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How is this different from using the Outlook Social Connector (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c87e257c-d76f-4785-a09b-af36babd6e32&dis
by aditya 16y ago
How is this different from using the Outlook Social Connector (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c87e257c-d76f-4785-a09b-af36babd6e32&displaylang=en http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c87...) - and why would you want to use a layer in the middle (Xobni) other than for portability? Will there be performance issues?
- brezina 16y agoYou should try the outlook social connector and report back. but here are my answers: 1. OSC isn't compatible with google gadgets 2. OSC isn't very customizable for developers - the presentation layer is super limited 3. OSC requires a special install on Outlook 2003, 2007 - so for those users it will be a choice of one plugin: OSC or another Xobni 4. OSC doesn't improve Outlook search 5. OSC requires seperate installs if you want to get twitter, facebook, linkedin, salesforce, sharepoint, etc inside it. Xobni has that all with one install. 6. This is our business. OSC was a msft afterthought to respond to Xobni. Users that compare the two prefer Xobni (actually, good idea, i should run a formal study on this) Performance issues? I've heard some people complain about perf issues with OSC ;) but seriously, we've worked really hard on performance. Installed software is tough. And for most users, they have zero problems.
- aditya 16y agoThanks for the response, Matt! Unfortunately, it seems that documentation is really sparse for OSC and Xobni already seems to have solved quite a few of the challenges for Outlook. Suppose I'll try it for myself and see how it goes.