One of the best things about working at Traction is that the team lives and breathes because of the product—every process is conducted through the software we sell. It's not a matter of eating your own dog food, it's a matter of creating the tool that lets you work the way you want to work.

This is the first in a series of screencasts I'm doing as I'm starting to dive deeper into Traction TeamPage. I expect that I'll spend a little time as an end-user really immersing myself in the product for a while. The end game is to focus the product on ease of use, and simpler interactions that provide access to the most needed features on the surface, while still keeping the expert features within arms reach.

One of the features I recently began to appreciate is the shared folder functionality. This feature provides WebDav access to folders on the server, so you can do version control of documents in your repository. This quick demo shows how to access those documents natively in the Mac OS Finder without having to go to the web interface. It's useful for people who handle files frequently.

The Applescript that's needed to mount the shared folder volume is shown below. This script basically tells the finder to open your server, but with Quicksilver accessing the script, you don't have to first navigate to the finder to get there.