I am sure they A/B tested the new design, even though it appears somewhat less effective on a first look.
I'm sure that they are currently testing the design, but I'm not really sure how they could have been testing it previously.
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Re: The all-new Basecamp is live
#72It's fun to poke around under the hood a little bit, and look at parts of the internal API: > Object.keys(bcx.models) ["PersonOrGroup", "Bucket", "BucketAccess", "Calendar", "CalendarEvent", "Project", "Person", "CalendarDisplay", "Todo"] > Object.keys(bcx.models.Todo.prototype) ["constructor", "isAllDay", "isTimed", "urlRoot", "getBucketPath", "showPath", "bucket", "doesOccurOn", "doesOccurOnOrAfter", "doesOccurBetw…
Nice to see them using camel case in their js, unlike some other ruby shops.
Re: The all-new Basecamp is live
#73I 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.)
http://www.quora.com/37signals/Why-doesnt-37signals-own-base...
They didn't own basecamp.com then, now they have.
"Project name is bigger than domains" is a part of lie part of true: Product and it's name important but if you can't get the domain just be arrogant and say to people it doesn't matter. But because you know the importance of the domain name , when you have money and chance get the domain and rule the world.
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#74It's really nice how the 37s pages use type for design. Other sites would use images much more to get the same level of design across. It's really neat.
Re: The all-new Basecamp is live
#75It's fun to poke around under the hood a little bit, and look at parts of the internal API: > Object.keys(bcx.models) ["PersonOrGroup", "Bucket", "BucketAccess", "Calendar", "CalendarEvent", "Project", "Person", "CalendarDisplay", "Todo"] > Object.keys(bcx.models.Todo.prototype) ["constructor", "isAllDay", "isTimed", "urlRoot", "getBucketPath", "showPath", "bucket", "doesOccurOn", "doesOccurOnOrAfter", "doesOccurBetw…
This isn't reddit, but I'll still take a chance!
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Re: The all-new Basecamp is live
#76http://basecamp.com/transition I want to migrate, but... > Basecamp Classic and the new Basecamp don't offer the same features, so some data in Classic won't make it into the new Basecamp. So maybe I'll stay. But wait... > Will you continue to improve Classic? The majority of our design and development efforts moving forward will be focused on the all new Basecamp, but we'll continue to support Classic as long as cus…
For a company that goes on about transparency and clear speaking etc., the answer to the second question you've quoted is appalling. It doesn't answer the question at all. It should be: Will you continue to improve Classic? No. We will fix any bugs or other problems that stop our customers using Basecamp Classic but we will not be developing new features. Our focus now is on improving Basecamp Next so that Classic cu…
What's appalling about it? It's not necessarily true that we won't add new features. This is day one right now. We don't know how things will pan out. It's disingenuous to say we won't do something that we might do.
As stated, the majority of our resources will go towards the new Basecamp. That's honest and as clear we can be without misleading anyone.
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#77No milestones? What are we supposed to use instead of it? Our workflow heavily depends on them ..
They're called events now. You can add them to the calendar or on the Events section of a project page.
Re: The all-new Basecamp is live
#78It's fun to poke around under the hood a little bit, and look at parts of the internal API: > Object.keys(bcx.models) ["PersonOrGroup", "Bucket", "BucketAccess", "Calendar", "CalendarEvent", "Project", "Person", "CalendarDisplay", "Todo"] > Object.keys(bcx.models.Todo.prototype) ["constructor", "isAllDay", "isTimed", "urlRoot", "getBucketPath", "showPath", "bucket", "doesOccurOn", "doesOccurOnOrAfter", "doesOccurBetw…
Nice to see them using camel case in their js, unlike some other ruby shops.
Well, yup, but if I am not wrong, the point here is probably that they have embraced Backbone.
And obviously the difference between other ruby shops and 37signals is that they are the reasons other ruby shops exist.
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#79I'm a bit behind the curve here - but now that I'm caught up, I'm concerned. When I saw the title of this article, I immediately logged into my Basecamp. Hmm, it looked the same. So I went and found their upgrade instructions. Then I learned that it's not a straight 1:1 upgrade, it's a different product. And they've dropped support for some quite important features, like, time-tracking. My work runs on Basecamp. We c…
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#80It's fun to poke around under the hood a little bit, and look at parts of the internal API: > Object.keys(bcx.models) ["PersonOrGroup", "Bucket", "BucketAccess", "Calendar", "CalendarEvent", "Project", "Person", "CalendarDisplay", "Todo"] > Object.keys(bcx.models.Todo.prototype) ["constructor", "isAllDay", "isTimed", "urlRoot", "getBucketPath", "showPath", "bucket", "doesOccurOn", "doesOccurOnOrAfter", "doesOccurBetw…
This isn't reddit, but I'll still take a chance! Hi Jeremy, My name is Jeff Morse. I'm a Recruiter at a super-charged start-up called Mixbook www.mixbook.com I came across your profile on hacker news and have a full-time Jr. Backbone developer opening working onsite in our Palo Alto, California office that is a great match for your background/experience. Would you be ready to make the move to Silicon Valley, the most…
What is this all about then? A new kind of recruiter spam?