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Xobni: anyone using the beta?

• ivankirigin 19y ago
  Why not just get outlook on a windows box, configure it to grab mail from some old account, and see what it does?
  • colortone 19y ago
    that's a little high maintenance for me, but thanks...just looking for ~10 words from someone who has checked it out.
  • Zak 19y ago
    Outlook and Windows are both expensive. Piracy is an option, but it's still a pain.
    • ivankirigin 19y ago
      Piracy is a pain? Universities sell $10 versions to students.
      • rms 19y ago
        completely free at my school!
      • Zak 19y ago
        Setting up a Windows box is a pain. I generally don't do it unless I'm promised money, good food, good beer or sex. Also, not everyone here is a student.
• fad 19y ago
  got a beta invite too. but I'm on RailsConfEurope and have only my MacBook with me :(
• nanijoe 19y ago
  I am using it..I am 50/50 on whether to buy a MAC or Windows PC for my next laptop, and this may end up being the tie breaker. I am of course assuming the software will keep getting more useful.
  • Zak 19y ago
    Why not buy a Mac and dual-boot? Even if you end up mostly using Windows, Apple laptops are nice hardware.
    • jey 19y ago
      Parallels in Coherence mode is great for running Windows apps. With Parallels you can run your mac and windows apps side-by-side. So you could just use your MacOS apps for most things but have Outlook running too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN9jNNeEd98 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN9jNNeEd98
      • nickb 19y ago
        You can do the same with VMware Fusion... they call it Unity mode. From my experience, VMware > Parallels.
        • jey 19y ago
          VMware finally got around to releasing their damn MacOS port? Last I heard it was still vaporware, but a google search shows that it's finally released. Took long enough.
• kashif 19y ago
  Got a beta invite, but I use Linux and Evolution so...
  • ajju 19y ago
    Pass it on then buddy... heuristix at gmail.com!
    • kashif 19y ago
      I don't mind...except that the invite mail says - "Please do not share this link with anyone, post reviews, or take screenshots until it is publicly released." :(
• dlesscheni 19y ago
  wekk xobni is a piece of crap.. ;)
• jey 19y ago
  http://www.xobni.com/blog/2007/09/17/xobni-will-launch-at-techcrunch-40/ http://www.xobni.com/blog/2007/09/17/xobni-will-launch-at-te... Apparently they're officially launching tomorrow, so you can check it out then.
  • fraXis 19y ago
    That was a quick beta considering I just got my invite at 11PM last night.
• comatose_kid 19y ago
  I am installing it right now, but I think I'll remain on the safe side of xobni's NDA.
• omouse 19y ago
  I would but I'm in Linux and I can't boot into Windows...I'm afraid it'll blow up (my video card is messed up and I really do not want to deal with changing the video card drivers) If there were Thunderbird support I'd be using it at this very moment.
• bluishgreen 19y ago
  Let me Guess, Xobni is some kind of AI application to deal with emails. It probably classifies emails nicely. (My Guess is based on the fact that they want an AI person on their job postings)
  • jgrahamc 19y ago
    Perhaps someone is finally doing a POPFile (http://getpopfile.org/ http://getpopfile.org/) as an Outlook plug-in. John.