What's new in Boast

Other

• Dashboard improvements

Other

• New onboarding flow

Sequences

• Ability to filter and search enrollments

Forms

• Stricter email validation on form submissions

Responses

• Improvements to video pipeline

Contacts

• Contacts screen redesign

Widgets

• Embedded widget improvements

Other

• Ability to view and download invoices

Responses

• Ability to download subtitles as a separate file

Forms

• Added support for Portuguese form translations

Responses

• Subtitles now included in video downloads

Widgets

• Ability to search widgets

Responses

• Bulk update improvements

Forms

• Yelp removed from review-site options

Responses

• Media playback improvements

Locations

• Bulk update for locations

Responses

• Video editor available on all plans, including trial

Forms

• New “Reports” section added for each form

Other

• Misc bug fixes and minor improvements

Responses

• Show description of fields when editing responses

Widgets

• Update to masonry widget in Safari

Other

• Affiliate program updates
• Misc bug fixes and minor improvements

Other

• Updated cancellation process for auto-cancelled accounts
• Updated expired subscription screen
• Misc bug fixes and minor improvements

Responses

• Added shareable link for published responses to export files

Other

• Updated manager role permissions
• Updated trial account deletion workflow
• Misc bug fixes and minor improvements

Other

• Updated dashboard date range UI
• Misc bug fixes and minor improvements

Forms

• Fixed issue with drag and drop functionality
• Updated default landing page logo styling

Contacts

• Updated phone number validation

Other

• Updated account deletion messaging
• Misc bug fixes and minor improvements

Forms

• Updated logo image error handling

Other

• Updated Staff role settings
• Updated account cancellation authorization
• Updated user navigation in collapsed side menu
• Misc bug fixes and minor improvements

Responses

• Updated Response edit flow

Forms

• Video recording improvements in Safari

Sequences

• Fixed Gmail image display issue

Other

• Added ability for trial accounts to request account deletion
• Misc bug fixes and minor improvements

Responses

• Video editor enabled for all plans
• Video automations enabled for Team and Premium plans
• Fixed bulk select issue

Forms

• Implemented new additional video field limits

Sequences

• Fixed error when adding more sequence messages than allowed
• New validation notice when saving messages

Contacts

• Fixed bulk select issue

Locations

• Fixed issue with deleting Locations associated with a Review Link

Other

• Misc bug fixes and minor improvements

Responses

• Fixed response thumbnail bug

Forms

• Fixed Text Block font color bug

Other

• Misc bug fixes and minor improvements

Sequences

• Improved UI when max form limit has been reached

Other

• Improved email unsubscribe handling
• Misc bug fixes and minor improvements

Forms

• Photo component updates

Other

• Improved import validations
• Misc bug fixes and minor improvements

Forms

• Implemented German video component translations
• Updates to screen recording in Safari
• Updated sort order on Form index page

Other

• Misc bug fixes and minor improvements

Forms

• Better offline video handling – ability to save a video to your device if it cannot be uploaded immediately
• Better handling of uploading videos on slow internet connections
• Improved landing page video embed styling

Other

• Misc bug fixes and minor improvements

Forms

• New video and photo component UI
• Ability to set “from” name on form autoresponder
• Updates to form Share pages

Widgets

• New display option to show/hide subtitles
• Fixed widget sort order issue

Other

• Improved terms of service tracking
• Misc bug fixes and minor improvements

Responses

• Alphabetized response import form list

Forms

• Added support for Bulgarian form translations
• Added support for Romanian form translations
• Updated form Share page with new QR Code section

Other

• Updated mobile signup page
• Misc bug fixes and minor improvements

Forms

• Updates to video capture interface to increase clarity
• Added support for SVG landing page logos

Other

• Translation updates
• Added support for SVG account logos
• Iconography updates
• Misc bug fixes and minor improvements

Responses

• New consent search filter
• New staff search filter
• New location search filter
• Timeout for media URLs extended from 15 minutes to 60 minutes (Zapier)

Forms

• Ability to sort forms by number of responses
• Support added for GIF files in Text Block elements
• Embedded forms responsive updates
• Landing page starting colors updated to a neutral color palette

Widgets

• Updated share page

Other

• Signup and login pages updated to be more compatible with password managers
• Misc bug fixes and minor improvements

Responses

• Ability to bulk update Staff field on responses
• New date range search filter

Forms

• Removed HTML sanitization for target="blank" links in Text Block fields

Other

• Misc bug fixes and minor improvements

Sequences

• Ability to send SMS sequence messages added for Team and Premium plans

Other

• Misc bug fixes and minor improvements

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Accessibility Improvements

• Closed captions now available for widget showcase videos
• Ability to edit closed captions

Other

• New user interface
• Misc bug fixes and minor improvements

Forms

• Landing page default width updated to 750px
• New Employee Interview form template

