On 1/4/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Sami Khan</b> <<a href="mailto:sami@etopian.net">sami@etopian.net</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Guys,<br><br>In relation to tracking cases and what consultants are currently using,<br>I thought I would put ActiveCollab on your radar if it's not already<br>there. It's "*an easy to use, web based, open source collaboration and
<br>project management tool*." I haven't had a chance to try it out or<br>compare it to current solutions including case tracker, but I thought I<br>might put it out there for discussion. The guy writing it is writing an
<br>API in order to help other apps communicate with it. I don't know if<br>it's been already discussed, so please excuse me if it has.<br><br>Screenshot:<br><a href="http://www.activecollab.com/files/screenshots/project-overview.png">
http://www.activecollab.com/files/screenshots/project-overview.png</a></blockquote><div><br>I think it was briefly mentioned in the first round of "what tools are out there".<br><br>Note that it says "under heavy development", and that it requires MySQL with InnoDB.
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<br>From the screen shot, it seems to be competing with the likes of Base Camp<br>with milestones, messages, ..etc.<br> <br>There is even a comparison between them here, which is pro-ActiveCollab:<br><a href="http://slackermanager.com/2006/07/basecamp-vs-activecollab.html">
http://slackermanager.com/2006/07/basecamp-vs-activecollab.html</a><br><br>That API seems like a very good thing. Someone wants it Drupalized already.<br><a href="http://www.activecollab.com/forums/topic/1130/">http://www.activecollab.com/forums/topic/1130/
</a><br><br>Think of being able to create something like Basecamp within a Drupal framework!<br><br>If someone else used ActiveCollab, can they please write what they liked/disliked about it?</div></div>