Archive for September, 2007

ProjectPipe upgraded - search and quickstart added (to version 1456)

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Some nice feature enhancements:

  • added search - on the right hand side of all pages, you can type in one or more words which will be searched in all the data types. Matches are inserted at the top of the current page, so you don’t lose your context.
  • project quickstart - if you click on the Welcome tab, you can run the Project Quickstart wizard and have a lot of your project data data be generated automatically — including automatic resource balancing, assuming fixed project resources.

Hey Mister, You’re Gonna Have to Rewrite that Web App

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Good old blogger Joel Spolsky just wrote a great overview of the state of web applications. I’m inclined to agree with his prediction, that we’re still in the midst of evolving the technology in web apps. On the desktop all apps have a consistent look and behavior but web apps have their own unique and different user interfaces. On the desktop you can copy and paste between apps, but not on the web except for a few words of text. I wonder how many years it will take for web apps to reach the level of design stability that desktop apps enjoy…