Features

Review studio

• Phone, tablet and desktopShow a design at desktop, tablet or phone width; it reflows like the real site.
• RevisionsStep between r1, r2 and later revisions of a design, and compare two of them.
• Pins and areasClick an element to pin a comment on it, or drag a box around an area.
• General comments and feature ideasComment on the whole design, or suggest a feature.
• Files on commentsAttach a picture or a file to show what you mean.
• Discuss laterMark a request to talk about later, so it waits on the Discussion tab.
• FullscreenThe design fills the screen; Escape leaves.
• Export as PDFSave every page of a design as one PDF.

More about the review studio

Layout tools

• Move and sizeMove a section up or down, and make it taller or narrower.
• Space, columns and textChange the spacing and the arrangement, and edit words in place.
• Colour and picturesTry another colour or button style, or swap a picture.
• Hide, duplicate and notesHide or duplicate a section, or leave a note on it.
• Per-width editsMake a change for one width only, such as the phone layout.
• Undo, redo and resetStep back and forward through every edit.
• Submit for approvalThe changes tray sends the edits as one request; the design itself stays as it is until approved.

Approvals and revisions

• Kinds of requestEach request is styling and layout, or feature and function.
• Who approves whatApprovers decide on styling and layout; feature and function requests are approved only by the site owner's account.
• Per-change approvalApprove some of the changes in a layout edit and decline the rest.
• One working design per projectEach project has one working design, the only one open to comments.
• Variations and conceptsKeep variations and new concepts beside the working design.
• Revision historySee what each revision changed, label it, or make an earlier one current.

Live designs

• A locked copy of each live siteThe site's own server posts an exact copy of its pages, so a review starts from what visitors see.
• Compare with LivePut the working design beside the live copy.
• Previous versionsThe earlier designs each live site showed are kept, view only.
• Back into LiveBuilt changes return to the live design, and the next round starts from there.

The assistant

• Follow-up questionsWhen a comment is not clear, the assistant asks one short question.
• Answer in the threadThe answer is kept with the request, so approvers see the whole picture.
• Sign-offs are left aloneThe assistant never approves or declines anything.

Projects and teamwork

• Many projects, one homeEvery project's designs sorted by role: working, live, previous, concepts and archive.
• Compare side by sidePick two or three designs and scroll them together.
• Inbox and notificationsEverything that needs you, with a bell and your own choice of notices.
• Tasks and timelineFollow approved work to the live site, and see every project's dates.
• Access by projectEach person sees only the projects an admin has given them.
• SearchCtrl and K finds projects, designs, pages, requests and people.