New sketches and Web mobile

You can now access the full application from your mobile web browser. It will let you access on the go to team settings, doc insights, and other advanced options.

Improved Sketches

Our sketching tool - hit /sketch to try it - gets a lot of love, and it just got a deep refresh:

• Simpler color management and shortcuts
• Embed web content in your sketches
• Organize your sketches with Frames
• Convert Mermaid diagrams to Sketch

Streamlined settings

We took the opportunity to clean up our settings screens, make them responsive and more intuitive. Clearer wording and improved organization make it easier to configure your workspace exactly how you want it.

References for Ask in Doc

You can now see references for results from Ask in Doc and directly scroll to the relevant section from the reference list.

Cleaner reader-only experience

We decluttered the interface for reader role users, removing actions and insights that don't apply to them, and making the experience focus on accessing and reading their team knowledge base.

Other Improvements

• We've made significant improvements to large documents and table performance
• We now support comments, expand and fullwidth mode for diagram blocks
• You can set your timezone preferences for date display
• Settings are now browsable even when behind paywall
• Admins can request backups and manage users while paywalled

Fixes

• Prevented essential emails from being blocked by unsubscribes
• Fixed editor jumping when editing hints with emojis
• Fixed codeblock language selection
• Fixed protect edit bar centering
• Added support for line breaks in table cells with ctrl+enter
• Fixed missing translations in analytics
• Fixed guest invite sending issues
• Fixed image issues on public pages
• Fixed converting text into numbered list no longer deletes selected images
• Fixed manually typing Markdown links no longer 'eats' spaces
• Fixed issue preventing archive of large channels
• Fixed missing links in Notion imports
• Fixed issue where creating card view puts doc at bottom of page
• Fixed issue preventing channel creation without pinned channels
• Fixed issue with table of contents scroll to headers
• Fixed collapsed headers indicator visibility
• Fixed "nice to see" notifications acknowledgment
• Fixed protected edit banner blinking when switching docs
• Fixed custom domain redirections

New Ask Insights

We brought our new Ask Insights panel directly in the main sidebar to analyze incorrect and missing answers from Ask, and improve your knowledge base.

Among others, this change comes with:

• Assignment: Ensure knowledge is completed by assigning missing or incorrect answers to the right people
• Resolution workflow: Turn gaps into structured knowledge by documenting answers in new docs
• Automated reporting: Missing answers are now automatically flagged

Improvements

• Fixed cmd+enter for line breaks in tables
• Fixed commenting on table cells
• Fixed text column types conversion in tables

Fixes

• Fixed issue where deleting first word in numbered list erases formatting
• Fixed shift+enter to create new table rows
• Fixed inability to delete Sketches
• Fixed sketch editor closing unexpectedly
• Fixed GDrive embeds rendering issues

Ask in Doc

We've made it easier than ever to get specific answers on the doc you're reading. Look for the new "Ask on this doc" button in the top right, next to comments.

Improvements

• Updated Status Banner style
• Fixed collection description editing and link formatting

Fixes

• Fixed GDrive embed block rendering
• Fixed full page table import from Notion
• Fixed public collections crop
• Fixed Android navigation layout
• Fixed text selection in tables
• Fixed embed duplication on drag and drop
• Fixed toolbar display when selecting inline code

Fix the gaps in your knowledge with Ask Management

Early in 2023, we released Ask, the world's first AI search on a private knowledge base, and besides the direct benefits, we realized the massive potential of detecting what questions failed.

We started the revamp of our Ask Management Panel to let you exploit this potential.

What's new:

1. Reports got an upgrade. You can now comment, dismiss and assign directly from your failed Ask query.
2. The Ask Management panel now lives at the bottom of your sidebar
3. You can assign reported questions and missing answers to teammates or user groups
4. Assignees will get notified to come correct/complete the knowledge base
5. You can properly document the answer into a document
6. Once done, you'll be able to double check Ask's new answer.
7. Retrieve all solved queries in the Solved tab of the panel

Our editor got a major upgrade

Our editor has been receiving a lot of love and care lately, and we finally finished a year-long migration to a new system, fixing dozens of bugs and performance issues in the process.

