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1.07.2005 I've started to use Base Camp by 37signals  I've just re-started using BaseCamp of 37signals fame. I actually signed up from the very start but at that time no file upload was supported so I stopped. Now a couple of days ago I decided to give it a second chance, and so far I find it very usefull: Keep the software simple, and let the people make it powerfull. It just works... But being made by a usability/graphic design company there are somethings that I find a bit strange, especially because its very easy to fix. It pretty much suffers from being made and reviewed by people who only use macs. The templates looks really great on the screenshots (and in Safari I guess), but when used on a windows pc, it looks a bit dull. The main reason is the choise of main font that is a nice and slick mac-font, but not available on window pcs, so we get the dull and borring arial - and you cannot change it. Colors can be customized - the fonts would be nice too. The dashboard breaks in Internet Explorer. Now I know that BaseCamp probably uses 100% valid xhtml code which makes all web-standard preachers happy, but I guess it would be a simple fix to make it work on the still most popular browser, even though it sucks in understanding standards. I don't think a project management tool is the best way to run a war on webstandards - stuff just needs to work! The fileicons are macintosh icons. The main idea with icons is to make stuff reconizable, but it breaks a bit when using mac-icons. None of my clients are using mac, and they just don't understands the icons (that is really different from windows). Again I know that Apple is cool and both 37signals and David H of Next Angle fame is apple-evangelists, but then detect if people are using mac or pc and show the appropiate icons - else show the most used ones... You guys are in usability field, dammit ;-) Now as you might imagine this is really minor details, but still very annoying when you use the tool many times a day. It wouldn't be that hard to make BaseCamp slick on windows, and an easy way to make the majority of your users really happy :-) Despite the naggin' I would definently recommend free-agents and like to use BaseCamp... 0 Comment(s)...
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