views

🖱️ Improvement: Tooltips for Review Modes

Understanding review modes is now easier.

You’ll now see tooltips on hover for:
✅ Desktop mode
✅ Mobile mode
✅ Tablet mode
✅ Screenshot mode

Quick clarity without guessing.

👥 Improvement: Clearer Role Descriptions in Workspace Settings

Workspace roles are now easier to understand.

We’ve added:
✅ More descriptive explanations for Members
✅ Clearer descriptions for Collaborators
✅ Better clarity while managing access

🛠️ Fix: Cursor Behavior in Browse Mode

We fixed an issue in Browse mode.
✅ Cursor icon no longer switches incorrectly to comment mode

🛠️ Fix: Thumbnail Generation Issues

Thumbnail generation has been stabilized.
✅ Fixed issues affecting thumbnails for certain projects
✅ More reliable previews across the workspace

🚀 Powerful Annotations, Better Integrations & Clearer Workspace Control!

This update introduces a major upgrade to how feedback is captured across media types, improves ClickUp integration with user-level mapping, and refines navigation and workspace management for a smoother overall experience.

🆕 NEW: Annotation Tools for Images, PDFs & Videos

You can now add annotations directly across images, PDFs, and videos.

This enables richer, more precise feedback:
✅ Pen tool for free-hand annotations
✅ Shape tools (rectangles, outlines) to highlight areas
✅ Multiple color options for clearer visual context
✅ Precise point-and-mark feedback directly on content

Everything you need to communicate visually — in one place.

🔗 NEW: User Mapping for ClickUp Integration

ClickUp integrations just got smarter.

You can now map a BugSmash user to a ClickUp user.

This means:
✅ Assigning a comment in BugSmash automatically assigns it to the mapped user in ClickUp
✅ Assigning a task or comment in ClickUp syncs back to the mapped user in BugSmash
✅ No manual reassignment or duplicate work across tools

📊 Improvement: Plan Details Page with Usage & Limits

We’ve added a dedicated Plan Details page.

You can now:
✅ View all plan limits clearly
✅ Track usage at a glance
✅ Understand exactly what’s included in your plan

More transparency, fewer surprises.

🔙 Improvement: Smarter Back Navigation from Folders

Navigation has been improved when opening projects from folders.

What’s fixed:
✅ Back/Home now returns you to the folder you came from
✅ No forced jump back to the dashboard
✅ More intuitive project navigation

🚪 Improvement: Option to Leave Workspace or Project (Guests)

Guests now have more control over their access.

You can now:
✅ Leave a workspace you were added to as a guest
✅ Exit individual projects when no longer needed
✅ Keep your workspace list clean and relevant

Better control, less clutter.

🚀 Compare Image & PDF project versions visually along with comments, get better image ordering & allows guests to edit/delete their comments even without logging in.

This update introduces a powerful new way to compare versions, improves how image projects behave, unlocks editing/deleting self comments for even non-logged in guests, and more. Overall, it makes reviews more visual, flexible, and reliable.

🆕 NEW: Diff View for Images & PDFs

You can now visually compare versions using Diff View in image and PDF projects.

This helps you:
✅ See changes side-by-side across versions
✅ Compare comments given in previous version to how it translated in the latest version - All visually!
✅ Quickly spot visual differences
✅ Review design iterations with more clarity

Perfect for design reviews and version tracking.

✏️ NEW: Rename Images in Image Projects

You can now rename images directly inside image projects.

This makes managing large image sets much easier:
✅ Rename images from the left-side thumbnail list
✅ Keep image names clear and meaningful
✅ Improve navigation while reviewing multiple images

🖼️ Improvement: Image Project Ordering

Image project behavior has been refined based on user feedback. (Thanks to Jessica who suggested this)

What’s improved:
✅ Newly added images now appear at the bottom
✅ Existing image order remains unchanged
✅ More predictable review flow for large image sets

💬 Improvement: Guest Comment Editing (No Login Required)

We’ve improved the guest commenting experience.

For not-logged-in clients/guests:
✅ Comments can now be edited or deleted
✅ Available for up to 24 hours after posting
✅ No login required

More flexibility without adding friction.

👤 Improvement: Assign Comments Without Pre-Invites

Assigning feedback is now easier. (Thanks to a few users who suggested this)

You can now:
✅ Assign comments to workspace members or guests
✅ No need to invite them to the project beforehand
✅ Speed up collaboration and accountability

🎨 Improvement: Workspace Branding

Workspace branding just got easier.

