Having problems with a shared document that is in a format that you cannot open. Or… are you on a machine that does not have the right software to open a specific document of yours?
Well as from now you can use our .PDF converter in the documents tool. You just need to [...]

Dear users,
We released this morning the capability for all users to easily switch from the classic interface to the new Ajax/GWT interface. This new interface provides a brand new way to present your data, including drag and drop features and much more. See previous posts for more release details.

The release 1.2.003 of the beta is out (.fr users click here).

Beta 1.2.003 is minor release, introducing :

Access to WebDAV remote document stores
Wrong access rights for group documents
Authorization exception while accessing members directory in addressbooks

As we mentioned in a previous post our very own Luc Claes was selected to Speak at JavaOne. The presentation will take place next week May 6-9 in San Francisco.
JavaOne is a leading industry event; a 4-day conference filled with technical sessions, hands-on labs and lots of educational (Bookstore, Java University, …) and networking [...]

The release 1.2.002 of the beta is out (.fr users click here).

Beta 1.2.002 introduces new features and enhancements such as :

Wiki
Info panels
Threading for emails (only for paying subscriptions)
Categories on docs, notes, contacts, bookmarks, …
Right click or Ctrl click for Mac users to access contextual menus
View document as PDF (.doc .ppt .xls .txt + openOffice extensions)
Import [...]

The release 1.2.001 of the beta is out (.fr users click here).

Beta 1.2.001 introduces numerous new features and enhancements such as :

Usage indicators
Auto zoom for calendar events
Slightly more contrasted design (still to improve)
Category editor
Categories (colors) are now applicable to an email
Import vCalendar/iCal attachments in the private calendar
Import vCard attachments in the private address book
Access to [...]

Our public beta release has been significantly improving in quality and performance the past few weeks, in large part thanks to the great feedback we’ve had the pleasure to receive from our many users. The new ContactOffice is now more than stable enough to justify a permanent switch for the majority of our users, which [...]

We’re thrilled to announce Luc Claes, ContactOffice Partner and Head of Research & Development, has been selected to speak at the JavaOne Conference.

JavaOne is a leading industry event; a 4-day conference filled with technical sessions, hands-on labs and lots of educational (Bookstore, Java University, …) and networking opportunities. The conference will be held 6-9 May [...]

Check out this video of Joel Webber, co-creator of GWT.
If in lack of time, go to the 32nd minute.

It’s a nice endorsement of our work here at ContactOffice and a nice way to start this wonderful new year.
Congratulations to Luc and his team and best wishes to all our readers.

The dropbox is a special folder in your private Documents, where the members of the groups you belong to may drop Documents. The dropbox is like a postbox: when someone drops a document, it becomes invisible to him.
This feature enables you to receive files directly in the Documents tool rather than by e-mail: reports, homeworks, [...]

Google invited us to present our application at the IT@Cork annual Java event in Cork Ireland. The presentation is about the conversion process currently taking place at ContactOffice in converting a large web application to a state of the art web 2.0 interface.
Another nice endorsement for our technology and approach from Google.
Well done Luc

Version 1.1.007 fixes a bug preventing all IE6 users to access the beta. The print function is now more reliable (still does not work for Safari 3.0 for Windows). Test the beta now.

Exciting news!
We have just launched our new public beta, after months of development and a lot of coffee. We issued a press release to announce the release which you can find below.
We’re going to present the new version (v1.1.006) at the annual Office 2.0 Conference in San Francisco, which we have agreed to sponsor.
Don’t [...]

Google just announced it is removing the beta label from GWT:
‘Removing the beta lable from a product is a great milestone, and we’re glad to report that the latest one to make that move is the Google Web Toolkit (GWT).’
This new 1.4 release includes:
New widgets and libraries
* RichTextArea, HorizontalSplitPanel and VerticalSplitPanel,
SuggestBox, DisclosurePanel, PushButton, ToggleButton, [...]

The release 1.1.004 of the beta is out (.fr users click here).

Beta 1.1.004 introduces an alpha version of the calendars and the notes as well as several bug fixes. Enjoy.

UPD Contacts: Prevent creation of empty contact
NEW Contacts: clickable phone number (invoke send fax, send sms, SkypeOut depending on [...]

The release 1.1.003 of the beta is out (.fr users click here).

Beta 1.1.003 is a bug fix release but it still includes the SMS broadcaster as a new tool.

FIX Mail: HTML drafts do not display the sender address in the list view
FIX Mail: refresh the preview pane if another folder is selected
FIX [...]

Take a look at the presentation that Brice gave the 21st feb 2007 at FOWA (Future of Web Applications - London) about the technical choice that CO made for the development of its new interface.
presentation

We are pleased to announce a first beta release of the new GUI of the ContactOffice Virtual Office. This beta is based on GWT (Google Web Toolkit). It presently only contains the documents ans bookmarks tools and might contain bugs. There is currently no support for Safari, but this will be added soon (Apple users [...]