Channel 9 - Entries tagged with add-ons Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Entries tagged with add-ons http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/add-ons Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/add-ons en Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:48:48 GMT Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:48:48 GMT Rev9 8 1 25 A Round-Up of the Latest Outlook Add-ons Microsoft Outlook is one of the top email software programs in the world, but there’s no email program out there that can protect you from the information overload of a busy inbox. Although Outlook has several great built-in features for managing your messages, appointments, contacts and tasks, it’s still easy to get overwhelmed. Luckily for us, there are a ton of Outlook add-ons that can help.

Some of the more recent add-ons integrate social networks into your inbox for a bit of social CRM while others focus on more advanced search and organizational tools.

Below are some of the more recent ones I’ve come across.

(One caveat: I haven’t used all of these in the list below myself. However, the ones I have used in the past – Lookeen, Xobni, and ClearContext – all worked well.)

NEO Pro 4.1 (www.emailorganizer.com) - Automatically manages your inbox and catalogs all email messages using virtual folder structure to significantly reduce email overload and boost overall productivity – with no manual upkeep, clicking, or dragging to folders.

Lookeen (www.lookeen.net) - Provides a fast search for all things in Outlook.

Xobni (www.xobni.com) - Helps find emails, conversations, contact info & attachments faster while integrating social networks and email analytics features.

ClearContext Professional (www.clearcontext.com) - Keeps messages organized by suggesting the right folders to instantly file messages and conversations with one-click.

Chilibase for Outlook (www.chilibase.net) - Easily search and track all contacts and conversation threads.

RedCritter (www.redcritter.com) - Plugs documents, tweets, messages, maps and more — all related to the message you are currently viewing — into Outlook.

SimpyFile (www.techhit.com) - Turns filing Outlook messages into a one-click action and suggesting the correct target folder.

Auto-Mate (www.pergenex.com) - Applies flexible rules to your Outlook folders periodically, automatically organizing your mail in the manner of a personal assistant.

Advanced Folders Watch (http://www.mapilab.com/outlook/folders_watch/) - Monitors new mail messages and posts appearing in Microsoft Outook folders and public folders on Microsoft Exchange Server.

E-mail Follow-Up (www.mapilab.com/outlook/email_followup/) - Reminds you if an email you sent did not receive a reply after a certain time, thus requiring a follow-up email.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/A-Round-Up-of-the-Latest-Outlook-Add-ons Microsoft Outlook is one of the top email software programs in the world, but there’s no email program out there that can protect you from the information overload of a busy inbox. Although Outlook has several great built-in features for managing your messages, appointments, contacts and tasks, it’s still easy to get overwhelmed. Luckily for us, there are a ton of Outlook add-ons that can help. Some of the more recent add-ons integrate social networks into your inbox for a bit of social CRM while others focus on more advanced search and organizational tools. Below are some of the more recent ones I’ve come across. (One caveat: I haven’t used all of these in the list below myself. However, the ones I have used in the past – Lookeen, Xobni, and ClearContext – all worked well.) NEO Pro 4.1 (www.emailorganizer.com) - Automatically manages your inbox and catalogs all email messages using virtual folder structure to significantly reduce email overload and boost overall productivity – with no manual upkeep, clicking, or dragging to folders.Lookeen (www.lookeen.net) - Provides a fast search for all things in Outlook.Xobni (www.xobni.com) - Helps find emails, conversations, contact info & attachments faster while integrating social networks and email analytics features.ClearContext Professional (www.clearcontext.com) - Keeps messages organized by suggesting the right folders to instantly file messages and conversations with one-click.Chilibase for Outlook (www.chilibase.net) - Easily search and track all contacts and conversation threads.RedCritter (www.redcritter.com) - Plugs documents, tweets, messages, maps and more — all related to the message you are currently viewing — into Outlook.SimpyFile (www.techhit.com) - Turns filing Outlook messages into a one-click action and suggesting the correct target folder.Auto-Mate (www.pergenex.com) - Applies flexible rules to your Outlook folders periodically, automatically organizing your mail in the manner of a personal assista http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/A-Round-Up-of-the-Latest-Outlook-Add-ons Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:31:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/A-Round-Up-of-the-Latest-Outlook-Add-ons Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/A-Round-Up-of-the-Latest-Outlook-Add-ons/RSS add-on Outlook add-in's add-ons addons addon add-in Ebay Launches IE8 Webslice for Holiday Shopping Just in time for the holiday shopping season, online auction site eBay has announced they’re partnering with Microsoft to launch a special Internet Explorer web slice for finding the best daily deals. Web slices, features unique to the IE8 browser, allow sites to create special buttons that display fresh, live-updating content with just a click of the mouse.