Other

• Misc bug fixes, UI updates, and minor improvements

Responses

• Contact link on Response index page now links to the View page
• Fixed bulk update UI issue

Forms

• Alphabetized staff dropdown
• Fixed heading color issue for landing pages
• Updated logo UI in landing page editor
• Fixed text overflow issue
• Form error message added at the top of forms when errors are present

Widgets

• Added ability to swipe carousel widgets on mobile
• Added preview button for Direct Link option
• Added form ID to the JSON feed

Sequences

• Fixed from name and email in message preview
• Updated Subject field label

Other

• New Tags screen to manage tags
• Fixed failed signup issue when using non latin-based alphabets
• Fixed icon appearance on account switch screen
• Misc bug fixes, UI updates, and minor improvements

Forms

• New preview screen before recording a video
• Ability to switch camera and microphone before recording

Sequences

• Improved visual feedback when sending a test message
• Fixed enrollment error message

Other

• Incorporated new “read-only” plan
• Implemented additional spam protection
• Misc bug fixes, UI updates, and minor improvements

Forms

• Added ability to set initial form field values via HTML attributes (e.g. set from server-side PHP)
• Fixed issue of required fields not being created properly when using a form template

Widgets

• Added ability to filter by media (all, any media, only videos, only photos, none)
• Fixed issue where empty card bodies would be shown for responses that did not match the widget filter criteria
• Fixed issue where the card body would be shown when there was no content

Sequences

• Added ability to change the “from” email on sequence messages

Other

• Added response submission limit emails to notify users when they are close to their response limit
• Fixed staff limit bug
• Misc bug fixes, UI updates, and minor improvements

Forms

• Added ability to share forms via QR codes
• Video field labels updated for enhanced clarity
• Form field descriptions now honor line breaks

Widgets

• New “Full Width Column” widget style
• Added ability to download a JSON feed of responses
• Number of impressions shown for each widget

Sequences

• Rating color changed in sequence emails for improved click-through rates

Contacts

• Headers added to contact Responses table for added clarity

Other

• Misc bug fixes, UI updates, and minor improvements

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Widgets

• Fixed issue with duplicating widgets with has_many fields
• Fixed widget JavaScript console warning

Sequences

• Added differentiation between “bounced” and “opt-out” for the Unsubscribed status

Other

• Updates to dashboard content
• Misc bug fixes, UI updates, and minor improvements

Responses

• Bug fix related to selecting a new video file after starting to upload a different one

Forms

• Image centering improved

Widgets

• Widget display after expired trial updated

Other

• Process for cancellation with a failed payment improved
• Misc bug fixes, UI updates, and minor improvements

Responses

• Video and image processing improvements

Forms

• Default video length allowed updated to be the max allowed by the current subscription plan
• Review links in auto-responders improved

Widgets

• Normal link added to widget social share links

Sequences

• Review link appearance improved

Other

• Misc bug fixes, UI updates, and minor improvements

Responses

• Select an Additional Video, or upload a custom video, to show in your widget (Widget Videos)
• Video processing improved

Other

• Misc bug fixes, UI updates, and minor improvements

Responses

• Videos autoplay when sharing a single response

Forms

• Ability to duplicate existing forms

Contacts

• Last response date/time and sentiment shown on contacts

Other

• Misc bug fixes, UI updates, and minor improvements

Forms

• Review links available for use in form auto-responder emails

Widgets

• Widget landing pages (display your feedback even without a website!)

Sequences

• Longer sequence message delays allowed
• Review links available for use in sequence messages

Other

• Misc bug fixes, UI updates, and minor improvements

Forms

• Social media review links are available on form thank you pages and in auto-responder emails

Sequences

• Social media review links are available in sequence messages
• Additional search filters added to enrollment page
• Option for “no delay (immediate delivery)” added to all sequence messages

Other

• Misc bug fixes, UI updates, and minor improvements

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Responses

• Ability to import photos and videos via URLs

Widgets

• Social media sharing buttons added
• Ability to display form additional fields in the widget detail display

Sequences

• Significant UI changes to the index, search, enrollment, and enrolled contact pages

Other

• Misc bug fixes, UI updates, and minor improvements

Responses

• After submitting a form, submitters can share their feedback on social media

Other

• Misc bug fixes, UI updates, and minor improvements

Responses

• Easily add a new response within the app as an admin
• Ability to switch which form a response is associated with
• Thumbnail improvements
• Significant UI updates

Forms

• Easily see when a form is associated with a sequence
• Additional video duration options added

Widgets

• Masonry (“Cards – Full”) widget style added
• Ability to copy/duplicate a widget
• Set a custom color theme

Other

• Zapier integration
• HEIC and HEIF image types now allowed
• Translation improvements
• Misc bug fixes, UI updates, and minor improvements