Feature Overview v.6.14 - Open
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1. API Publish amp Subscribe functions via context menu RMB The folder indicates if it has been published a Copyright 2009 Open Xchange GmbH 4 A keep in touch OPC XCHANMNGE 2 New Concept Social OX Social OX turns Open Xchange into a new breed of collaboration software Different from conventional software solutions in this domain Social OX can interact with other personal information managers as well as with other instances of Social OX The boundaries between different personal information management solutions start to vanish Besides of the first features of 6 10 and 6 12 users of Open Xchange can use Publish amp Subscribe functions via context menus RMB New crawlers are available for Web de Yahoo GMX address book The folder indicates if it has been published 2 1 Publish amp Subscribe functions via context menu RMB To publish or subscribe InfoStore folders Contact sources etc It isn t longer necessary to choose Properties at the Right Mouse Button Menu RMB Menu of an existing folder At the RMB Menu there is now a special entry for these functionalities 2 2 Subscribe Web de Yahoo or GMX address book Many users have different personal management systems to store addresses Popular systems are Web de Yahoo GMX address book With the new functionality Subscription Web de Subscription Yahoo and Subscription GMX address book it is2. been resolved A complete overview is provided at the official Release Notes of the 6 14 4 3 Mark as at the Mail RMB Menu Users will find the panel functionality Mark as for Mails also at the RMB Menu for these objects With this improvement users will find all important mail Cee eee eee Copyright 2009 Open Xchange GmbH 6 A keep in touch OP CM XCHaAaMGe functionalities directly in the content area It isn t longer necessary to use the function panel 4 4 Contact collector configuration of type ahead function With the release 6 14 users can choose in the configuration the contact collector behavior It is possible to choose between collection of contacts by creation of a new mail and collection of contacts by reading a new mail 4 5 Mail aliases use by the contact collector The contact collector doesn t save mail aliases if this information is already available for a contact This means if the administrator has already added a new mail alias for the contact the contact collector won t save the new address Additionally the mail aliases are available at the type ahead function of other persons 4 6 User can select a mail sender name of his own choice A user wants to use different sent names within the mail creation With the release 6 14 users can change the display name for the primary mail addresses 5 Calendar improvements 5 1 Complete improved team view One of the main improveme
3. groupware UI is described by using a combination of screen shots and explanatory tables Benefit a quick overview of the UI elements and the respective functions All information and instructions can be found with both the table of contents as well as the index This way each user can individually search for and quickly find the desired information 10 OXtender for Microsoft Outlook OXUpdater download Servlet A new mechanism has been introduced to provide Windows end users easily with client site installation In the last major releases a new installer updater mechanism had been introduced The operator provided new updates modules on his server together with an update configuration file allowing end users to determine whether new modules are available for download and to be installed With this new major release operators may setup a servlet on their server that prepares individualized update modules for end users where the host address and the respective user name has already been prepared in the update module End users may then initiate the download of new Windows modules right from the Open Xchange User Interface Copyright 2009 Open Xchange GmbH 12
4. possible to merge addresses from those services into one addressbokk with Ox The users contact data remains up to date through out the net 2 3 Users can see which of their folders have been published With the release 6 14 it is possible to see the currently published folders directly in the folder tree There will be a special icon displayed if the folder is published externally Copyright 2009 Open Xchange GmbH 5 keep in touch OP CM XCHaAaMGe 2 4 Crawler services can now be subscribed from external OX Servers The new release 6 14 provides users with different OX System a new integration between two systems Users can now subscribe the crawler services from external OX Servers With this feature OX can subscribe services from other OX Systems 3 New Settings Wizard A wizard has been introduced to ease multiple setup steps for new Open Xchange users Depending on the services and modules available the wizard provides setup features for External mail accounts Mobility access Subscription of external data sources e g address books 4 Web Mail improvements 4 1 Save multiple attachments User can save multiple attachments received by mail in one shot By choosing several or all of the attached objects to be downloaded as one complete zip file 4 2 Mail editing has been improved Open Xchange provides an improved mail edit capabilities Especially a number of flaws with Safari 4 0 have
5. the Push Abstraction Layer PAL Transform iCal attachments of an e mail into an appointment object For details about further API changes please check section 4 of the release notes 9 New User Manual and Online Help The new user documentation is written with the goal to get users started easily Furthermore it intents to provide an improved assistance when using the groupware features for the daily work This is true for both the PDF manual as well as the online help This goal is reached by the following means Functions are described from the user s point of view The groupware functions are described from the user s point of view and not from the software s point of view Benefit an easy access to the groupware functions Step by step like a typical user Instructions are described in a step by step manner like a typical user Copyright 2009 Open Xchange GmbH 11 A keep in touch OP CM XCHaAaMGe would perform them Benefit Even more challenging actions can be followed easily All information needed for reaching a particular goal in one place Prior to each instruction all information needed to accomplish the goal are provided If necessary more detailed information or related instructions can be found by following the provided links Benefit The user finds all information and instructions needed for reaching a particular goal in one place Combination of screen shots and explanatory tables The
