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ActiveCollab - From The Eye of the Coder

Client Contributors are People Too

Considering that my first encounters with collaboration and team project software came from the view of project manager, it is a different experience to look upon a project management tool with the eyes of a client contributor.

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One of the most, if not the MOST stressful parts of our Web Design & Development world, is hosting!  There are so many things to consider, and at times it’s just overwhelming!  Where should I host my website?  Is this hosting company good or bad?  Is it reliable?  What do others think?  What about costs, stats, and SUPPORT?  Is their support staff accessible and helpful?  Are they friendly?  Do they offer support through phone, email, IM, or some other form?  Is their support 24/7?  What’s their up time like?

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Company: TextCall (Business/Service Review)

What it Does

TextCall is a company that will send you a text message as soon as a customer fills out the contact form on your website.  TextCall is perfect for the busy professional who can’t always be at the computer.  After a comprehensive review of the services provided by TextCall, here are my thoughts…

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It has been a while since the last review Magic Zoom.

You can find my previous review here. Version 2.1 adds some important new features. However the base product is still very much the same and in this review I will be focusing on the new functionality offered.

The main negative from the previous version was that low bandwidth users would be stuck looking at a small image while the large image slowly loaded in the background. This was far from ideal and as a result it limited the usage of where this tool could be implemented.

Fortunately, this has been addressed in a version 2.1 with a loading icon and customizable loading text. This means that instead of seeing a small image, there will be a signal informing visitors that more options are being loaded. This new feature alone adds tremendous value to magic zoom.

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