FreshBooks 3.8 coming soon with better filtering, invoice and staff management

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FreshBooks 3.8 coming soon with better filtering, invoice and staff management

by David Chartier Apr 15th 2007

It's been a while since we've mentioned FreshBooks, the web 2.0 project tracking and invoicing app for freelancers and small businesses alike, but an upcoming v3.8 release is a great excuse for a refresher. FreshBooks is already pretty packed with features like creating, sending (via mail or email) and managing invoices, tracking time on projects, accepting payments and even sending late notices, so this v3.8 upate is more about refining features. Specifically:

You can easily add staff members to any or all projects, making it far easier to bring on new personnel.
Items can now be inserted into the middle of invoices, with AJAX goodness for updating the page and not interrupting your workflow.
Timesheet details can be filtered by project or client, allowing you to track down just what you need.

The 'what's coming' list offers a bit more to sink one's teeth into, however, with features like quotes and estimates, future revenue reports and account statements to display all money owed and paid for a client.

FreshBooks version 3.8 lands Tuesday, April 17th 2007, and the actual update is scheduled to occur between 6:30 am and 8:00 am EDT.

Tags: collaboration, freshbooks, invoice, invoicing, project management, ProjectManagement

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