This opens finally the door to adding countless new blocks and behaviours, 2025 will be brilliant to write in Slite!

New Knowledge management workflows

A few things changed when it come to verifying your documents

• You will now receive notifications before a doc expires (and again when it does expire), 7 days and one day before.
• You can now assign a User group as verifier of a document.

Two notable editor improvements

We're finalising a monumental technical task to change our editor technology to prepare for 2025, but already we have 2 improvements to note this month:

• We eliminated dozens of issues around tables and copy-paste
• Editor spacing should look much better now. We added some spacing between paragraphs to balance the pages and ease the reading.

Sunsetting Questions & Answers

As announced in September, we're about to convert your Q&As (previously known as Discussions) in documents you'll be able to access, search or edit in your workspace before retiring the Q&A feature.

We're developing a new way to ask questions and get answers; contact us if you're interested. If you don't have questions, but have a lot of answers, keep sharing this knowledge. Others using it will thank you.

Better Import and Zero bug policy

Import with more fidelity

Our import, from Notion, Confluence, or any HTML documents, is now closer to the original documents, supporting inline equations, colors, and complex formatting.

We also now support the import of 1,000+ documents while maintaining the structure, links, and collections of documents.

Small fix to note, imports can now land directly on a new channel.

Wiki Generator for existing workspaces

Our wiki generator can now be used by existing Slite users, and the generated structure can be imported directly into your workspace.

On top of issues

We fixed over 200 issues in the past months, and now offer a response to any issue within hours, at most within a day.

Slite in Technicolor

Finally, add colors to your text!

Our editor is designed to make your docs beautiful by default. Colors can ruin that (cough cough Word docs), so we have put extreme care on this one. Hit cmd+E or use the toolbar option to add carefully picked colors to your text!

A new, quieter, color system

Our UI is designed to feel approachable, almost like a trusted notebook. The design team did a gigantic work to convey this feeling with our new color system!

Refresh your app to see the changes everywhere in your interface.

New table of contents, new comments

After a complete revamp of our comments, we just released our new table of contents panel! Hit the little outline icon in the top right corner to see it.

A significantly smarter Ask 🧠

We just released our latest version of Ask, now working with GPT 4o mini, at no extra cost, still as part of our regular plans → head to your workspace to give it a shot 🔥

August Quality

Improvements

• Table of contents has been revamped with easy access at the top right
• Microsoft SharePoint & OneDrive documents can be embedded in the editor
• Addition of 12 icons for docs (car, phone, numbers...)
• Archival/Unarchival of docs is now logged in the doc insights

Mobile

• Channel permissions can now be edited on mobile
• Voice recognition is now available for both asking and searching, with better recognition

Fixes

This has been our primary focus. We are on a mission to fix all the bugs we can, with already 110+ issues fixed in August. Among many things, this effort improved tables, import process, layout, and links in the editor.

New comments

We released a new version of our comments in a fully revamped sidebar. it makes reading and replying through multiple threads much faster.

Our editor got a lot of love

• Multiple file upload: When using the files shortcuts or the file block placeholder, we now support multiple file upload at once.
• H4 Heading Level: We have added H4 titles.
• Video blocks can now be arranged in galleries.
• Add OneDrive embeds with file preview support.
• Title levels (headings 1, 2 and 3) have been tweaked to improve document readability.
• Improved visibility of comments' underlines.
• Improved size and margins of editor highlights.
• You can now start your numbered lists with arbitrary numbers.
• Dedicated indentation buttons for better discoverability.

Other

• Improved app loading time.
• Improved permissions change speed. Also, granted new permission for admins to remove public access to a doc in a personal channel.

Fixes

• Fix scrollbar glitch on table.
• Fix to prevent unwanted translations on AI features.
• Fix crash in markdown viewer.
• Better support of pasted markdown