Vercel Comments for Preview Deployments

3 posts · Sep 2022 – Feb 2023

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Vercel Comments enables teams to streamline feedback loops on preview deployments, allowing stakeholders to comment directly on UI elements and interactions. This feature was used to gather community feedback for the Next.js 13 documentation, resulting in a higher quality output. The system supports public commenting and provides context for product owners, leading to faster iterations and improved issue resolution. It integrates with Slack for synchronized discussions and can be configured with.

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Feb 2023How Indent delivers secure access with Next.js and Vercel | Customers | VercelThis post highlights how Indent uses Vercel's Preview Deployments and the Vercel Comments feature to accelerate their feedback loop, reducing time-to-feedback by 80%. It emphasizes the benefits of sharing live, interactive previews for design and interaction feedback, and for confirming changes with customers before production deployment. The post also touches on Indent's use of Next.js and Vercel for developer experience and performance, and their integration with Sanity CMS for non-technical content contributions.
Jan 2023Deliver AI analysis faster with the Vercel workflow | Customers | VercelThis post highlights how Viable, an AI company, leveraged Vercel Comments for feedback on Preview Deployments to reduce back-and-forth communication by 80%. This improved their UI review process, saved resources on custom staging setups, and preserved context for design changes, enabling them to ship insights to customers more efficiently.
Jan 2023How Vercel enables Wunderman Thompson to launch global brands | Customers | VercelThis post highlights the adoption and impact of Vercel Comments by Wunderman Thompson, demonstrating how it has improved their feedback process with clients, transforming week-long back-and-forths into same-day deploys. It emphasizes the feature's ability to visually place feedback directly on preview versions of websites, keeping comments within the Vercel dashboard alongside other development tools.
Dec 2022Enhance your collaboration experienceIntroduced the ability to comment on Preview Deployments, enabling real-time feedback in the context of the product being built. This feature allows for reviewing designs, testing across browsers with attached metadata, and tracking comments in PRs. It also supports CLI workflows for deployments not from `main`. The goal is to reduce fragmented reporting and speed up iteration cycles.
Nov 2022Using Vercel comments to improve the Next.js 13 documentationThis post details the application of Vercel Comments to the Next.js 13 documentation, highlighting its use in gathering community feedback. It emphasizes how the feature provides improved context for feedback, leading to faster iterations and a tighter communication cycle between developers and the community. The post quantifies the impact with metrics like participant numbers, discussion threads, and resolved issues, showcasing the effectiveness of the commenting system for improving documentation quality.
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Sep 2022Introducing Commenting on Preview DeploymentsIntroduced commenting capabilities on Vercel's Preview Deployments, allowing stakeholders to provide contextual feedback directly on UI elements and interactions. This feature aims to improve collaboration by bringing everyone into the development process, enabling faster iteration and issue resolution. It integrates with Slack for synchronized discussions and offers a Chrome extension for adding screenshots to comments.