You can now:
✅ Add a custom subdomain right from the Workspace settings
✅ Create a more branded client experience
✅ Keep reviews aligned with your identity

Kindly visit the Pricing page in your workspace settings for availability within plans

📘 Improvement: Learn Links for Integrations

Every integration now includes a Learn link.

This makes it easier to:
✅ Understand how each integration works
✅ Access help docs quickly
✅ Get more value from connected tools

🛠️ Fix: Private Mode Access Issue

We fixed an issue related to Private mode.

✅ Existing logged-in project guests will no longer see Access Denied when a project is switched to Private

More reliable access control without interruptions.

🚀Folder Sharing, Notification Controls & Faster Performance

This update introduces a major sharing upgrade for folders, gives users more control over notifications, improves performance across the app, and unlocks powerful new add-ons at the workspace level.

🆕 NEW: Folder Sharing

You can now share entire folders instead of individual projects.

This makes collaboration much easier at scale:
✅ Share multiple projects in one go
✅ Control access at the folder level
✅ Ideal for client folders, teams, and large workspaces

One link, multiple projects — fully organized.

🔔 NEW: Email Notifications Configuration

You now have full control over your email notifications.
You can find this option in your Profile menu.

This allows you to:
✅ Customize which emails you receive
✅ Reduce unnecessary notifications
✅ Stay informed without inbox overload

🧩 NEW: BugSmash Add-Ons in Workspace Settings

BugSmash Add-Ons are now available directly in workspace settings.

This lets you:
✅ Explore available add-ons
✅ Enable features at the workspace level
✅ Customize BugSmash to fit your team’s needs

More flexibility, more power — all in one place.

⚡ Improvement: Added CDN Caching for Faster Load Times

Performance just got a boost.

We’ve added CDN-level caching to improve speed across the app:
✅ Faster page loads
✅ Reduced latency
✅ Smoother experience across the app

Embed BugSmash Anywhere, No-Signup Approvals & Smarter Workspace Experience

This update introduces powerful new ways to share and collect feedback, simplifies client approvals, and refines workspace behavior for a smoother day-to-day experience. We’ve also rolled out multiple usability improvements and important fixes across projects and sharing.

🆕 NEW: Embed Review Mode

You can now embed BugSmash reviews directly anywhere.

Share embeddable review links for images, PDFs, videos, and audio files that load BugSmash instantly inside your tools.

You can now:
✅ Embed reviews inside client portals, Notion pages, dashboards, and more
✅ Let clients drop comments without navigating to BugSmash
✅ Collect feedback without creating guest accounts

Feedback, right where your clients already are.

Example: Embedding Demo

✔️ NEW: Improved Approval Flow for External Reviewers

Approvals just became frictionless for clients and guests.

What’s improved:
✅ Guests/clients can approve projects via direct links
✅ Approval works using just their email — no signup required
✅ When invited via email, users don’t even need to re-enter their email to approve

Faster approvals, fewer steps, zero friction.

👤 NEW: Profile Page

Users now have a dedicated profile page.

You can:
✅ View and update your name
✅ Set and manage your timezone
✅ Keep personal preferences in one place

Better personalization, better experience.

🌍 NEW: Timezone-Aware Emails

All email timestamps now respect your saved timezone.

This means:
✅ Accurate time references across regions
✅ Less confusion for global teams
✅ Clearer communication in notifications and updates

✨ Improvement: Members Can Manage Projects

Members now get more control over project organization.

They can:
✅ Rename projects
✅ Move projects across folders
✅ Organize work without owner dependency

🏷️ Improvement: Clear Project Status Pills

Project status visibility has been enhanced.

What’s new:
✅ Status now shown as clear pills/chips
✅ Improved readability at a glance
✅ Less reliance on subtle indicators

🔗 Improvement: Version-Aware Sharing

Shared links now respect the selected version.

This ensures:
✅ Links open the correct version
✅ No forced redirection to the latest version
✅ More predictable review experiences

🛠️ Fix: Folder Creation Issue

A folder-related issue has been resolved.

✅ Projects created inside folders will no longer appear incorrectly on the homepage

BugSmash Extension now available on Firefox, Cleaner Canvas & Admin Role Update

🚀 Broader Browser Support, Focused Reviews & Better Workspace Control!
This update expands browser support, improves how resolved feedback appears on the canvas, and introduces a powerful Admin role to help manage workspaces more efficiently.

🦊 NEW: BugSmash Extension for Firefox

The BugSmash browser extension is now available on the Firefox browser.

