Release notes | Whaller Help Center

Projects and improvements developed

March 2021

Web application:

Redesign of chat
Removal of the option to connect a Whaller box to OneDrive or GoogleDrive
Image gallery feature available from the Pro offer

February 2021

Web application:

New integration of messages waiting to be published
Possibility to change the order of images when editing a message
Redesign of message editing (text, Markdown, files, images, priority, publication date)
Redesign of link display (New: the author can delete them one by one)
Insert a link to an article in a message via Markdown tools
Possibility to share a CMS article from within a sphere
Possibility to share a CMS article in a sphere from the article
Multilingual content: possibility to translate messages into the languages available on Whaller

January 2021

Web application:

Additional Markdown options
Export an organization's list of spheres and their details
Autocompletion when adding sphere administrators

Mobile application:

Suggestions of usernames in comments
Apple SSO connection

December 2020

Web application:

All users can schedule messages in spheres
Possibility to download the contents of a folder or an entire sphere box

November 2020

Web application:

Display a larger version of a single emoji when left as a comment
Extend the rights attributed to "Publishers"
Possibility to use Zoom for video conferencing
Possibility to host large files (up to 3GB)
Cybersecurity option: prevent the reuse of a password when it is renewed
(Re)launch of the Full Remote offer
Suggestion platform (Feature Upvote)
Links displayed below messages are updated after a message is edited

Mobile application:

Addition of connection via Google

October 2020

Web application:

Deployment of a new WYSIWYG editor for CMS articles
Possibility to associate a video conference room to an event (only if the sphere has BigBlueButton selected as its video conferencing tool)
Redesign of the "sphere settings" window
Viewing of Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents shared in messages on Whaller
Launch of Whaller 365: co-editing of documents, spreadsheets and presentations
Securing of accounts with a strong U2F authentication factor

September 2020

Web application:

"My tasks": all current tasks assigned to a user appear on their root page
Cybersecurity option: organization managers can define different levels of classification for information and assign consultation rights according to these levels to members

August 2020

Web application:

Improved performance of conversation feeds
Interpret an event's "location" field with a URL
Possibility to configure an Ausha widget

July 2020

Web application:

Ability to view a PDF, an image or a video directly from the sphere Box (and update of file icons)
Ephemeral spheres available with the Enterprise offer (spheres that are archived on a pre-determined date)
Cybersecurity option: possibility to temporarily disable the uploading of documents in an organization

Mobile application:

Possibility to invite phone contacts to a sphere
Display of badges in profiles

June 2020

Web application:

Possibility to set video conferencing in webinar mode (listen-only mode for participants, more than 100 participants)
White label: a user who logs in can be redirected to either the "root" page or the portal page
The "Reply" buttons in notification emails refer directly to the reply field of the concerned message
Translation of messages in foreign languages (with DeepL)
Creation of top-down options (within federations) in the settings of a "mother" organization, so that thay can be applied to all "daughter" organizations
Improved upload for large files (according to organisation settings)
Possibility to paste a file directly in the "new message" or "new comment" fields

Mobile application:

Integration of video conference feature
Display custom profile fields in profiles

May 2020

Web application:

Possibility to disable online support via Intercom for an organization
Notifications: "new member" and "new sphere" emails sent to sphere administrators and organization managers now take into account the settings defined in the general notification frequency - invitation or entry request emails are not affected
Possibility to have a specific profile field appear next to the username in conversations. (Example: company name of members in an inter-professional network)
Replacement of the term "sphere open to visitors" by "sphere accessible to visitors"

April 2020

Web application:

Automation of the "pass a member as a visitor" process by automatically removing them from members-only spheres
Deletion of quizzes feature
Addition of a "visitors" icon on spheres accessible to visitors
Improvement of the UI of registration and login forms
Modification of the rules for spheres accessible to visitors (impossible to make them global, open, etc.)
Temporary blocking for 30 minutes (instead of permanent blocking) of users who have tried to log in with the wrong password 5 times
In a federation: inheritance of offers, and a number of "top-down" options
Creation of a federation management page
Correction of the bug that turned some images 🙈
Video player update (with the possibility to detach the video in the foreground)
Agglomeration of analytics in a federation

March 2020

Web application:

Add BigBlueButton (BBB) as a video conferencing option, these instances are stored on the Whaller infrastructure
BBB as a default in school organizations
Launch of FULL REMOTE offer

Mobile application:

Do not display active spheres if the user has access to only one organization

February 2020

Web application:

Release of new Pro, Business and Enterprise offers
POC of connection with Atlassian (JIRA and Confluence). Those who would like to test can write to us!
POC of integration of SAP Cloud
Review of all transactional email texts

January 2020

Infrastructure: all Whaller servers (data and service) migrated to OVHcloud in Roubaix (France).

