Installation and setup process
The installation is very simple, point to Next > Next > .> Finish . If you want to participate in Xobni project development, check the Join Product Improvement Program box :
After successful installation, start Outlook, you will see Xobni appear on the right - the program's sidebar. If you want, you can turn it off or switch Xobni to another location simply.
If you want to use the advanced features of Plus version, simply press the Upgrade Now button and follow the instructions:
A new window will appear, you just need to fill in the required information such as email address, choose the method of payment of Credit Card, PayPal, or Redeem Code (if any):
Features and usage
With Xobni's number of 'overwhelming' features, many people might wonder if they first used:
The main working screenshot of Xobni Plus
After successful installation, you will see a part of the window as a Ribbon - floating. From here, you can search, hide or display the work window, along with other options.
The login toolbar supports various social networks like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn .:
Easily log in to Twitter if you want
or LinkedIn
Control the amount of incoming mail, attachments or receiving from the partner, click the Files Exchanged to manage attachments:
Support preview - preview the links or content contained in the search tag:
Or search for Yahoo mail content without buying a Yahoo Plus license!
After setting the above feature in Xobni, the Yahoo mailbox will appear in the working window:
Or combine all supported mailboxes, easily arrange to bring the fastest and most accurate search results:
Xobni's main options panel:
Main features of Xobni Plus version
- Advanced search capabilities: with result filters, value for right and wrong phrases, search by task and appointment, advanced search filter features .
- Search for unlimited PST file numbers
- The contacts in Xobni show up in the combined work screen
- Search for links, links with specific partners
- View schedules, set appointment times
- 1 year of insurance and technology support
- No pop up ads
Work
We tested Xobni Plus and Outlook 2010 32-bit on Dual-Core AMD Athlon system with 4GB of RAM, the program runs very light and hardly consumes system resources. However, at some point, Xobni will slow down the system when starting Outlook, especially when there are many active applications:
Support from the manufacturer
When users buy the Xobni Plus version license, they will receive 1 year of support and full technology coverage. At the same time, the developer will provide you with a full question and answer page of possible issues:
Users can contact support directly if they are a Plus member, via the form available on the homepage and will receive an answer within 2 days. At the time of writing, we received a response from Xobni within 24 hours. At the same time, they provide FAQ pages, community forums and users can download the tutorial files as PDF.
Conclusion and evaluation
Xobni Plus is one of the most powerful and professional addin for Outlook today, including a lot of features that we haven't yet tested and introduced. Free Xobni version includes 8 days of free use of Plus version, to upgrade from Free to Plus version, users will have to pay $ 29.95 for 1 year of use.
The interface is quite beautiful, eye-catching, features simple, complete and easy to use. High compatibility, works with Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit), Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010 (32 and 64 bit).
Download Xobni Plus here, Xobni Free here.
Calculating points (scale of 10) as of May 28, 2010:
Installation : 8/10
Easy to use : 8/10
Feature : 9/10
Operability: 8/10
Support : 8/10