You can now:
✅ Use BugSmash directly on Firefox
✅ Capture and share feedback without switching browsers
✅ Support teams working across different browser setups

🛡️ NEW: Admin Role with Expanded Permissions

You can now assign any member as an Admin in your workspace.

The Admin role includes:
✅ Nearly the same permissions as Owner
✅ Access to Billing & Subscription management
✅ Better delegation without transferring ownership

Designed to give growing teams more flexibility and control.

👁️ Improvement: Resolved Comment Markers Visibility

Resolved comments will no longer be visible on the canvas by default.

Here’s how it works:
✅ Resolved markers stay hidden on the canvas
✅ Markers appear when you select the “Resolved” tab in the comment sidebar
✅ Cleaner canvas while focusing on active feedback

Figma Plugin, ClickUp 2-Way Sync, Client Approvals & Major Workspace Upgrades

🚀 Stronger Collaboration, Faster Reviews & Powerful Workflow Control!
This update brings big improvements across integrations, client workflows, permissions, and AI output quality. We’ve also refreshed multiple UI/UX elements to make your workspace smoother and more intuitive than ever.

🆕 NEW: Figma Plugin

You can now instantly export selected Figma frames to BugSmash — no downloading, no exporting manually.

This makes sharing designs with clients effortless:

✅ Select any frame inside Figma and export it directly

✅ Frames appear inside BugSmash as clean, ready-to-review screens

✅ Clients can view & drop feedback without logging in anywhere

A frictionless bridge between design and client feedback.

🔄 NEW: ClickUp 2-Way Sync

ClickUp now syncs both ways — automatically.

This upgrade gives you:

✅ Real-time sync between BugSmash and ClickUp

✅ Status updates reflected on both sides

✅ Replies added on BugSmash comments also sync back to ClickUp

✅ Perfect alignment for product, design, and engineering

No more duplicate tracking. Everything stays in sync.

✔️ NEW: Clients/Guests Can Mark Projects as Approved

Your clients now have the power to approve a project directly.

This brings:

✅ Faster sign-offs

✅ Clearer completion signals

✅ Reduced back-and-forth during final review

A smoother finish to every project.

🤖 Better AI Review Output

AI review results are now more accurate, structured, and actionable.
Expect:

✅ Cleaner summaries

✅ More precise issue spotting

✅ Better recommendations

Smarter insights = better decisions.

👥 NEW: Collaborator Role

A brand-new role designed for freelancers and external contributors.

This role allows:

✅ Freelancers to upload projects into your workspace

✅ Limited permissions for safety

✅ Full collaboration without full access

Perfect for agencies and distributed teams.

🎨 UI/UX Improvements Across the App

We’ve polished multiple areas for a smoother experience:

✅ Cleaner layout

✅ Smoother interactions

✅ More consistent design across screens

Small details, big difference.

Onboarding for Clients, Cleaner Comment Sidebar & Powerful UI/UX Improvements

🚀 Cleaner First Impressions, Faster Navigation & Smoother Feedback Workflows!

This update focuses on giving your clients a frictionless start, reducing clutter during first-time visits, and strengthening control across comment management. We’ve also refreshed key UI/UX areas to make feedback delivery more intuitive than ever.

🆕 NEW: Client Onboarding Flow

Your clients now get a dedicated onboarding experience the first time they access a project.

Give them clarity from the start:

✅ Clear walkthrough for new clients

✅ Faster setup and adaptation

✅ Improved collaboration from day one

A smoother start means fewer questions and better feedback.

✨ Improvement: Smarter Comment Sidebar for Websites

For first-time visitors, the comment sidebar will now stay hidden if no comments exist.

This creates a distraction-free first experience:

✅ Cleaner interface for new clients

✅ Only appears when comments are added

✅ Better onboarding into the feedback workflow

📨 Improvement: “Mark All as Read” for Comments & Replies

Managing unread items is now easier than ever.

You can now:

✅ Mark all unread messages as read in one click

✅ Access the option from the 3-dot menu in the top-right of the comment sidebar

✅ Stay organized without manual cleanup

🔒 Improvement: Hidden Project Settings for Clients/Guests

Clients and guests will no longer see project settings.

This ensures:

✅ Less confusion

✅ Cleaner UI

✅ More control for workspace owners

🎧 Improvement: Audio Feedback UI/UX Enhancements

The audio feedback screen has been refined for clarity and usability.

Expect:

✅ More intuitive controls

✅ Cleaner layout

✅ Smoother recording and review flow

All part of making feedback submission effortless.