Web application:

Reinforcement of security options: password policy, automatic signout after inactivity, etc.
Integration of meet.jit.si as a choice for video conferencing

Mobile application:

Sphere and organization calendar feature available
Ability to start a private conversation directly from a user's profile

December 2019

(Work on client platforms)

November 2019

Web application:

Display of organizations in the same federation in an arborescent manner on the "root" page and in the "My Spheres" menu
When a temporary message is commented on, it becomes permanent
Temporary password renewal URL

October 2019

Web application:

Management of cookie preferences for users (GDPR)
GDPR & Privacy by Design: By default, fields in a user's enhanced profile should be set to "Unpublished"
Make the blurring of private messages optional
Launch of the new Whaller Help Center: https://help.whaller.com/
Add the names of authors to articles

September 2019

Web application:

Connection of the sphere box to OneDrive
The user now has the choice to delete documents they deposited in a sphere Box when they leave (GPDR)

August 2019

Web application:

Restructuring of organization settings
Premium Option that allows managers to validate the creation of new spheres (Sphere creation workflow)

July 2019

Web application:

Change in provider for transaction emails. From Mandrill (US) to Sendinblue (France) (GPDR)
Blurred private messages

Mobile application:

Correction of duplicate messages sent

June 2019

White Label site (GATE)

Creation of the possibility to have a white label site for an organization or federation network (code name: GATE)
Personalization of the header
Personalization of the footer
Design of a white label "root" page of a site, with the side navigation bar
Ability to play shared videos automatically
Creation of a stronger confidentiality option in order to not show one's full name to the entire network

Web application:

Addition of a premium option: "Use badges"

Mobile application:

Creation of the possibility to have a white label mobile application (realized first for France Télévisions)

May 2019

Web application:

Possibility to share GIFs in spheres and comments
Add a publication end date for programmed messages
Premium organization option to hide Google Drive and Microsoft Office 365 shares
Addition of Markdown shortcuts for level 2 and 3 titles
Addition of a Premium option to disable scratch-off messages
Addition of the ability to choose a native emoji from a selector 🎉
Ability to export participants to an event
Sphere creation workflow (validated by an organization manager), available for Premium
Ability to cancel an entry request from the "root" page

April 2019

Web application:

Drag & drop tasks in sphere Kanban
Display the Kanban in a new tab
Remove the integration of Facebook videos in spheres to not have Facebook cookies on Whaller
Authorize the creation of public isolated spheres
Highlight the visio-sphere (under sphere members)

Mobile application:

Possibility to share videos from the app
Display ads in messages
Possibility to copy text from a message or comment
Possibility to copy a URL open in Whaller

March 2019

Web application:

Ambassador program improvements (Podium, possibility to earn Illicado gift cards)
Improvement of message display performance, especially when data is outsourced to a proprietary server (see Data outsourcing offer)
GPDR: Logging all Whaller ADMIN actions
Organization Federations: When adding an organization as a "child", its members are added automatically to "parent" organizations
Establishment of an IdP server allowing the installation of a "Whaller Connect" button on third-party sites (via SSO). Realized example: configuration of a Whaller login button on a Wordpress site
Extension of shared file size limit to 1Go for organizations (Premium)

February 2019

Web application:

Improvements to SSO mechanisms for organizations that use them
When a sphere exceeds 50 members, automatic welcome messages are disabled
In the organization members management section, possibility to use the action "Remove from the organization" for several people at a time
Change the font used for messages in order to display all languages on all OS
Messages and comments can be edited at any time

January 2019

Web application:

Simplification of the "My account" menu
Remove "lemonades" and "bouquets of roses" from gifts
Remove the 3,000 character limit for messages
Integration of a Markdown editor in the message writing field

Mobile application:

Possibility to connect via LDAP
Display documents in messages
Access to sphere boxes (new "tools" icon in spheres)
Display tasks in messages
Display gifts in messages
Display message styles

December 2018

Web application:

We wanted to improve the "serenity" or "focus" aspect of Whaller, which sometimes gave the impression to send too many notifications. Our logic: give ALL the control back to users, don't overwhelm them with information, and only send what's necessary:

