Changelog

Mentions, richer comments, and a portal welcome card

Three pieces this release, all about making Quackback a place where teams can talk, write, and greet visitors properly.

Mention anyone in a post

Type @ while writing a post to pull a teammate or portal user into the conversation. Mentioned people get an in-app notification and an email, so a question doesn't sit unanswered just because nobody happened to be looking at the right board.

You can now:

  • Mention team members or active portal users with a typeahead picker that previews who's who
  • Edit a post to add a mention later, and only the newly added people get pinged
  • Hover any mention chip to see the person's avatar and join date without leaving the page
  • Mute mention emails workspace-wide via the same unsubscribe link as other notifications, so noisy threads stay opt-in
  • Trust the directory: the picker is gated to authenticated team members, so no one can enumerate your user list from the public portal

Rich text in comments

Comments are no longer plain text. Headings, bold, italic, code blocks, lists, links, and an emoji picker all work the same way they do in posts.

You can now:

  • Format longer comments with the same shortcuts you use in posts, including a slash-menu and an emoji shortcode picker
  • Paste in fenced code blocks for repro steps and have them render with syntax highlighting
  • Keep using markdown if that's what you prefer; existing markdown comments render unchanged

A welcome card on your portal home

The public feedback list now has space for a customizable greeting above the post list, so you can tell visitors what kind of feedback you're looking for, link to your roadmap, or point them at the help center.

You can now:

  • Write the welcome card with a full rich text editor, including images and embeds
  • Keep drafts editable while the card is disabled, so the next announcement is ready to go when you flip it on
  • Preview the rendered card in the admin before publishing

Other improvements

  • Mention chips render with the author's current display name, so a profile rename flows through to every post and comment that ever mentioned them
  • The onboarding wizard now keeps completed steps visible with checkmarks instead of hiding them, so progress reads honestly even when some steps were pre-seeded