Today, we released some important new features, fixed a bunch of bugs, and made some performance improvements.

First off, now you can change a column from one type to another. You can change a number column to a text column. If you have a text or number column that just contains ones and zeros – you can convert that to a nice looking Check-box or True/False column. The most interesting thing you can do is take a text column that might have many rows, but with repeated data, like the State column in a list of addresses, and turn that into a neat pick-list with a drop down chooser in each cell. One neat use for this feature is to be able to import a CSV, but not worry about setting the correct column types until later.

The other interesting feature that we added is the shared blists pane on the left. Now you can easily go back to blists that have been previously shared to you by someone else via email.

In terms of performance, we made some improvements to our CSV file import feature. It’s better now than it was before, and we’re going to continue to improve and extend importing going forward.

Don’t just take our word for it: go try it at http://app.blist.com/