PackRat 1.3 supports new Backpack, adds more exclusive features
Filed under: Software, Productivity, Internet Tools
Backpack, the brilliant online PIM from 37signals, was recently updated with some solid new features like drag-and-dropping items from one page to another and the ability to reorder items any way you chose on a page (i.e. - lists and notes no longer have to be lumped together in their own sections). As with any web app update, desktop apps that integrate must often release an update of their own to stay on top of the changes. Fortunately, Rod Schmidt has done precisely that with his excellent offline synching PackRat app that brings Backpack to your desktop. With v1.3, Rod has updated PackRat so it can work with the new Backpack, but he has plus introduced yet more exclusive features that keep making PackRat even more useful than its web-based symbiote, such as:
- The reminder sheet now has a calendar on it to compose entering dates easier.
- A New Reminder toolbar button
- An ‘In minutes from now’ option for reminders.
- Shared pages now have a shared icon in the pages list so you can easily see what pages are shared.
- An Upload Changes command and toolbar button to quick upload your changes to Backpack without waiting for auto upload to kick in.
Unfortunately, a few of the Backpack updates - such as reordering items anywhere on the page - haven’t made it into PackRat simply considering 37signals doesn’t allow external applications to do that through their API. Rod urges users to contact 37signals and demand that ability, and hopefully in day the company will listen and open up that functionality. Other new Backpack features like search are probably coming with a future PackRat update.
As with the the recent change to PackRat’s trial period, a 30-day demo is available, while a license costs a mere $24.95.
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Original post by David Chartier
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