Comments on: Xobni: transform your Outlook experience

By: Hana Outlook Folder Search: quick folder lookups and email de-duplication for Outlook | freewaregenius.com

Wed, 20 May 2009 02:58:17 +0000

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By: Hana Outlook Search Folders: fast lookups folder and e-mail de-duplication for Outlook | Free Software

Sat, 16 May 2009 13:50:00 +0000

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Lookout: a powerful search function for Outlook | freewaregenius.com — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:38:53 +0000

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If You Use Outlook This is 4 You! « SitRep II — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:45:10 +0000

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By: Colin

Colin — Thu, 22 May 2008 09:08:33 +0000

I used Xobni beta and found it unusable in my circumstance. I forward emails from office to home and so under Xobni my office email address became the main contact on the front panel, statistics were skewed and Xobni didn’t capture the correct contact info.
So, while it may be useful for some, I’ve ended up uninstalling it. Even for free, it became more trouble than help.

By: Perry1860

Perry1860 — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:37:31 +0000

Just downloaded and playing with Xobni now. A definite 10! I use Outlook constantly (real estate agent) and I would recommend it to all real estate agents who use outlook. Real time saver .

By: thak’s cool links » Xobni

thak’s cool links » Xobni — Sat, 10 May 2008 01:13:25 +0000

[...] Xobni: transform your Outlook experience | freewaregenius.com. This is a fantastically cool Outlook add-on. Definitely worth checking out!! (If you’re stuck using Outlook at work like I am.) [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:29:02 +0000

meh

I was on beta, and find that there is a lot of flash with just a little substance here. What we really need is a lightning fast search, like X1 or lookout. Features like the graph that says what time people send you mail wear out quickly, but needing to do a comprehensive boolean search for an email is much more valuable. I am waiting to see if this matures.

By: Hiram Q. Pustule

Hiram Q. Pustule — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:46:55 +0000

If you only download one freeware program this year, Xobni should be the one. Right from the moment of first launch, this program just blew me away with it’s just-plain downright usefulness.

I absolutely love the Files Exchanged portion of the sidebar! How many times have I wanted to find that file that Patti Kao sent me a while back, and had to resort my Inbox by Sender, then look in both “Patti Kao” and “Kao, Patti” (because we switched from GroupWise to Exchange last year) and then poke through the lists to find every time there’s been an attachment to see if that was the right one? With Xobni, I click on any old recent e-mail from Patti, and in an instant, my Files Exchanged panel updates, and I scroll through that to find the file I wanted. Click on it, and the e-mail opens. How incredibly useful is that!

By: taroak

taroak — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:43:36 +0000

I have a request for the site. Is it possible to have a link to all the 5 star freewaregenius picks? Thanks very much I will hang up and listen to your reply on the radio.

By: John

John — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:10:27 +0000

This app is great for heavy users of Outlook. I challenge anyone to use it. Thanks Freeware Genius!!

By: Tonino

Tonino — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:42:53 +0000

I think it still takes a bit too much resources, but it’s been getting better with the updates

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:24:38 +0000

Does Xobni send any information back to Xobni Corp’s servers?

By: Samer

Samer — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:40:13 +0000

@Jason: it takes up 14 megs, and is definitely worth it.

@Jay: you’re welcome

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:06:33 +0000

Just wanted to say thanks for holding off on writing about something until it is actually available, and not just in the “private beta” period.

Can’t tell you how many times I’ve read about something on one of the “we cover all the cool, new stuff” blogs, only to find out I can’t even get it.

Even more infuriating is if you sign up with the company for an invitation, they view this as permission to send you junk mail about every little thing their company is doing. I didn’t agree to that. And who knows who my email address will be sold to when half these companies go bankrupt. I no longer do private betas.

So just wanted to say that I like your site for the fact that it only writes about stuff that everyone can get. Kudos for that.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:54:18 +0000

Can someone who has installed this please advise the footprint it leaves? (ie, memory/CPU)

By: Rackham

Rackham — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:28:20 +0000

Outstanding find. Been using this for a little while, and I am completely impressed by it.

Gracias.

By: zkam

zkam — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:19:50 +0000

“Microsoft should buy this company and make Xobni an integral part of Outlook.”

Actually, Microsoft DID try to buy Xobni, and was rejected:
http://www.profy.com/2008/04/30/xobni-hubris/

I’ve seen reports that Xobni is planning to (eventually) bring this functionality to other platforms (like GMail, Salesforce.com) as well.