In eBay’s case, their new “Daily Deals” web slice will showcase some of eBay’s hottest products which are selling for discounted rates.

In addition, an eBay Search Accelerator is being made available which incorporates eBay search into IE8’s search box. With this, you can search eBay from any website on the net, without having to leave the page you’re on.

Both of these tools as well as a visual search feature are bundled into a specialized version of the IE8 browser available here for download: http://ie8.ebay.com. Alternately, you can download them as standalone components from the IE8 add-ons gallery here.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Ebay-Launches-IE8-Webslice-for-Holiday-Shopping Just in time for the holiday shopping season, online auction site eBay has announced they’re partnering with Microsoft to launch a special Internet Explorer web slice for finding the best daily deals. Web slices, features unique to the IE8 browser, allow sites to create special buttons that display fresh, live-updating content with just a click of the mouse. In eBay’s case, their new “Daily Deals” web slice will showcase some of eBay’s hottest products which are selling for discounted rates. In addition, an eBay Search Accelerator is being made available which incorporates eBay search into IE8’s search box. With this, you can search eBay from any website on the net, without having to leave the page you’re on. Both of these tools as well as a visual search feature are bundled into a specialized version of the IE8 browser available here for download: http://ie8.ebay.com. Alternately, you can download them as standalone components from the IE8 add-ons gallery here. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Ebay-Launches-IE8-Webslice-for-Holiday-Shopping Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:54:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Ebay-Launches-IE8-Webslice-for-Holiday-Shopping Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Ebay-Launches-IE8-Webslice-for-Holiday-Shopping/RSS add-on Ebay IE8 Internet Explorer Internet Explorer 8 add-ons addons addon Microsoft Launches Real-Time Browser: IE8 Bundled with OneRiot Perhaps a little overshadowed by the much bigger news (Bing!), there was another announcement of interest made yesterday: Microsoft is launching a customized version of the IE8 web browser which integrates real-time features provided by the social search engine OneRiot.

This specialized version of IE, available here in the IE Addons Gallery, includes the three OneRiot-powered addons right out of the box. The addons include a realtime search provider,  a web slice that shows today’s hottest videos, and a “most shared today” web slice which delivers content from news, blogs, and videos from around the web.

If you already have the IE8 browser installed, you can just click the links above to add each addon individually in order to turn your copy of IE8 into an optimized, real-time web browser.

(via ReadWriteWeb)

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Microsoft-Launches-Real-Time-Browser-IE8-Bundled-with-OneRiot Perhaps a little overshadowed by the much bigger news (Bing!), there was another announcement of interest made yesterday: Microsoft is launching a customized version of the IE8 web browser which integrates real-time features provided by the social search engine OneRiot.This specialized version of IE, available here in the IE Addons Gallery, includes the three OneRiot-powered addons right out of the box. The addons include a realtime search provider,  a web slice that shows today’s hottest videos, and a “most shared today” web slice which delivers content from news, blogs, and videos from around the web. If you already have the IE8 browser installed, you can just click the links above to add each addon individually in order to turn your copy of IE8 into an optimized, real-time web browser. (via ReadWriteWeb) http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Microsoft-Launches-Real-Time-Browser-IE8-Bundled-with-OneRiot Fri, 29 May 2009 16:04:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Microsoft-Launches-Real-Time-Browser-IE8-Bundled-with-OneRiot Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Microsoft-Launches-Real-Time-Browser-IE8-Bundled-with-OneRiot/RSS add-on IE8 Twitter add-ons addons addon Iterasi Now Supported in IE 8.0 Iterasi has now updated their browser add-on to support the latest version of Internet Explorer – IE 8.0. With this add-on installed, you can bookmark web pages for later viewing. But Iterasi is no ordinary social bookmarking service – it lets you dynamically bookmark the sorts of pages that can change over time. With today’s modern web technologies like CSS, AJAX, and other database-driven content, the page you may want to bookmark may not look the same or contain the same information the next time you return to view it. Iterasi can help as it lets you save these sorts of dynamically generated web pages in their current state.

