Streamlined development of modern task management web 2.0 technologies has discovered new opportunities for user collaboration and task management through Internet. It is about managing your tasks by using Internet technologies. The focus is on organizing tasks into to-do lists, projects and schedules as quickly and simply as possible. That's why users of task management web app don't need to install and maintain any software for task management, but they can just open a browser, type in a website address and access their tasks located on remote web servers. Such an approach is convenient for many users.
Advantages
- No need to locate information on local servers. Companies don’t need to have local servers to keep there information about tasks, teamwork, documents, schedules and projects. It’s convenient to use online servers to store business information remotely. But web servers require regular payments and they may harm private data.
- Quick and easy access to online servers. Task management web applications allow turning any computer that has Internet connection into a workplace for employees. Any employee can use his/her account name and password to access an online server database from home computer, laptop, or office computer.
- Virtual teamwork and outsourcing. Web based team management is convenient for running temporary and outsourced projects and establishing virtual groups.
- No need to pay for purchasing, installing, configuring and maintaining extra software applications. Web task management software is a ready-to-use solution and there's no need for any additional modules.
- Working under multiple operating systems. It becomes convenient when users work under different operating systems (like Windows, Linux).
Disadvantages
- Those solutions become inconvenient if using low-speed Internet connection. For example, when a user needs to open a large to-do list or upload a file to his/her task, it may take more time than usually, and the user has to waste several or even more minutes waiting for file transaction completion.
- Regular payments for task management software web services per user account. Any web-based service requires regular payments (usually this is about monthly fees) for each user account and for the server space as well.
- Non-standard web interface and absence of contextual menu. Usually web based task management software solutions have a non-typical and even complicated interface, so users have to spend additional time on learning it. At the same time, today many people prefer using Windows OS. They are accustomed to work in Windows environment and use Windows-native applications. And the idea to learn a new web interface may be taken without pleasure and enthusiasm.
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- Pop-up advertising messages and banners. Sometimes companies that provide web based services add importunate advertisement, pop-up windows and bright banners that usually bore users and distract their attention.
- Risk losing private data and violating confidentiality. Any business takes care of securing confidence and private information. If using any web based task management system, it entails some risks to lose private data and violate confidentiality.
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VIP Task Manager is a client-server, Windows-based task management system that offers functionality comparable with functionality of any web based task management open source or commercial solution. It supports real-time user collaboration and allows creating centralized databases on local/remote servers. Users of VIP Task Manager can access databases through LAN and Internet, share information and communicate with each other. An intuitive interface helps quickly learn options and capabilities of the software. VIP Task Manager has an evaluation copy you can download from this web and use for free during 30 days. |
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