WebAsyst
Thursday, May 29th, 2008First of all my congratulation to the team behind WebAsyst. It is a lovely example of what Web 2.0 applications should be like. Ajax is used sensibly, the design is clean and clear, and the stripped down applications have just about the right level of functionality.
WebAsyst is however a little lost. It doesn’t seem to know what it is yet but once it finds its direction then watch out! The full version currently contains document management, contact lists, project management (tasks), notes, photo manager, email client, issue tracker, a collaborative writing tool and an e-commerce tool….whew!! These are also available as stand-alone modules and I cannot stress enough how well these things are written. Where the full version falls down is the interaction between them. In my case I’m looking to tie together the projects (task lists) with files, issues, contacts, collaborative writing and two applications that they haven’t yet got (blog and forum). They have however made a start by linking individual projects to specific project folders within the document management section. Lets hope this is a sign of things to come. Without a doubt this is one to watch. The other upside is that a very reasonably priced self-hosted version is available.
Well done guys and girls! Spread the word!!!
