New features in Basecamp and Highrise (Private messages, SSL for all Basecamp plans, Highrise Quickcard, etc.) Jul 24 2009
10 comments Latest by MI
Click the links below to learn more about these improvements:
1) New in Basecamp: Enhanced private messages, to-do lists, and files
Now it is more clear when you’ve made an item private and easier than ever to see who can view it. We know private items are important so it’s vital that you get clear visual feedback when you mark something “private”. When creating a message, a to-do list, or uploading a file, clicking the private checkbox will highlight the entire message form like this:
2) New in Basecamp: View all attached images at once, faster zooming previews
We just made it faster and easier to review all the images attached to a message or comment in Basecamp. Now you’ll see a link called “View all of these images at once” below the image thumbnails when more than one image is attached. Click the link to open a new window with all the images inside at full size.
3) Good citizen update: Now all Basecamp plans include SSL security
We rolled out an update that may not make short-term financial sense for us, but it’s the right thing to do. Now all Basecamp plans — including the free plan — include SSL secure encryption (what’s SSL?). Prior to this update only Plus-and-higher plans included SSL.
4) New in Highrise: Faster contact info with the Quickcard in the sidebar
Now when you view a company you’ll see a little contact icon beside each person in the sidebar under “People in this company.” Hover over the icon to display a Quickcard with that person’s contact info. The Quickcard is a really fast way to check someone’s contact information. We also added this feature to Cases and Deals, so you can easily see contact info for people involved with a Case or Deal.
5) New in Highrise: Improved tags list
The new design groups your tags by letter of the alphabet. The list is broken into groups so you can scan it more easily and find the tag you need more quickly. Here is a look at the redesigned tags list:
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10 comments so far
Richard Felix 24 Jul 09
Wow, never thought I’d see a picture of Leia in a SVN post. Small world!
Terence Pua 24 Jul 09
Just out of curiosity, re: SSL – what do you mean enabling it doesn’t make short-term financial sense? Are you referring to the cost of the SSL certificates?
Derek 24 Jul 09
While there is a cost associated with a signed SSL cert I’m sure they’re referring to giving away an important feature for free. They’ve removed what was an incentive to upgrade to one of the higher plans.
Christophe Franco 24 Jul 09
The SSL on every plan is putting me in a very difficult position…
I’ve been on a “plus” plan since I’ve started using Basecamp in my company, because my main customer who is using it with me specifically requires that it is only accessible through a https connection.
But at the same time, we have only 10 projects, still under 1GB of files after more than a year, so well under the limits of the “basic” plan that would cost me only $25 per month instead of $49… (sure, we would be losing the time tracking feature, but I never managed to have it used by the people who are working for me, probably considered too dangerous – and I understand it, many customers don’t accept the very fact that a developer is never busy programming 100% of his work hours…)
So, what am I doing now ? Should I take the best decision for my business, downgrade to a “basic” plan, and save more than half of my Basecamp budget… or should I listen to my feelings and keep supporting 37signals by keeping my “plus” plan ?
Or maybe it’s time I downgrade AND use the remaining money to subscribe to a Highrise account…
Henrik N 24 Jul 09
You probably intended to make “what’s SSL ?” a link, but it isn’t.
Jake 25 Jul 09
RE: Highrise’s improved tags
Does it work for non-English words?
test 26 Jul 09
test :)
شات الشله 27 Jul 09
Very cool
Regards
Nathan 27 Jul 09
I hope this trend of enabling SSL on all accounts carries over to Highrise. Although I really don’t see a reason to have ssl on free accounts.
MI 28 Jul 09
Nathan: We absolutely plan to bring SSL to all accounts on the other applications as time permits. We’re being careful to make sure that enabling SSL access for all doesn’t degrade performance. Stay tuned to the Product Blog for more updates.
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