Enstore Manager v2.0 Public Beta

Enstore Manager v2.0 Public Beta

We’ve just rewritten the Enstore Manager which is now available as a public beta. You can visit and bookmark the new manager here:

http://manager-beta.enstore.com

You’ll notice a new interface and responsive design to support a variety of browsers and devices. You should find it faster and easier to navigate. If you find any bugs, please let us know.

Here’s all the techie details for your enjoyment.

Release Notes

Support for more Browsers:

• IE 9 and up
• Chrome 17 and up
• Safari 5.0 and up (is broken in current version of Enstore Manager)
• Firefox 11 and up
• Opera 12 and up
• Basic support for iOS devices(iPad, iPhone, iPod touch) that support iOS 6 and up
• Basic support for Andorid 4 and up

Responsive design

Application now fits for all screen sizes, there is no need in horizontal scrolling anymore. Depending on the screen size, the application layout adapts itself.

The User Interface has been simplified

General

• User needs less steps to accomplish many tasks.
• Less popup dialogs and quicker access to all options.
• The User Interface is much simpler compared to previous version.

No wizard forms to create records in table, everything is editable

• Same User Interface for creating new items and editing existing items, simplifies the user experience.
• You can change menu type for records in Menu Table
• You can change payment method type for records in Payment Methods Table
• You can change shipping method type and internationality for records in Shipping Methods Table

User Interface supports Touchable devices and UI

• Popups were replaced with interactive control in table records
• Theme page has been redesigned to support touchable devices.
• Theme Preview open inside application window, is using iFrame

We moved away from Cappuccino (Objective-J)

General

• We switched to the latest modern javascript framework Ember.js
• This technology is based on pure javascript technology instead of own fabricated language objective-j
• Technology is used by thousands of developers, instead of a dozen for Cappuccino
• Easier to use technology, development time was 3x less then Cappucino version
• Ember.js comes with a lot more build-in functionality: Our own source code went to 3000 lines compared to 25000 lines with Cappuccino

Performance

• Loading of the website is extremely fast. Download size is now 200KBytes before 4 MBytes.
• The Enstore Manager uses a lot less memory, which helps the performance on mobile devices.
• Refreshing of the screen is faster, for example resizing the web browser window is very fast compared to previous version.