Last week we had the opportunity to present Clarizen at the prominent Under The Radar event held annually on Microsoft campus. The event coincided with our major release of Clarizen 2.0, a state-of-the-art Web 2.0 application.

Clarizen 2.0 is for project teams seeking a project management solution that is easy for everyone to use BUT not at the price of giving up indispensable project functionality. Maintaining the precise balance between simplicity and fundamental functionality is in itself an art that is Clarizen's ultimate goal - as it is for many other vendors competing in this popular space.

With Clarizen 2.0 project management software we have taken a leap forward in mastering the art of simplicity and have further enhanced the user interface (Something that even drew a nice mention on Rafe Needleman's blog Webware: "This product has a very nice, very Web 2.0 user interface..."), and usability allowing users to quickly ramp up while at the same time introduced new features as requested by our active users.

The all new 'What's New' feature clearly demonstrates how we pursue the ultimate balance as it clearly resembles common email applications' new info indicators with bold font, asterisks on icons and the ability to right click the mouse to mark new info as Read/Unread.

New features do not necessarily require extended training manuals and sessions. So long as we stick to what our users are use to from popular applications, such as MS Outlook and Excel, the goal of providing new features while keeping them easy to use is attainable.