YC startup Xobni launches beta at TechCrunch 40

That is a really awesome looking product. I wonder why they built it as an Outlook extension though. With everyone's focus on web applications I'm interested to hear why they felt an outlook add-in was the way to go.

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Post by joshwa » Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 5:26 PM UTC

When can I have the greasemonkey version? The thunderbird version?

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Post by gduffy » Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 5:33 PM UTC

Readmore wrote: post #4

That is a really awesome looking product. I wonder why they built it as an Outlook extension though. With everyone's focus on web applications I'm interested to hear why they felt an outlook add-in was the way to go.

Outlook has a lot of unhappy users!

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Post by rms » Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 5:39 PM UTC

Readmore wrote: post #4

That is a really awesome looking product. I wonder why they built it as an Outlook extension though. With everyone's focus on web applications I'm interested to hear why they felt an outlook add-in was the way to go.

Their investors use Outlook... Xobni is solidly targeted at the enterprise.

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Post by martin » Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 5:40 PM UTC

Pretty cool, guys. Any future plans for integration for Exchange? For example, if I click "Schedule time with (person)" and that person is inside my company, I might expect to have the Outlook "New Meeting Request" window open. The existing functionality is great for non-Exchange users, though.

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Post by bluishgreen » Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 5:59 PM UTC

Looks like we have a winner. Best!

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Post by some » Tue, Sep 18, 2007, 6:16 PM UTC

wow! i looked at the demo for the first time and i can see nothing useful or interesting about xobni.

this project has raised millions in funding?

a plugin that adds some functions to outlook? this project is as doomed as a project can be.

next in line:

etirovaf : a browser plugin that lets you search your bookmarks

rabksat : a plugin that displays all your applications right on the desktop

nwodtuhs : the easy power-off button - power off as its meant to be