New Release: Updated Website Review Tools

Today we released a major update to our community website review tools. The new tools allow you to make visual annotations without leaving the review page, and organize all of your written notes in to 6 unique categories.

Our original tools have gone relatively unchanged for the past year and a half, so why the change? It all came about last time I posted a new ConceptFeedback.com mockup for feedback. As always, I got great feedback from the community, but I started to realize that sorting through the reviews, organizing all of the advice, and taking away actionable tasks was a bit of a chore. The new review tools allow users to scan feedback faster, prioritize tasks, print and share results.

Here are the two big changes you're going to notice when submitting feedback:

1. Instead of just a plain text review, we now offer a "Notes" feature which allows you to tag each of your comments with a category (see image below). This helps organize your review and give better context to your thoughts.
2. Visual notes can now be submitted without leaving the review page. You'll notice that your cursor turns in to a cross-hair when hovering over a screenshot. Just click and drag to create a new visual note. Visual notes are also tagged with a category and consolidated on your review.
   

Here are a few things you'll notice when receiving feedback:

1. The layout of the review has been adjusted. You'll now find a list of "notes", including visual notes, on the left-side. Each note is categorized, helping you to quicker identify issues that need immediate attention.
2. Visual notes are now included on the review along with a preview! Just hover over the red circle with the number in it to preview the section of your concept under review.
3. The "Notes" tab lets you view all annotations by all reviewers at once. You can filter by user or category.
4. You will now be able to export your reviews as a PDF, as well as share them via e-mail.

We realize these new tools are far from perfect, and there will be a number of adjustments we'll need to make in the next few weeks. So please, play around with them, write some website reviews and let us know what you think in the comments! We want these new tools to be a welcome improvement!