The service also includes a scheduler function if you want to keep an eye on a web page that changes a lot. Instead of having to return day-after-day to take a new snapshot, you can configure Iterasi to do so for you.

To get the new add-on for Internet Explorer, head over to the Iterasi download page. The browser extension works in IE 7 and IE 8 on XP and Vista (and likely Windows 7 Beta, too.)

Thanks @corvida!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Iterasi-Now-Supported-in-IE-80 Iterasi has now updated their browser add-on to support the latest version of Internet Explorer – IE 8.0. With this add-on installed, you can bookmark web pages for later viewing. But Iterasi is no ordinary social bookmarking service – it lets you dynamically bookmark the sorts of pages that can change over time. With today’s modern web technologies like CSS, AJAX, and other database-driven content, the page you may want to bookmark may not look the same or contain the same information the next time you return to view it. Iterasi can help as it lets you save these sorts of dynamically generated web pages in their current state. The service also includes a scheduler function if you want to keep an eye on a web page that changes a lot. Instead of having to return day-after-day to take a new snapshot, you can configure Iterasi to do so for you. To get the new add-on for Internet Explorer, head over to the Iterasi download page. The browser extension works in IE 7 and IE 8 on XP and Vista (and likely Windows 7 Beta, too.) Thanks @corvida! http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Iterasi-Now-Supported-in-IE-80 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:51:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Iterasi-Now-Supported-in-IE-80 Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Iterasi-Now-Supported-in-IE-80/RSS add-on IE IE8 Internet Explorer Internet Explorer 8 add-ons addons ie plugin addon bookmarking social bookmarking bookmarks Foxmarks Comes to IE Foxmarks, a well-known and much beloved bookmark synchronization add-on for Firefox is now branching out to (finally!) support other browsers, including both Internet Explorer and Safari. What’s really great about the new tools from Foxmarks is that you’re able to sync your bookmarks between browsers, not just between Firefox installs or just between IE installs. So for example, if you primarily use one type of browser at work and another at home, you could have access to your bookmarks from anywhere – you don’t need to run a particular browser to do do. This is also handy if you run multiple operating systems, as Foxmarks works both on Windows and Mac.

If you’ve never used Foxmarks before, you should check out Lifehacker’s informative “how to” guide before installing. If you’re already familiar with the add-on, you can just go grab the IE download from here.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Foxmarks-Comes-to-IE Foxmarks, a well-known and much beloved bookmark synchronization add-on for Firefox is now branching out to (finally!) support other browsers, including both Internet Explorer and Safari. What’s really great about the new tools from Foxmarks is that you’re able to sync your bookmarks between browsers, not just between Firefox installs or just between IE installs. So for example, if you primarily use one type of browser at work and another at home, you could have access to your bookmarks from anywhere – you don’t need to run a particular browser to do do. This is also handy if you run multiple operating systems, as Foxmarks works both on Windows and Mac. If you’ve never used Foxmarks before, you should check out Lifehacker’s informative “how to” guide before installing. If you’re already familiar with the add-on, you can just go grab the IE download from here. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Foxmarks-Comes-to-IE Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:27:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Foxmarks-Comes-to-IE Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Foxmarks-Comes-to-IE/RSS add-on IE Internet Explorer add-ons addons addon bookmarking bookmarks IE8 Accelerator for FriendFeed There are only a few things that get me downright giddy when it comes to technology, but shiny new objects having to do with FriendFeed certainly make the list. That’s why I was excited to come across Adam Kinney’s new IE8 Accelerator for FriendFeed, Based on the IE Accelerator for Twitter, his FriendFeed Accelerator uses the new web browser’s built-in feature called accelerators - add-ons that allow you to access contextual menu options upon right-click. The menu options can either access web services or direct you to a new web page.

With the FriendFeed Accelerator, you can capture text on a web page and send it to straight to FriendFeed’s share page with pre-filled fields. The Accelerator will grab the URL and title of the page as the text.

