What's new in Collanos Workplace Windows 1.4.0.2
Mar 7, 2009
- Much improved presence system – now faster, more reliable, and consistent
- New delivery status message in Chat window
- New Technical Page with system information (for technical users only)
- Combined start option for Collanos Phone (when Workplace starts, Phone is also started)
- The Phone application can now also be updated automatically via the web
- Email address verifier in user profile, helps to reduce problems with mistyped addresses
- Various bug fixes related to system stability and operating systems particularities
- Several bug fixes related to functionality and user permissions, especially in area of Task Management
- Many GUI fixes related to drag-and-drop, working with links, window sizes, and other visual tweaks
- Exit from Workplace operation now works always
- Fixes and improvements in Installer and Uninstaller
- New and improved “Date picker” GUI element
- Corrections to text translations (mainly for German)
New in Collanos Workplace Windows 1.4.0.1 (Jan 7, 2009)
- New Features
- The release targets have been achieved with the following measures. The Task Management part was improved significantly, adding Task work flow, automatic reminders, and Gantt chart project visualization. A new core Contact Management subsystem was introduced, making it simpler to invite other users to join, connect with them, and manage all contacts in one place. The Collanos Phone application is now integrated into Collanos Workplace, blending voice services – including high-quality conference calling – seamlessly with Collanos' main team collaboration platform. A set of key improvements addresses importing, exporting, and organizing of data, which also includes copying of whole workspaces, pervasive clipboard support, like Copy/Paste of content between workspaces, and exporting of tabular data to files. Usability improvements include customizable and fine-grained notifications settings, restoring all “last opened/closed states” of workspace folders, and saving modified files directly back to the workspace under a new name. See chapter “6 Detailed Descriptions” for
- extensive and illustrated explanations of all new features and improvements.
- Platforms
- As always, Collanos Workplace 1.4.0.1 is available in three main versions, for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. See chapter “5 Supported Operating Systems” for a list of all operating systems we tested on.
- Languages
- The software has been fully translated into English and German, and to a large part (about 80-90%) into Simplified Chinese. New languages will be added very shortly, using the dynamic auto-update mechanism for new language packs. See also chapter “8 Ambassadors Program” about how users can help to translate.
- Compatibility
- This release is minimally compatible with the previous version, which means workspaces will still synchronize and members be able to exchange messages with each other. Nevertheless, it is strongly advised to update to the latest version as soon as you can. New features will not be available for old users. See chapter “3 Compatibility” for more details.
- Updating / New Installer
- This release is available only as a full installer package, which you must download from Collanos' web site. The nature of this release made an auto-update process from 1.3 to 1.4 difficult and risk-prone. Hence this release is being rolled out with a complete Installer/Updater. See chapter “4 New Installer / Updater” for more details.
- Premium Services
- Collanos is gradually rolling out more premium services. At the moment we offer users the possibility to buy Phone Credit to place dial-out calls to regular phone numbers. In the very near future, additional services will be made available, such as subscription of real phone numbers (dial-in capability), or least-cost routing for internationals mobile phone calls.
- Ambassadors Program
- Collanos – being very community-oriented in its nature – is rolling out new community management tools to better support and engage with active community members. If you like to promote Collanos, support other users (in your language), write or blog about what Collanos does, test preview software releases or help translate into new languages, then you should sign-up as Ambassador. See chapter “8 Ambassadors Program” to learn more about this opportunity.
- Unified Collaboration
- With this release, Collanos is marching boldly into the Unified Collaboration application domain. We will continue to deliver professional-grade solutions on a global scale, team-enabling the computers of networked professionals. Our sweet-spot is the ad-hoc formation and support of cross-organizational teams, working together with the help of the Internet. Collanos basic solutions are – and always will be – offered for free. Our gratification is a steadily growing and vibrant user community.
New in Collanos Workplace Windows 1.3.0.4 (Sep 23, 2008)
- Maintenance release fixing a memory issue.
New in Collanos Workplace Windows 1.3.0.3 (Aug 2, 2008)
- New delivery mechanism and simplified support for new languages
- Hyperlinks supported in Chats, Discussions and text areas of Notes, Tasks and Links
- Emoticons (Smilies) added to Chats and Discussions
- Invite contacts from social networks (Orkut, Friendster, MySpace, Hi5, Facebook, Xing, BlackPlanet)
- Improved usability of �Invite to Collanos� dialog
- Functions "Open With..." and "Save as..." added to Conflict Bin (for File objects)
- Central users directory now supports full name search; plus empty searches more meaningful
- Web page names fetched and filled-in automatically in Link objects
- Plus many more enhancements and over 80 issues resolved.
New in Collanos Workplace Windows 1.3.0.2 (Apr 21, 2008)
New in Collanos Workplace Windows 1.2.0.1 (Jan 29, 2008)
- An improved replication algorithm makes workspaces synchronize flexibly and fast.
- Brand new installers solve most problems related to setting up on different operating systems.
- The installer package size was reduced significantly. Users can import contacts from their existing address books and invite them to Collanos.
- Users that are offline while being invited, will be notified by email automatically.
- Improved P2P subsystem runs faster, is less resource hungry, and scales much better.
- Bug reports can be sent to Collanos automatically.
- Existing Collanos Names will be checked against new formatting rules and updated.
- Native compatibility on Windows Vista has been achieved.
- The Help subsystem has been removed from the Workplace and is available online.
New in Collanos Workplace Windows 1.1 (Jun 5, 2007)
- Central User Directory (CUD)
- Offline Invitations
- Conflict Bin
- Collanos Name and Password Protection
- Auto-Start and Login
- Multiple User Login from One Collanos Installation
- 400% Increase in LAN Replication Performance
- 20% Increase in WAN Replication Performance
- Discussion Speed
- Deleting Large Files During Replication
- Large File Replication Improvements
- Small File Replication Improvements
- Folder and File Structure Replication Inconsistencies
- File and Folders Disappearing
- Corrupt Workspaces
- Invitation Enhancements �
- Backup and Data Moving Improvements
- Traffic Monitor Improvements
- Freezing Workspaces on Linux
- Vista Support
- Chinese Translation
- CUD Proxy Settings
- Auto-Accept Default Setting
- Memory Consumption Reduction
- Corrupted Log Files
- Un-Inviting a User