A must have for Basecamp users
If you've ever wanted a basecamp desktop application for Windows and Mac, here it is. Finally!
Basecamp gets things done and we love it. 37signals' philosophy of "less is more" is demonstrated in Basecamp's UI, which is a simple and clean interface. That’s why we decided to take it further and develop a desktop client for basecamp. We felt that the browser did not do justice to an application that we use all day. Thankfully the wise people at 37signals have a well developed API that allowed us to develop a desktop application that works on both windows and mac using Adobe AIR. We also have a mobile (Tablet Edition) in the works that would be released soon.
So how does Mountain Desk work? Well its an application developed in Flex and deployed via the Adobe AIR platform. Once you launch the application and sign in to your account (with support for multiple accounts), the application immediately starts to retrieve your data from Basecamp. You can now work just like you would normally using Basecamp while all your changes automatically stay in sync. Furthermore unlike regular basecamp, you can continue to work even when there is no internet connectivity. So if you are on the road, travelling by air or on a client site, the application continues to function normally and allows you to make changes and additions to your project data. As soon as mountain desk detects internet connectivity all your changes are automatically synced.
If you ask us, using basecamp doesn’t get any more conveient then this.
Please contact us with any queries you may have on info[at]mountaindesk.com
