06/12/2010 16:23:43
Is the snow still around where you are? We think we’re finally seeing the last of it here in the Midlands. Hopefully, anyway… I’ve never been a big fan.
Anyway there have been a few changes around here at tmsinsight.com that you may have noticed going live over the past week or so, and I thought I’d go over them here and explain what they’re all about.
Firstly, welcome to the first item of business, the brand new blog! Well alright… it’s not exactly brand new as readers of the old News section will tell you, but we’ve given it more than just a facelift: we are also changing its primary function to a more up-to-date source of articles and information, as opposed to a somewhat stuffy collection of press releases. And with any luck it will be a bit more fun to read too!
Our official Twitter feed
@tmsinsight has only been running for a short while now but is already establishing itself as a great way of hearing the very latest news from us, so we went ahead and placed the live feed right here on the website. It’s worth following if for example you need to know as soon as possible when a new software download or update is available in the Downloads & Updates section. And speaking of which: the Downloads & Updates section has also been improved and now features release notes and other tweaks.
We are in the process of opening up the forum to general users as opposed to just support contract holders as a way of shifting its function from that of a support tool to a more traditional forum. Feedback from a cross section of our contract holders suggested you much prefer to use the established support ticket utility for support issues which had left the forum without much love, so we concluded that repurposing it to a traditional forum is a fairly logical step since the website is arguably in need of one. We’ll be making gradual steps towards this over the coming weeks so watch this space, or why not be ready and
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For the first time we can announce that in the coming months we will be re-releasing our communications package for batch barcode scanners, TMS Comms 6, as freeware software and offering it for free download on our website. Thousands of people use TMS Comms 6 every day with their Windows PCs or TMSi systems, and we believe that individuals out there who need to download data from their Panasonic, Opticon or Symbol barcode scanners with a lightweight and easy-to-use application should be able to do so freely. We will have more information as development continues!