Removal of transaction emails (new messages, etc.) if the user has installed the Whaller mobile app (focus)
Possibility to select time slots to receive email/mobile pushes (not during the night, weekend, etc.) (focus)

November 2018

Web application:

Launch of a new chat
No longer sending emails for a like or dislike (focus)
Possibility to block sending pushes for comments in a sphere (backend option)
Change the default sending frequency for emails: no more than 2 emails per day (focus)
Simplification of the notification settings page: fusion of the "new comments" and "new messages" setting, add an insert concerning "educational" emails

Mobile application:

Improved message display performance (x2)
Events in spheres
Better offline management
Design of private messages
Possibility to connect in LDAP
Password recovery link

October 2018

Possibility to download a list of participants for an event
Redesign of the "real time" system for sending pushes, and synchronized display of new messages, comments, likes
Opening to all public spheres
Possibility to block the creation of public spheres in an organization
Display public spheres on organization portals
Add Capterra and G2Crowd missions to the Ambassador program

August / September 2018

Redesign of the mobile application in ReactNative
Public spheres: the first public spheres are opened upon request. For the time being, you can visit: l https://whaller.com/sphere/jaimemaboite
Redesign of the chat (still a feature)
Image galleries (Premium)
Official release of zap' Whaller : https://zapier.com/apps/whaller/integrations
Addition of an activity table to Whaller Analytics

July2018

Beta release of new chat. Ask to test it on https://whaller.com/sphere/tcjwx6
Beta release of the new mobile application. Ask to test it on https://whaller.com/sphere/b799m1
Creation of an interface that lists a person's spheres for an organization (only for the manager)
Analytics: addition of a frame and an asset counter for the selected period (Premium)
Addition of emojis :bzh:, :corsica: and :euskadi:
Integration of "stripe elements" for card entry

June 2018

Creation of a Premium organization option: "do not notify by email/push for anonymous messages"
Security fixes following feedback from Bug Bounty
Creation of the Whaller Sports page
"Scratch-off" messages
Ability to move a sphere from one organization to another
Create a "verified" certificate for organizations and people

May 2018

Create an event from Google calendar via Zapier
Redesign of the ergonomics message types
Add a task to a message that has already been posted (Premium)
Program messages in advance (Premium)
Restricted spheres: addition of a "block comments" option (Premium+)

April 2018

"Alpha" release of the new chat (not visible to all users)

March 2018

Improvements to the entry path in a network from its public portal
"Enter a sphere" tutorial + customization of this tutorial
Improvement of the UI of the signup modal on organization portals
Make public portal pages responsive

February 2018

Possibility to mention a group of people with the same role in a sphere using "@@nameofrole" (Premium)
Creation of a CSS field allowing the graphic modification of organization interfaces (Premium)
Points earned in "incentive" organizations are displayed in the navigation sidebar (Premium)
Customization of the entry route in an organization: personalization of the redirect page after registration

January 2018

Add percentages to csv survey extracts
Possibility to merge two user accounts
Creation of the Associations landing page with Halo Asso: https://whaller.com/fr/usage/association

December 2017

Zapier application accessible on https://zapier.com/apps/whaller/
Can archive spheres in an organization (Premium)
Restriction of the organization standard offer: self-accepting emails, badges personalization of emails, charters
Creation of the Universities landing page: https://whaller.com/fr/usage/college

November 2017

Respond to a comment in private (triggers an alert)
Can upload videos in a custom profile field
Display a LinkedIn profile in a Whaller profile
Creation of a "no role" filter in the members management section (Premium)
Compatibility with native emojis!
Export analytics in an Excel file

October 2017

Connection of a "wedoogift" boutique to Whaller for one of our clients (will be generalizable) (Premium)
Synchronization and generic authentication in LDAP (Premium)
Addition of an option to hide the "website" link on an organization portal
Increase the sphere description to 500 characters
Addition of Dutch in the languages 🇳🇱
Addition of a premium option to remove the notion of price in events + PayPal
Allow the upload of InDesign files

September 2017

Possibility to create a hierarchy between several organizations (Premium+) : with link between profiles, role, etc. (Premium)
Create events from calendars (Premium)
Block a person
Creation of assignable rights according to roles (Premium): right to create a sphere, right to accept new members in the organization
"Serendipity" widget (suggestions of people in an organization): specific to a single network at the moment. A generic version may be planned someday depending on requests (Premium)
Implementation of the "Analytics" page in spheres, for sphere administrators (Premium)
Creation of a new type of customizable profile field: free lists with suggestions (Premium)
Removal of "product" icons (prices, premium,...) from organization portal pages (Premium)
Sphere administrators can now create and edit widgets linked to their sphere (This was reserved exclusively for organization managers before) (Premium)
Strengthen the invitation "quota" security policy

