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Re: The all-new Basecamp is live

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Post by flyosity »

dclaysmith wrote: post #27
thehodge wrote: post #9

Looks like they have got rid of the free plan... (I'm not saying this as a negative thing, it's going to be really interesting to see the response to this, I know there was a blog post a while ago saying there hardly anyone on the free account upgraded) I'm using a free basecamp account but we only have one project and $20/$25 is just a little much for that a micro plan at $10 would be awesome :) )

I agree. $20/mo is definitely going to be too expensive for a ton of potential customers. I guess it's a luxury that 37Signals can not only afford, but will maximize their profit and I would assume they have some good historical data to back up the decision. I do think that there is a magic $5-9/mo range that individuals will pay without thinking too much. Above that amount, they start equating a subscription with a…

I totally disagree, $20/mo for a service like Basecamp is not expensive. I pay $20-50/mo per month for a whole host of services (hosting, backup storage, payment processing, etc.) and don't really think twice about them since they're business expenses. FYI: I'm an individual who has a full-time job but does projects/apps at night with a separate LLC.

Re: The all-new Basecamp is live

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Post by gr366 »

vijaydev wrote: post #19
gr366 wrote: post #14

I notice the new version is running on basecamp.com. The old version is at basecamphq.com and 37signals always made a point about the domain not mattering as much as the product name. I imagine there's a follow-up to that saying that if your product becomes successful there's nothing wrong with going and grabbing the pure domain (thinking Dropbox, Instagram and others. Or basically the opposite of Color.)

"Your Basecamp Classic URL (which looks like yoursubdomain.basecamphq.com) stays the same. New Basecamp accounts are hosted on the basecamp.com domain. New Basecamp accounts don't have subdomains, so all accounts are at basecamp.com." From: http://basecamp.com/transition

It looks like they're gradually simplifying. They originally launched with a range of domains you could choose from: projectpath.com, clientsection.com, grouphub.com, etc. with a subdomain. Then it went to subdomains on basecamphq.com, and now just basecamp.com with no subdomains.

Re: The all-new Basecamp is live

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Post by hawke »

jasonfried wrote: post #10
alpb wrote: post #8

Just finished reading Rework. in that book they usually tell that they rarely implement new features because most of them are redundant for most of the users and only a few would benefit out of this. Personally,I am not a Basecamp user and I really would like to learn what's new.

Here's a list of some of the new features: http://basecamp.com/new

I can see the lack of time tracking being a bit of a talking point, otherwise looks like a huge improvement.

Re: The all-new Basecamp is live

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Post by jwarzech »

tmgleb wrote: post #28

Where did timesheets go? Has anyone been able to find time tracking?

Looks like there isn't any time tracking in the new Basecamp. When you upgrade it says that won't be moved over. I wonder if this is to be added later or not many customers use it. At my previous company this feature is the reason we upgraded to a higher plan.

Re: The all-new Basecamp is live

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Post by mweibel »

I didn't use basecamp before and I'm just testing a little bit. Seems to be quite fast. What I kinda don't like: If you click on e.g. a discussion, a modal-window-like layer pops up where the discussion is displayed. Now how can I go back? First I was quite unsure how to do this without clicking on the browser's-back button. Then I figured out that you can click out of the layer and the layer disappears. I think there's a need for a "close"-Button..

Re: The all-new Basecamp is live

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Post by qrush »

bergie wrote: post #26
netmute wrote: post #11

Great, they basically removed all the features we use in Basecamp Classic :)

Yep. It would be nice to see a list of added/removed features vs. Classic. For example we use the time tracking functionality for our invoicing needs. Also, does the API ( http://developer.37signals.com/basecamp/ ) stay the same?

This post has a good list: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/3110-basecamp-next-the-goodby...

The API isn't ready yet, soon though!

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