What's New?
Jan 17, 2012
- Improved Add Games page::
- Separate tabs for adding games By Title, By Barcode or Manually.
- Overall cosmetic make-over
Jan 5, 2012
- Improved Account page: Easier management of your subscriptions, email / password settings and social network connections.
Jan 2, 2012
- Complete re-design of game info page:
- Smaller cover image (click to enlarge)
- New look for Next/Previous/Edit/Link/Remove/Share buttons.
- Improved Facebook/Twitter sharing: The Share screen now lets you edit your Twitter and Facebook posts.
November 23, 2011
- Log-in / Sign-Up with your Facebook account
- Easily log-in to Connect with your Facebook account. Just use your Account page to link your Facebook account.
- 1-button sign-up for a new Connect trial with your Facebook account.
November 7, 2011
- Easier Sign Up for a new Connect account:
- Just one field: email address.
- User name and password will be generated automatically. Both can be changed in Account Settings.
- After Sign Up, you will be immediately and automatically logged in to your new account, ready to starting cataloging.
November 3, 2011
- Improved Search feature:
- Now searches more fields: Title, Platform, Barcode.
- Search is now more "fuzzy", meaning that you can enter multiple words into the box (e.g. part of the game title and the platform) and the search results will still bring up the correct results, with the closest matches at the top and "fuzzier" matches further down the list.
- Search results are now shown in a special "Search Mode" (recognized by the "Search results:" heading). In Search Mode, all sorting and filtering option are disabled and results are shown in order of how well they match your search words. Click the little "x" button on the right of the Search Box to exit Search Mode and return to your full game list.
October 31, 2011
- A new redesigned navigation header at the top:
- This new header is lower / flatter, giving you more screen space for your data.
- Search box is now integrated in the header at the top right.
August 17, 2011
- New in the Edit Game page: the Find Cover Online feature:
Find missing cover images online using a Google Images search.
- Use the Find Cover button to open the Find Cover panel.
- Just click your desired cover to add it your game entry.
- Modify the Google Images search term manually to refine your search.
- Or, use the smart Barcode, Title and Platform checkboxes to include/exclude them from the search terms.
December 7, 2010
- Post collection updates to Facebook and Twitter:
- Account page: Authorize Connect to post updates to your Facebook and/or Twitter feeds.
- Add page: new checkboxes Post to Twitter/Facebook for automatically posting your new additions to your Facebook wall or Twitter feed, including a link to that game in your public Game Collector Connect collection.
E.g.: "I have just added Gran Turismo 5 (PlayStation 3) to my game collection."
- Game details page: New "Share" popup, for posting a link to that game to Facebook or Twitter. Choose from "Just added" or "Now playing".
- Add page: New "Processing..." popup while adding items, to prevent duplicate additions.
September 22, 2010
- Wish List functionality:
- New tabs at the top to switch between your All, In Collection, or your Wish List
- Add page now allows direct adding to Wish List
- New All, Collection and Wish List "tabs" in mobile viewer
- View buttons (Detail, Cover or List) are now located on the left in the blue navigation bar.
- Platform folder panel can now be closed, using the "<<" button in the navigation bar.
- View Settings button is now located on the right in the blue navigation bar.
- Statistics page: new bar chart showing games by developer.
- Various updates to the mobile website. Improved look for iPhone's Safari browser.
September 1, 2010
- New Platform navigation panel on the left of all 3 views, for quickly finding the games on a specific platform.
- New Statistics page (Tools / Statistics), showing:
- Pie Chart: Games by Platform
- Pie Chart: Games by Genre
- ... more charts will be added later ...
July 7, 2010
- When logging in, you now stay on the same page (previously you alway got redirected to your user home page).
- Fixed for iPad and iPhone: cover images "below the fold" did not load.
January 7, 2010
- New Next and Previous links on game detail pages, to quickly browse your current game list.
- New "Save & Next" and "Save & Previous" buttons on Edit pages, for quicker editing of multiple games.
- New 'Help' menu on the toolbar, containing the links to the What's New, Manual and Support pages.
December 30, 2009
Improved mobile viewer:
- New navigation bar at the top, with access to your home page and the new Settings page.
- New Settings page lets you set the Items per Page separately for the mobile viewer (and now includes an "ALL" option).
- Games are now always sorted by Title (previously used the sorting from regular Connect site.
- The mobile viewer now always defaults to the List View (faster if you are on a slow connection).
- List View now shows the game Title and Platform.
- Login/logout buttons have been moved to your mobile home page (use the nav-bar to get there).
December 22, 2009
- Clicking a row or cover image now takes you directly to the game's detail page (as opposed to opening a details popup)
- Edit or Remove a game directly from the list views using the Edit Game and Remove Game icons on the right.
- Filter tag-cloud popups now open when you actually click their button, not when hovering over the button.
- View Settings popups now have Apply and Cancel buttons.
December 14, 2009