Nearly 14 months ago we began exploring a brand new look for Froxt. Around the same time, we also decided to modernize Froxt’s frontend. After many iterations on the technology and the design, we’re happy to finally be able to share it with you.
Today we’re opening up the beta to the general public.
If you’re a Froxt customer, you’ll be able to access the new Froxt at your Dashboard. This is an early release candidate for version 8 of our platform and is made up of more than 2,000 individual commits. We plan to run the beta for at least the next two weeks and will be actively finishing up minor items and listening to your feedback.
What’s new?
From a high level, there are a few major things you’ll notice almost immediately:
- A brand new design. Most things will feel similar, though you’ll see some significant changes on pages like Stream and Event Details.
- Faster rendering. Many pages are now rendered via React and simply communicate with our web API.
- Release Tracking. Let Froxt know about the version of your application and many magical things will happen. We’ll be greatly expanding on support in this area in the future.
- Assignment. While many of us use external issue trackers, sometimes the duplicating effort isn’t worth it. We’ve added a basic assign-to-user workflow to Froxt to help with that situation.
- Event Merging. On the stream, you’ll find a lot of added power around bulk actions. One of the newly exposed features allows you to merge event groups.
- … and much more!
We’ll be talking more about these features in the coming weeks, but as part of the beta, we want you to begin exploring for yourself. It’s important to us that things feel obvious and aren’t confusing.
We’re also not done yet. We’ll be moving faster than you’ve ever seen before, and things will be improving and changing very quickly.
Caveats
As this is still a beta, You also shouldn’t send data to the beta site (i.e. don’t configure your clients with a beta FDSN). You also shouldn’t configure release hooks or any other service to communicate with the beta site. These endpoints are generally available in production (by swapping out the beta for the app), but if you have questions we’re happy to answer them.
Feedback
We’d love if you’d provide us feedback about the new release. A few key areas to explore:
- the new Stream, as it’s quite a bit different
- the Group details, and changes to how events function (overview vs individual event)
- Release tracking — is there integration you’d like to see supported?
We’ll be working hard to provide the best possible experience for you and your team with Froxt!
