@dennis_field Dennis! You've been such a huge part of maturing this entire platform with your feedback and engagement, thank you!

Chris so good to hear from you my friend! I actually think I'd agree with you more than not on the above. Part of the impetus behind this directional evolution is to seek to embrace best-in-breed product experiences not shy away from them. Inevitably you end up with some sort of 'bucket' or organizational platform for any work, even if that bucket is simply an open browser with many tabs in it that you can only view one at a time (I think we've all just kind of accepted that and forget that the browser itself is a 'bucket'). The paradigm shift here (for me at least) is the infinite canvas. Example: What would it do to my workflow if instead of having a Google Doc, Google Sheet, design file, etc in separate tabs that I can only view one at a time, I had them in all in one place (one tab) as editable docs to work with lots of different types of stakeholders. That's actually how we've been working on this entire campaign/launch. One canvas with all assets in on place (including copy docs, designs, spreadsheets, etc) and individuals breaking out into their individual tools for focused work. This does a couple things to the typical browser convention: 1) it gives the browser a 'z-axis' so to speak... not just scroll up / scroll down, but now scroll in and out which lets you nest content or give content visual hierarchy, size, and weight, 2) it gives you context and control... maybe I want to edit copy in a Google doc right next to the mockup I'm working on, maybe I want my copywriting team in just the Google doc but I want the staging team to see how all the docs fit together in a unified plan in Freehand. All that to say, I tend to agree with you that the more we stop working to duplicate 'best-in-breed' products poorly and the more we learn to unify them elegantly with lightweight, flexible, powerful organizational systems the better (and hopefully more fun) work will be. The key is for the system to get out of the way of the best-in-breed tools, not to try and eat them. That's our goal here. Just my 2 cents! I know the team will be dropping some practical examples of workflows like the ones I described above in coming weeks to further illustrate. Hope thats helpful! All the best to you sir!

@benln Thanks Ben- so grateful for your continual support!

@simon_gabriel Simon I actually just replied to a similar thought from Chris above. I won't bore you with a copy/paste here, but I will say I think we actually agree with you this front. But hey you're also talking to a guy who purposefully rocks many OSes on the daily so as to NOT to get locked into one. I feel you as a fellow modular tool friend. 😁 Part of the impetus behind this directional evolution is to seek to embrace best-in-breed product experiences not shy away from them. Use whatever tool you like (as you should!). We see this more as a platform that brings unity to best-of-breed tools, not drives them apart. You should always use the best tool for the job, full stop. But sometimes you need to see and use those tools in context with one another. That's where I think the flexible canvas approach gets really interesting with regards to organizational paradigms and conventions and is ultimately what we're focused on here.

@fran_perez3 Fran good to hear from you my friend! Thx for raising this- always appreciate your eagle eyes! Working on getting this accessible to everyone to play with ASAP. We already have the bulk of accounts migrated but there is a segment that is waiting for access. We're putting a temporary banner on those accounts that don't yet have access so they know it's coming and aren't left wondering. This will be replaced on those accounts very soon with link to full access. If you want to get exploring sooner, you can create a new account which will be on the new instance. Thx for your patience! Sidenote: would love to do a virtual coffee soon, would be great to catch up!