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Articles by Prabhath Sirisena

Dialog Axiata Redesign

Dialog.lk Responsive Redesign: A Case Study

By Prabhath Sirisena

When Dialog Axiata wanted to revamp their website, they chose us as design partners for the second time. In this post, we discuss how we worked with Dialog and other companies to create a mobile-first, responsive, trilingual website for a company that has been at the forefront of technology innovation for decades.

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Hiveage Mobile

How We Redesigned Hiveage as a Responsive Web App

By Prabhath Sirisena

Thanks to CSS media queries and standards-compliant web browsers, we can now use the same front-end code base to create optimal interaction experiences across a wide range of devices. And that’s exactly what we set out to do with the recent redesign of Hiveage.

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Unawatuna Beach in Sri Lanka

SaaS for Sri Lankan Software Entrepreneurs

By Prabhath Sirisena

Software-as-a-Service is no longer a new frontier: over the past few years it has grown to be a mature and hugely popular way to deliver software products. Flexibility, ease of adoption, ease of scaling and low costs have made SaaS an attractive option for both small businesses and larger enterprises. For technology entrepreneurs in the developing world, SaaS and the infrastructure that has grown to support it represent probably the greatest opportunity in many decades, if not ever.

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Search and Sort in Hiveage

By Prabhath Sirisena

One of the most requested features since the launch of Hiveage was the ability to sort and search statements. We promised to add them before March 1, and now they're available!

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A Successful Cyber Monday

By Prabhath Sirisena

We had a fantastic offer for Cyber Monday. The 100 slots were quickly taken up, and we have now concluded the promo. This also concludes a chapter in our journey: it's the fifth and final Thanksgiving with CurdBee. From next month onwards, it would be Hiveage!

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Hiveage Pricing Plans

By Prabhath Sirisena

CurdBee offered one of the most affordable pricing plans among online invoicing services, along with a fantastic free plan which allowed you to send unlimited invoices to unlimited clients. This same thinking is behind the new pricing plans we introduce for Hiveage. Current CurdBee paid users will not be affected by these changes in pricing.

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Better Reports with Hiveage

By Prabhath Sirisena

One of the most common requests we have received for CurdBee is to introduce more options in reporting. With Hiveage, we deliver. More detailed income over time reports, as well as new reports that take advantage of expense tracking through the new bills section.

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Hiveage Beta Update: Braintree

By Prabhath Sirisena

Hiveage is progressing well. If you have requested a beta invitation and haven't received it yet, don't worry, we'll be sending them out regularly and you'll get one soon. The first of several new payment gateways to be added to Hiveage is Braintree. Check it out in the Upgrade section.

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New Payment Gateways

By Prabhath Sirisena

CurdBee 2.0 will open up to the public soon, and we want to make it as comprehensive as possible. We will make the feature roadmap open as well so that our users can choose what new features get added first. The first step in that direction starts today. Please let us know what new payment gateway you want to be integrated with CurdBee.

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Retiring Google Checkout

By Prabhath Sirisena

Google Checkout has been the second most popular payment gateway among our users. It was available as a free add-on for anyone using CurdBee, and we hardly had any complaints about failed payments or delayed settlements. However, now that Google has decided to retire Google Checkout, we are getting tons of emails asking what we have on cards for existing Google Checkout users.

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