Bootstrap

Released: Improved security and performance

Based once again on some great customer feedback, today we released a number of enhancements to improve the Bootstrap experience.

The biggest change was the roll out of SSL, which stands for Secure Socket Layer. This technology encrypts the information that is passed back and forth between your browser and Bootstrap’s servers (including the business income and expenses you enter.) It’s an added security feature that is commonly found on e-commerce sites (where credit card numbers tend to get entered.) The two things that you can see to know it’s working are a URL that starts with “https” and a closed lock icon in your browser’s status bar.

The other improvements we made were to improve the speed of the site. We have always said having too many users sign up too quickly is a nice problem to have, but it is a problem nonetheless. So, we added a bunch of memory, doubled the number of processors (CPUs), and optimized the database. And for those of you who like to know more of the technical details, we also doubled the number of Mongrel instances:-)

Thanks again for all the feedback. Please keep it coming!

Issue found and fixed - Taxes tab

Last night we uncovered an issue that caused the Taxes page not to load.  While the page worked correctly through Monday’s important 3rd quarter filing deadline, several users encountered problems in the days following.

We’ve since corrected the problem (there was an invalid date in our system database) and the page again works fine.

To those customers who experienced the issue, we apologize and thank you for your patience.