April 21st, 2006

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Why I Love Web-Based Software

Last summer, I sang the praises of Blinksale, an online invoicing service. We’ve been using it since then, and have been generally happy with it.

Recently–and this is why I love web-based software–they upgraded their service. They addressed my three major issues with the service–you can now track invoices, change currencies on a per-invoice basis, and see totals for any invoice view. I didn’t have to do or pay anything, and the service got better. How often does that happen?

Of course, I’ve already spotted a bug with the upgrade. When you enter an invoice date that doesn’t exist–say, February 30–the app errors out very ungracefully.

Comments: 5 Responses so far

Josh Williams
April 21st, 2006
2:08 pm

Thanks for the kind words. We’re working on the bug you mentioned. It is a bit ungraceful as you have mentioned… but should be remedied shortly. Thanks again.

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Joe Drumgoole
April 21st, 2006
6:03 pm

pretty cool, now anybody have and good links to expenses management software?

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Tod Maffin
April 21st, 2006
10:06 pm

I second that.

I’ve been using Blinksale since January (a New Year’s resolution to get better organized) and it’s been excellent.

Nice work on the upgrades folks!

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Jeff
April 25th, 2006
1:27 pm

What would happen if Blinksale called it quits?

My big fear with web-based software is not having it if the company in questions goes belly up.

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Darren
April 25th, 2006
1:49 pm

Yeah, Jeff, it’s a concern, but I trust that they’d make your data available to you in some consumable form. Or they’d partner with a competitor to continue your service elsewhere.

When I balance that minor risk against the risk of losing data because I’ve been lazy about backing up my own machine, I like my odds.

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