Today we are happy to announce the release of three new improvements to blist. We’re dedicated to making the user experience of creating lists and databases as easy as possible.

Task Panel

In order to simplify the user experience with blist, we added a task panel that contains all blist level controls. Now it’s easier to add a new column to a blist, add/filter row tags, and describe your blist (blist Information pane).  Kudos to Jeff for the excellent work.

Sharing

After a series of usability tests and feedback from the blist community (thanks everyone!), Matt greatly simplified the sharing experience in blist. One of the most noticeable changes is the switch to a role-based permissions model. Now when you share a blist, you can set your contact to either a Contributor or Viewer role.

• Contributors: Can edit a blist
• Viewers: Can read, but not edit a blist

Also, you’ll notice that the UX of sharing a blist has been greatly simplified.

Just (1) enter an email address or select a contact/group, (2) set permissions, and (3) click share.

Lens Workflow

Justin has been working on a really important workflow improvement to blist. Now you can create a lens from a blist or lens that someone has shared with you. We use blist to run our business, and this is a feature we’ve really needed in our day-to-day use of blist.

The team has put a lot of effort into these features and we thank you for all of the feedback. Please let us know what you think!