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8. errrrnrnreren 10 8 2 Additional Administration Options sssesssssssssssssrnnsrensrrnrrenrnrnenrrnrnrnnn 11 8 3 Additional Programming OptiONS sssssssssssnsrrrsnsrrrrnrrsrrnrrenenrnenrrnnnrnen 11 G Copyright 2009 Open Xchange GmbH 2 keep in touch OPEN XCHSNGE 9 New User Manual and Online Help s nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnunnunnnnnnnnnnnn 11 10 OXtender for Microsoft Outlook OXUpdater download Servlet 0000 12 Copyright 2009 Open Xchange GmbH age keepintoxh OP CM xXCHamnGce 1 About this Release This release provides various improvements to the user interface including design changes usability improvements new features and bug fixes Open Xchange provides the next concept step for Social OX as Beta functionality The improvements in the different domains are o Mail Multiple attachments can be saved in one ZIP file o Calendar Multiple full day appointments are now displayed in the calendar day view week view work week view and month view Improved team view o Addresses Contacts Context menus for contacts RightMouseButton RMB now include a function to send the contact s vCard by e Mail o GUI Improved usability for all modules o Set Ups New Settings Wizard o Documentation New User Manual and Online Help o Publish amp Subscribe Subscription adapters for address data from e Web de e Yahoo e GMX address book e Facebook
9. ntacts send as vCard Context menus for contacts RMB Menu now include a function to send the contacts vCard by Mail This is possible for single or multiple chosen contact entries Users which receive the mail with the contacts can import them directly from the mail module to their address books 7 Improved usability in general 7 1 New themes and icon set The release 6 14 provides a new improved default theme Additional there is available a new icon set for the all used icons With this new icon set it is also possible to change icons by theming the complete user interface design All icons are designed with a transparent background Copyright 2009 Open Xchange GmbH 9 A keep in touch OP CM XCHaAaMGe 7 2 No Confirmation dialog by Session lost or closing of browser With the new release there isn t longer necessary to confirm the Save dialog manually The status of the user interface will be saved automatically This happens when closing the browser anyway Session lost or closing the browser browser tab 7 3 Number of objects displayed in the content header With the release 6 14 at the header of all views there is mentioned the number of objects contained in the respective folder The calendar module header displays the number of selected calendar views 7 4 User Help Plug In for Mobile Devices Setup If the user works with the Open Xchange OXtender for Business Mobility there is Help Pl
10. nts for the calendar module is the zoom able team view Users have the possibility to change the zoom of day view displaying with a new integrated slider or a choose menu with the following settings 50 70 100 etc Further great improvements Complete new design of the the team day view team month view team week view and team custom view Drag and drop of team participants at the list User can select one or multiple team members for creation of new appointments Copyright 2009 Open Xchange GmbH 7 User can add new team members directly at the list Creation of new appointments via drag and create at the team views 5 2 Multiple full day appointments in the user interface To have a better overview about the next upcoming full day appointments multiple full day appointments are now displayed in the calendar day week workweek and month view The jump function for the list view by more then one full day appointment isn t available any longer 5 3 Preliminary print views for calendar views With release 6 14 there are new print views for the calendar available On template base integration there are available calendar week workweek and month view Later it will be possible to change the used template for the print views With this function it will be possible to set up an own design and content for the print mask 5 4 Confirmation status at the Hover When the user hovers an appointment the h
11. over pane displays reasons given for declining or accepting an appointment With this new improvement it isn t longer necessary to use the detail view of the appointment to see the different status and comments from other participants 5 5 Improved appointment confirmation dialog after login With release 6 14 Open Xchange improved the appointment confirmation dialog after login With the new dialog a user sees all pending appointments and invitations in one view instead of having to confirm multiple confirmations individually Implemented new features or behaviors Displaying of more as one new appointment in one dialog User can choose all or multiple appointments to change the confirmation status User can choose all or multiple appointments and enter a comment User can directly display the appointment day to see which further appointments are scheduled Cee ee 00000000 Copyright 2009 Open Xchange GmbH 8 keep in touch OPC XCHaMGe 6 Address book enhancements 6 1 Contact search with more criteria When searching for contacts more search criteria are considered Users can choose the following different criteria with the Release 6 14 First name Last name Display name E Mail business or private or other Company business Street business City business Department Tags With these new settings it is easier to find a contact in the users address books 6 2 Co
12. ug In for the setup of mobile devices provided The user can find the new help entry at the header of the user interface under the help button 8 Additional new options 8 1 New user options 8 1 1 Start module configuration With release 6 14 user can configure which module opens when starting Open Xchange At Configuration Options there is the new setting available Default module after login The user can choose between Start Page Mail Calendar Contacts Task InfoStore 8 1 2 Mail system folders configuration The user can configure the folders where to store Trash Drafts Spam and Sent Mail Those new settings are available by creation of new external mail account Copyright 2009 Open Xchange GmbH 10 keep in touch OPC XCHANMNGE 8 2 Additional Administration Options Access to the Global Address Book can be switched on off via RMI SOAP The default for enabling disabling Beta state features can be set The JMX Interface has been extended for improved reporting accounting e g module permission statistics per context current maintenance key For details about configuration setting changes additions please check section 4 of the release notes 8 3 Additional Programming Options A preliminary API has been defined for the Modules pane A preliminary API has been defined for the Menu panel A preliminary API has been defined for a JSON User Interface A new API has been defined for
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