More Delighters / implemented ideas

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More Delighters / implemented ideas

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I just went through some of the updates and the amount of implemented delighters has been on the low side.
I really love the delighters, because they are idea's from users in the field that work with Mendix every day.
Can we get at least 1 delighter every release?

Overview of the delighters in MX9

9.8 – On SQL Server, we no longer require a username and password if the DatabaseJdbcUrl has been set.
9.2 – We added quick navigation from a menu widget to a navigation document.
9.1 – We added a new option for row insertion in the layout grid. When you select Duplicate, the same setup of columns as the selected row will apply to the new row.
9.0 – This release includes an activity for conditional looping called While. The loop activity has been extended with the ability to loop based on an expression, adding more power and flexibility to microflows and nanoflows. You no longer need to do workarounds or create placeholder lists in order to execute repeatable actions.
9.0 – Say goodbye to the log actions inside nanoflows, because we have added support for debugging nanoflows! You can use the nanoflow debugger for all apps: web, native, and PWA. You can even add conditional breakpoints. Happy debugging!
9.0 – You can now copy and paste multiple entities and annotations in the domain model.
9.0 – We improved the getCaption and getKey expression functions to not throw an error for an empty parameter. Instead, they return an empty string (just as the toString function does).

asked 2022-01-13

Jason Teunissen

3 answers

Franklin van Buren · Answer 1 · 2022-09-01

Indeed like Jelena stated we are working on making it easier for the PM’s in Mendix to keep track of existing and new ideas shared for their products, as we all agree that communication is key – especially as we all truly appreciate the candid feedback and the often great ideas on how we can improve the product and platform.

It might take some time, but you should see an improvement in this space sooner rather than later :)

Jelena Golubovic · Answer 2 · 2022-08-31

I can only speak for myself of course, but I have a feeling things have been a bit better lately (or at least I set a reminder to go through ideas on a regular basis and respond to them, soon enough that's going to be a notification, which should make it even easier :)

I know you wish things were happening faster, trust me, we often do as well, but just so you know, we do read and we do care!

Tim v Steenbergen · Answer 3 · 2022-08-26

It has been like this in the past years. 4 years ago, of the 500 ideas, less then 15 got implemented. When I browse the ideas posted here, at least 20% (if not 33% or more) seam valid, useful and implementable.

And if Mendix decide against implementing it, they sometimes close the idea and post the reason why it will not be implemented. Doing that more often, would also show greater appreciation of our ideas.