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Goplan 2 is on the way

Sócrates Vicente on July 24, 2008,

You were probably missing updates by now - truth is we haven’t been doing a good job in keeping you up to date with what’s going on, and how the new Goplan is coming along. So hopefully this post will make up for that, at least for a little bit until we’re ready to unveil more details about the upcoming updates.

What’s new?

So what is new on Goplan 2, you ask? There’s actual company support (which should make the pain of managing users go away for good), time tracking, better file management and attachments, and a few more things that will be announced soon. We’re hacking away at code and design, so it’s still a bit early to give you a deadline, but we’ll have a better idea in a couple of weeks for sure.

Also, I’m hoping for a full revamp of our design and layout. While the current one has been good, we’ve been finetuning a bunch of processes (many things that have been taking several page loads will be ajaxified). I’ll keep you posted on that process with wireframes and mockups. Keep an eye out.

So, we’ll be doing several blog posts in the upcoming weeks with more details on what’s coming. Keep an eye out, and if you have comments, suggestions or thoughts, do leave them in the comments or email them to our support team. Thanks!

Noel Hurtley

Thanks for the update. I was a beta tester for Goplan (before defecting to Basecamp after you guys stopped updating it) and I really look forward to seeing what is in store.

A.Fruit

I second Noel’s sentiments.

The deeper my mental investment gets in using another Project Management software as time goes by, the less chance I’ll switch back.

I suggest you produce some carrots to dangle in the interim. If it takes too long, it might just be better for me to ignore the future of GoPlan, so I never know what I’m missing.

John T

Good to see a blog post. I’m still using goplan as I have invested time into using it and don’t want to port everything over. Once new projects start I’ll have to think about going back to basecamp (the lack of tickets was what made me look for alternatives).

Hopefully you can produce something - even a beta to show us that it will be worth the hassles we’ve endured and the frustrations at the lack of updates and communication.

Drew

I’m looking forward to version 2. Timetracking will make goplan the best project management suite I’ve used. Before signing up for a paid plan, I’d love to know how much longer we can expect to wait before 2.0 goes live.

Dave L

I agree. A blog post was a good update. But current communications do not give me the sense that this project is a priority for Webreakstuff. The target date for this update has rolled and rolled, with no signs of progress (no screen shots, no beta test, etc.) I mean, 37 Signals sucks at communicating their Road Map … so you have a step up there … but they also show progress (they have regular releases an updates). Just as much as we all want good software, we also want to be assured that you are a company that will grow with our companies.

JTB

Totspot - your NEW project has had plenty of blog posts:

1 in August
8 in June
12 in june

Goplan? In an ENTIRE YEAR:

NONE in August
ONE in July - and ironically it’s post apologising for being bad at communicating
ONE in May
ONE in April
ONE in Febuary

I wouldn’t care but you’re charging for a service that is below par, you claim supprt is a killer feature - do you mean lack of support for the product will kill it?

Basically, it is clear that Goplan is the red headed stepchild of WBS. Do you use basecamp for your own project management?

Diego C.

When i first came to Goplan i found a very good project with good look and features but allways knowing that a lot of things was missing, but it has never really growup as i expected, im, sorry but i am not going to keep waiting for Goplan 2 for much longer

do you really use BaseCamp ??? :O

cb

Wow - this is getting embarrassing. You really don’t read this blog huh? not one comment from you guys - plenty of negative comments and not a single rebuttal

Sócrates Vicente

JTB, we are not responsible for the update of the Totspot blog and actually we use the same Goplan available to everyone to manage our projects, which shows how much we trust Goplan and believe in the product (although we have been “slow updaters” of the application).

Dave L

Socrates, any update? Are you all getting close to the finish line? Anything we can see?

James

I am new to GoPlan and rally like the way it’s been done. More features would be great and the ideas in the post are good ones. But I have to say, it only takes A FEW MINUTES to add more detail about what you are actually doing/have already done in preparation for the update. If you are running some cool features in dev mode, please let us see!!! We are all curious and that’s a good thing!

Mattias

I am also new to GoPlan, started paying for it yesterday.

Really like the looks and functionality – the simplicity of GoPlan. Reading the negative feedback on the lack of updating and communication makes me a bit worried, but I’m hoping for the best. I’m a designer and as of such, I find it difficult to work with stuff that looks ugly. This looks and is so much faster than BaseCamp - but lacks a bit in feature comparison.

Maybe Version 2.0 will break to the next level.

Something to say?