Comments on: Review: Encamp – Basecamp on iPhone

By: WiseClicker - A Web-based Project Management and Collaboration Tool: Basecamp

WiseClicker - A Web-based Project Management and Collaboration Tool: Basecamp — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:39:33 +0000

[...] Review: Encamp – Basecamp on iPhone [...]

By: jwhitfield

jwhitfield — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:28:59 +0000

No problems here. What kind of internet connection are you trying it on? WiFi, 3G, or EDGE? I have a lot of projects in Basecamp and just tried to access a few of them via Encamp over a WiFi connection. Worked as advertised. Try it on a WiFi connection. If you're still having problems, contact Alex (http://www.encampapp.com/)

By: ecomike

ecomike — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:00:45 +0000

Is any one having problems accessing basecamp through the encamp app? I’ve just downloaded the app yesterday and nothing is showing except a couple of projects, which, when I click on them nothing happens….frustrating.

Any insight would be appreciated.

By: jwhitfield

jwhitfield — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:52:36 +0000

Took a look at the Encamp iTunes page. Looks like Alexander is already aware of it. The recent iPhone 3.0 update along with some Basecamp API changes causes many features, including comments, to be broken. Hopefully Alexander will have an update posted sometime soon.

By: jwhitfield

jwhitfield — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:45:54 +0000

Yeah, I’m getting that too. We’ll need to ping Alexander and let him know. Hopefully he can post a fix soon.

By: Andrew Orons

Andrew Orons — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:52 +0000

Encamp has begun crashing everytime I try to enter or even view Comments of any kind. This renders the App kind of useless. Anyone else seeing this?

By: jwhitfield

jwhitfield — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:23:43 +0000

Basetent looks interesting and will probably be another good Basecamp app once they work out the kinks. Looks like they’re having crashing issues when syncing. Honestly, I find that apps that stick more closely to the iPhone API have a tendency to be more stable. Once a developer starts trying to be tricky it always seems like you end up with a more flaky app.

It looks like the developer was trying to add some resemblance to Basecamp for the tabs and other elements in Basetent. That’s cool and all but does that have an impact on stability? Don’t know.

One thing I do know is that there really aren’t any Basecamp apps that have more features over the other. It’s all about how the app is implemented. The reason is that 37 Signals provides a limited number of features in the Basecamp API. Simply put, if one app claims to have features that are not provided by the Basecamp API then they’re not doing it right.

Basetent looks interesting but time will tell whether it’s a good solid app or not. We’ll see.

By: Burcgie

Burcgie — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:12:17 +0000

I’m Using Readdle’s – Basetent, like it coz of insane bunch of features, good support, stability.

By: jwhitfield

jwhitfield — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:03:10 +0000

Just got a great little tip from Alexander on switching back quickly to the projects list:

Here is a quick tip to switch projects – simply tap Projects tab. This will bring you to the all projects list immediately from whatever project details you’re viewing right now.

That solves the minor gripe about project switching. Thanks Alex!