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Hi guys,
I've developed an application for multiple clients and am using Laravel Forge and Continues Integration to quickly deploy new features to the application. Some changes need to go unnoticed. However, I'm about to make a big change by implementing a new feature and would like to notify my clients about this. I've thought of a few ways, by sending an email for example. But, emails often get ignored. So I thought it would be nice if the user was shown the new features the moment he/she logs in for the first time after the deployment. Does anybody have some experience with this? What's the best and user-experience-friendly way to do this? Thanks!
@troovers Use notifications? https://laravel.com/docs/master/notifications#database-notifications
You could use the database driver and have on-site notifications (like Facebook) so when they log in, they can see an announcement of a new feature written by yourself.
Town Crier?
Silly that I didn't think of that. Thanks @martinbean.
In my company, https://theappsolutions.com , we practice screenshots or a short video introduction to announce new features and show how they can improve the user experience. The great way also is having an in-app messaging if your app contains this widget.
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