Today we released an update to the Filtrbox dashboard that contains a few new features we’ve been working on.

1. Article Sharing - you can now share articles found by Filtrbox via email, or post them to Facebook, Digg or Del.icio.us. There is an email envelope icon to the right of the article title that brings up the sharing box (see below). You need to be logged into your FB/Digg/Del.icio.us accounts to post the links there.

2. Invite a Friend - have a friend or colleague that you think would benefit from Filtrbox? Invite someone to join the private beta by sending them a personalized invitation. Just click on the “Invite a Friend” link on the top right corner of the dashboard and you can send them a note that contains an invite code (see below).

3. Browser tab-control when viewing articles: You can now force articles to open up in new browser tabs by with a CTRL-click on Windows or COMMAND-click on Mac. The default behavior is that articles open into the same target window, overwriting the previous page. Some of you prefer this so you don’t end up with 20 open tabs, and others prefer to have the additional tabs open…so now you can do whichever. Soon we’ll make this a user preference you can set once for your account.

4. New Flex loader - you’ll now see % complete info when the dashboard is loading. If you are on a broadband pipe it should only take a few seconds to load. At least now you have some feedback as to whats going on.

We are working feverishly on a number of other items (some you’ll see in the dashboard, some you won’t) for our next release. If there is anything you’d like to see included or fixed, please drop us a line or post a request on our Satisfaction page.

The Filtrbox team has grown again with the addition of Justin, and we are really excited about him coming on board. Justin is on his way to becoming an RIA/Flex expert and has a great eye for web design too.

He’ll be working on the Flex dashboard primarily, and you’ll see his hand in the software very soon. He’s working on some new sharing features and a Flex skin to update the look of the app. Justin regularly blogs about Flex, Flash, Adobe AIR and all things RIA on his personal blog.

Ari Newman of Filtrbox will be doing a live chat/interview session with the Boulder Daily Camera this coming Monday, 5/12 at 10:00 AM MDT. You can submit questions here http://www.dailycamera.com/chat/ or point your browsers to the same page on Monday to watch or participate in the live web chat. Hear more about Filtrbox and the company’s history and future plans. You can also email in questions to the Daily camera, just email: wallacea {at} dailycamera.com

 Update: chat transcript can be viewed here