I’ve been working on updating Basecamp Mobile to try and solve the login issues some users have reported.

• basecamp.helicoid.net is now running on a faster server
• I’ve updated legacy code and moved it to Rails 2
• The public code repository has been updated: http://code.helicoid.net/svn/applications/bcm/

Many thanks to “ash” for his helpful suggestions.

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Helipad has been receiving some serious development effort recently, with the following new features going through final testing:

• The Edit/Preview/Share buttons have been moved alongside the save button, and work dynamically (no page reloads)
• The themes are being enhanced to make things appear smoother
• Big performance improvements

These updates should go live within the next week.

Despite Helipad being a free application, I get a lot of pressure to work on it because all my friends use it! It currently has around 5,000 users, with several hundred using it every day. Not bad for something I developed by myself in a month!

I’m also still working on the Mac OS Helipad client that we announced last year. Because it’s a departure from Helicoid’s core focus (web applications), it’s taking longer to develop. I’m currently stuck trying to…

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