Q: Zooc team, 1.
Can I delete files to clear my storage. Can you add ability to download files as package, so that I can transfer it to 3rd party storage like Zoolz or Icedrive?
2. What aspects of Jira will be covered by Zooc, and why do I need Slack, aren't you building notifications (atleast email) as native functionality?
3. Where are you based and how many people are developing and supporting this product? Can I see product development roadmap?
4. What other team collaboration and project management tools will I need along with Zooc? When will be it ready for usage, based on community feedback it seems buggy right now.
Thanks
Aemal_Zooc
May 14, 2024A: Hello there,
I hope you are doing well
1. Yes you can delete files to clear storage and in future we will provide a download feature.
2. You can export any canvas as a Jira story, task or bug. We do have a native notification center both on our chrome extension and on your dashboard. We will consider putting email notification if there was enough demand.
3. We are based in Berlin.
4. You can already use it. There are some known bugs, but none of them will block you. There were a few bad reviews that ruined our campagin and they were looking for a short term solution while we are looking for long term partner. It was good that they refunded.
Regards,
Aemal Sayer
VK_2018PLUSHi,
1. So what do you mean by Canva. Can I use it for coding, design and content related projects. I work with freelancers and clients, so as admin how can I give and restrict access, can I use it for document approval as well.
2. I fail to understand how will I communicate to various stakeholders that new communication is available in Zooc, so go and check. You mean to say that people need to download and install Chrome extension to receive notifications or I need to integrate with Slack to do that. Means why can't I just send email to all stakeholders from inside Zooc dashboard?
3. Can I comment on particular section or lines of a screen ( I assume that is what you are calling Canva). Is it must that everybody working on project needs to use Chrome extension only.
4. What future updates and features I will receive with purchase of one or two codes? This deal page says, it is mapped to "project team plans" whereas your website pricing section doesn't have any such plan. So it is bit confusing
5. Come up with some mechanism where clients are not forced to create accounts. They will get irritated, yes I can ask freelancers to create accounts but not clients with whom I need to communicate and collaborate using this tool, client should be able to click on link and just add, edit or view things, it should be easy for them else they will not agree to use it.
6. Can I use the functionalities offered like comments in Google spreadsheets and docs as well? Some clients work with Google spread sheets.
Thanks
SridharKatakamRegarding #3, do you mind answering the remaining questions?
"how many people are developing and supporting this product? Can I see product development roadmap?"
Hello there,
My apologies for delay in replying your questions.
1. It is a Yes for all your use cases. For coding you can use Smart Comments to leave code comments on github for example. For design you can upload design images as Image canvas and use smart comments. For content reviews you can upload a PDF file or leave smart comments on google docs. Btw, a smart comment is a Zooc term, we allow you to leave audio, video and screen recorded comments on any comment box on a web app. For example if you have a google doc, and have our chrome extension installed, then right click on the comment box of google docs, you will see "Send Smart Comments" in the menu. The user role management for giving restrict access to each user is limited for now. A user which is added to a workspace is able to see and edit all the canvases of that workspace only.
2. We don't have an email notification yet in Zooc for each new conversation you have on Zooc. It is intentional as it can easy get too much. The notifications services we have for now are in three places; 1) In the dashboard of Zooc, whenever you open your Zooc, you can see the notifications icon on the top right corner of the dashboard from where you can see if you got a new message on a Canvas. 2) The Zooc chrome extension will give you the notifications of any communication you have. 3) You can additionally add the "Slack WebHook" feature from the Integrations menu that will give you a notification on your selected Slack channel/contact whenever you get a new message on Zooc.
3. It is Canvas not Canva. Depending on the type of canvas you are working on, yes you can add a comment to any section of the screen. For example on an image, whiteboard, PDF and live website you can point and click to leave a comment and open a chat window at any part of the screen. For a video and audio canvas type you can leave a comment at any second of the timeline of the video/audio.
4. You will get all the future updates and bug fixes. You can check the pricing page on https://zooc.io/pricing/ and for one code you get the Product Teams package (although the prices will increase in near future for normal users from $5.99) and two codes will get you the Digital Agencies package. When you stack more codes, it will increase the storage limit and number of users you can buy.
5. Yes you are right. This feature is on our highiest priority and soon we will release it.
6. Yes this is what we call Smart Comments as I explained in my first answer.
Sincerely,
Aemal Sayer
PS: We are a team of 4 people and you can check our road map on zooc.io/roadmap