Features marked with ^{CodeCollaborator only} are available only in CodeCollaborator. All other features are available in both CodeCollaborator and CodeReviewer.

Click the links to see sample screen snapshots!

Also: there is a video demo of many of the 6.0 features.

Document Review

• Review Microsoft Office documents ^{CodeCollaborator only}.(Learn more)
  • View, comment, and add defects on multi-page documents.
  • Add comments in two-dimensional space, right on the document.
• Calculate review metrics for documents ^{CodeCollaborator only}, images,
  and URLs ^{CodeCollaborator only}. (Learn more)
• Specify your own "location" labels for document comments ^{CodeCollaborator only}. (Learn more)

New and Improved IDE Support

• Using the new Add-In for Visual Studio, you can easily create or add files to a review from the Visual Studio Solution Explorer. (Learn more)
• A significant enhancement to the Eclipse plug-in provides complete review participation from within any Eclipse-based IDE. View, comment, and add defects without ever leaving Eclipse. (Learn more)

User Groups

Group administration (add/remove members, etc.) can be delegated to one or more group administrators.

Web GUI Enhancements

• The file diff viewer can now show differences between the latest version of a file and the latest accepted version of that file. (Learn more)
• Zoom in and out on documents and image files while doing a comparison. (Learn more)
• Redact a Comment: If you type in a comment and then decide: "Doh, that's not really what I meant," now you can make it clear to the other participants that they don't need to read it. (Learn more)
• Defects are displayed differently than comments. (Learn more)

Version Control System Integration

• ClearCase: Add specific file versions to a review from the GUI client.
• Git.
  • Add a Git diff to a review from within the GUI client.
  • Add local file changes directly from the GUI or command line client.
• Mercurial.
  • Add local file changes directly from the GUI or command line client.
• Rational Synergy support ^{CodeCollaborator only}
  • Easily add pending or completed tasks from a Rational Synergy repository to a code review.
• Rational Team Concert support ^{CodeCollaborator only}
  • Use the CodeCollaborator Eclipse plug-in to add a change set to a review.
  • Use the CodeCollaborator RTC server plug-in to create a review automatically from within Rational Team Concert.

Reporting

• New fields in the customizable Review reports: Defects per Hour, Number of Participants, and Average Participant Time. (Learn more)
• New filter in the customizable Review reports: Review Completion Date. (Learn more)
• New filters in the customizable Defect reports: Review Creation Date and Review Completion Date. (Learn more)
• Filter report results by selected user Group, with or without immediate descendant groups or all descendant groups. ^{CodeCollaborator only} (Learn more)
• User-oriented reports (Learn more):
  • Similar to existing customizable reports for reviews, user custom reports show you metrics on a per-user basis, including the ability to display total user activity time.
  • User Detail Report that displays detailed information for a single user.

Administration/Customization

• Customize the word for "Defect" ^{CodeCollaborator only} If your organization prefers "Item" or "Finding" or whatever, you can configure CodeCollaborator accordingly. Here at SmartBear, we use the word "Booger." (Learn more)
• Per-participant Custom Fields ^{CodeCollaborator only} (Learn more)
  • Collect custom data from each participant in a review.
  • Can be used to gather survey data or time spent on a review outside of CodeCollaborator.
• Disable the "commit" action items that are displayed after completion of a pre-commit review. (Learn more)