Well it's been over a month since our last product update. During that time we've been working hard on the improvements we outlined in the last post and here's the latest:
Version 6.0
Version 6.0 is current being testing by our Quality Assurance department. Originally scheduled for late March, we're now looking at a late April implementation for Version 6.0. All of the features we noted previously are going to be included in the release. We're taking some additional time for two reasons:
1) We're ensuring that the application quality is high. As I noted last time, when it comes down to a decision between getting you updates by a specific timeframe and getting you quality updates we're going to err on the side of quality.
2) We must ensure that our larger customers, who have their own internal IT staff and training departments, have plenty of time in a pre-release beta to prepare and complete their training documentation and course planning.
We'll post here on the blog two weeks before a definitive implementation date but as noted we are currently scheduled for late April.
Version 6.5
Our development team is making great progress on this Version which is focused entirely on improving speed. The scope remains unchanged from our previous note and I'll post additional details on the project over the next couple of weeks.
Spam Management
Thanks to everyone who recently provided feedback to our Spam Management survey. We got some great insights and are just about done mapping out a specific series of changes to improve spam management. We'll have our approach nailed down by the end of the month and the first set of improvements should be complete in April. As soon as we've put the final touches on the plan I'll post details here on the blog. Look for an update next week.
Direct Connect
We recently released an updated version of our Direct Connect Plug-In for Outlook. The new wizard included improvement in configuring synchronization for new customers and email synchronization is faster. We're continuing to finalize plans for a long term replacement of our existing plug-in. Our original synchronization tool was around long before webmail synchronization with Outlook was offered by everyone and there are some additional features we would like to offer before the end of the year.
Check back next week for another update.