August 2017

Can personalize the list of types of events (Premium)
Possibility to block "I dislike" (Premium)
Possibility to define a list of "blacklisted" words that automatically report messages to administrators and managers (Premium)
Mobile application: can connect with Microsoft Office 365
Showing roles in the form of medallions on avatars (Premium)
Creation of the Premium + "Maps" page /product/premium-plus/map
Generalization of the use of "Glowbl visio-spheres"
Strengthening of the password security policy

July 2017

Possibility to sign up/ connect with LinkedIn
Possibility to share a message in several spheres at the same time (Premium)
Addition of invitation quotas
Improvement of the navigation in the right hand column of spheres: always visible, always scrollable
"Forum" spheres for Premium+ (organization spheres in which you van validate or refuse the responses to a message)
Ability to search all of a person's profile fields, including specific fields in an organization Premium
Addition of a "role" filter in member directories Premium
Message legacy (possibility to leave the messages you've written when you leave a sphere) Premium
Can disable automatic messages for new documents in a sphere box Premium
Possibility to structure organizations among themselves by defining "sub-organizations" to an organization; legacy profiles: avatars, bio, roles and specific fields (Premium)

June 2017

SSO SAML (Premium+ option)
Public page /contact
Member management: can filter non-activated members
Can disable the Kanban in spheres
External hosting of message content and attached files
"Whaller Ambassador" program: https://whaller.com/account/refer
Addition of a navigation sidebar for isolated spheres
Addition of attachment to automatic message in the sphere's box
Mini profile: when clicking on the photo, it is displayed in full resolution
Publication of Whaller's 3 core values on the homepage
Publication of Whaller's Manifesto on the homepage

May 2017

Automatic online payment (integration of the last elements)
Integration of Google Drive in the sphere Box: possibility to manage a Google Drive folder directly from a Whaller sphere (beta)
Deletion of the old mobile version and passage of spheres and root page in full responsive
Integration of Glowbl as a replacement for visio-spheres
Member management: Display the list of spheres for each person
Ability to disable welcome messages in a sphere
Public page /integrations
Public page /mobile
SEO improvements
Creation of a "Start a trial" workflow

April 2017

Create a task directly from a Kanban in a sphere
Ability to share a GoToMeeting in a message (in an event)
Automatic publication of a welcome message when a new member joins a sphere
Redesign of the "sphere summary" widget
Permanent deletion of old personal spheres
Redesign of badge management

March 2017

New network creation path
New Premium+ offer "data hosted on the third party server"
Tasks: fusion with ideations, possibility to assign a task to several people
Integration of Office 365: registration and authentication with an Office 365 account, possibility to share OneDrive files
Integration of Google Suite: registration and authentication with a Google account, possibility to share Google Drive files
New discussion thread UX

February 2017

Ability to create temporary, self-destructing messages ("burning messages")
Notifications when a document is added in the Box
PDF document viewer in the spheres
Mobile application: new network creation path
Mobile application: display of entry requests

January 2017

Annual debug campaign. More than 150 bugs found and corrected.

December 2016

Statistics tool: "Whaller Analytics"
Possibility to activate "Premium" for a single sphere
Card editor (points, quiz, info...)
Interfacing Plussh & Whaller
Twitter widget
Entry course: (Join/ Create a network)
Creation of a sponsorship/ referrals page
Depreciation Internet Explorer < 10

November 2016

New entry course: "What would you like to do?" and "Join a network"
Redesign of the sphere management page: all settings accessible from this page
Performance of web interfaces
Creation of the page status.whaller.com

October 2016

Switch to PHP7
Update of ElasticSearch search engine
Suggestions of organizations
Creation of the "connected apps" account page

September 2016

Ability to remove or add several sphere members at a time
Enrichment of events: types (carpool,...), spots available, price, PayPal.Me
Redesign of directory ergonomics and people search
Synchronization of tabs

August 2016

Improvement of real time, possibility to interact with a message while it's being updated (likes, etc.)
Creation of the "publisher" right

July 2016

Integration of IFTTT
Multiple surveys

June 2016

Redesign of the notification management page
Pin a message

May 2016

Side navigation bar