Q4 2024 Release Notes Summary

Support Note
Some features included in this release may not apply to your team. If you’re unsure whether your team has a certain feature, contact your IT department.
These changes are scheduled to go live on Monday, January 27th after 6 pm PST for impacted teams.

Features

Added Voice Notes

Users can now add Voice Notes to a workspace. This can be useful for review and approval workflows, allowing users to provide feedback capturing all of the nuance of natural speaking. The Voice Notes feature can be found in the :add_content: (Add Content) section of the toolbar.

Voice Notes

Learn more: Adding a Voice Note
 


Video playback in presentation mode

Users can now play videos when in presentation mode.

Video Presentation

Learn more: Presenting Content in Bluescape
 


Added support for audio file types

Users can now upload and playback audio files in the workspace. Supported formats include .mp3, .wav, .aac, and more.

Audio File

Learn more: File Upload Types and Limitations
 


Additional Improvements & Bug Fixes

Added default thumbnail for web objects

A default thumbnail is now shown for web objects when a thumbnail is not provided by the browser object URL instead of showing blank or broken imagery.

Learn More: Adding Browser Content to a Workspace

Added support for Microsoft Office documents with macros

Office document formats with embedded macros (.docm, .pptm, .xlsm, etc.) can now be uploaded into the workspace. The macros will not execute but the documents will be viewable and behave the same as non-macro documents.

Learn More: File Upload Types and Limitations

F2 hotkey to edit titles

Users can now use the F2 hotkey when an object is selected to edit its title. This serves the same function as selecting Rename from the :more_options: (More) menu.

Learn More: Placing Assets in a Workspace

Improved text control bar behavior

Improved the placement and movement of the text control bar when performing actions such as changing the text size using the font size selector arrows.

Learn More: Adding Text to a Workspace

Improved Link To button behavior

The navigation button that appears when linking to another object or place in the workspace should be more visible and easier to click.

Learn More: Linking Objects Together in a Workspace

Bluescape API now supports OAuth Client Credential Flow (CCF)

Developers using Bluescape’s API can now utilize this OAuth flow to authenticate with Bluescape. Allowing CCF based connectivity will benefit customers wishing to use webhooks and other API features.

Learn more: Webhooks Developer Guide


:bug: Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where moving a canvas would sometimes modify line routing
  • Fixed an issue where disabling the grid view would sometimes not work
  • Fixed and issue where exporting as .zip sometimes did not include all of the files in the selection
  • Fixed an issue where an error page would sometimes display briefly before the login page was shown
  • Fixed an issue where OneDrive Link files would not display correctly if web objects were disabled
  • Fixed an issue where the workspace could crash when selecting multiple lines using Shift+click
  • Fixed an issue where the workspace would not automatically refresh for a user requesting access to a workspace after the request was approved
  • Fixed an issue where gutter alignment guides would appear when they were not necessary
  • Fixed an issue where workspace performance would be significantly degraded when resizing very large canvases with a lot of content
  • Fixed an issue where newly uploaded documents would sometimes get stuck “loading” when opened in the document viewer
  • Fixed an issue where document thumbnails would sometimes show whitespace