If you haven’t checked out Accelerators yet, you should. They are one of my favorite new features in IE8. So far, I’ve installed Accelerators for Sharing, including ones that let me share to Facebook, Delicious, Digg, StumbleUpon, Reddit, and of course, Hotmail. I’ve also added Search Accelerators like Find on Facebook and Find on LinkedIn as well as those that let me search Wikipedia, Amazon, and New York Times.

You can find these and more in the IE8 Add-ons Gallery.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/IE8-Accelerator-for-FriendFeed There are only a few things that get me downright giddy when it comes to technology, but shiny new objects having to do with FriendFeed certainly make the list. That’s why I was excited to come across Adam Kinney’s new IE8 Accelerator for FriendFeed, Based on the IE Accelerator for Twitter, his FriendFeed Accelerator uses the new web browser’s built-in feature called accelerators - add-ons that allow you to access contextual menu options upon right-click. The menu options can either access web services or direct you to a new web page. With the FriendFeed Accelerator, you can capture text on a web page and send it to straight to FriendFeed’s share page with pre-filled fields. The Accelerator will grab the URL and title of the page as the text. If you haven’t checked out Accelerators yet, you should. They are one of my favorite new features in IE8. So far, I’ve installed Accelerators for Sharing, including ones that let me share to Facebook, Delicious, Digg, StumbleUpon, Reddit, and of course, Hotmail. I’ve also added Search Accelerators like Find on Facebook and Find on LinkedIn as well as those that let me search Wikipedia, Amazon, and New York Times.You can find these and more in the IE8 Add-ons Gallery. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/IE8-Accelerator-for-FriendFeed Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:59:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/IE8-Accelerator-for-FriendFeed Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/IE8-Accelerator-for-FriendFeed/RSS add-on FriendFeed IE IE8 add-ons addons addon accelerator New Version of IE7 Pro Released You may remember when we covered IE7Pro last year, calling it the "essential IE7 add-on." Well now there is even more to love about it. A new version, IE7 Pro 2.3 was recently released and offers some bug fixes and several new features. Now, in addition to its already huge feature set (Tabbed Browsing Management, Spell Check, Inline Search, Super Drag & Drop, Crash Recovery, Proxy Switcher, Mouse Gesture, Tab History Browser, Web Accelerator, User Agent Switcher, Webpage Capturer, AD Blocker, Flash Block, a Greasemonkey-like User Scripts platform, User Plug-ins...and more), the new version now offers the following:

  • Support for prefetching to speed up surfing
  • A Session Manager that lets you save your open tabs
  • A Download Manager called MiniDM that support drag & drop of multiple links

Yes, I'm totally downloading this now. If you use IE, you simply have to have this. (via DownloadSquad)

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/New-Version-of-IE7-Pro-Released You may remember when we covered IE7Pro last year, calling it the "essential IE7 add-on." Well now there is even more to love about it. A new version, IE7 Pro 2.3 was recently released and offers some bug fixes and several new features. Now, in addition to its already huge feature set (Tabbed Browsing Management, Spell Check, Inline Search, Super Drag & Drop, Crash Recovery, Proxy Switcher, Mouse Gesture, Tab History Browser, Web Accelerator, User Agent Switcher, Webpage Capturer, AD Blocker, Flash Block, a Greasemonkey-like User Scripts platform, User Plug-ins...and more), the new version now offers the following:Support for prefetching to speed up surfing A Session Manager that lets you save your open tabs A Download Manager called MiniDM that support drag & drop of multiple links Yes, I'm totally downloading this now. If you use IE, you simply have to have this. (via DownloadSquad) http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/New-Version-of-IE7-Pro-Released Sun, 25 May 2008 16:59:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/New-Version-of-IE7-Pro-Released Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/New-Version-of-IE7-Pro-Released/RSS add-on IE7 IE7 Pro add-ons addons Feeds Plus: Enhanced Feed Reading in IE7 Feeds Plus is an "unofficial" IE7 add-on developed by Nate Furtwangler and Chrix Finne, both of whom interned with the IE RSS Team. The Feeds Plus add-on they created during this time brings aggregation and notification to your IE7 feed reading experience. With Feeds Plus, feeds can be grouped within a folder and read as an aggregated feed, and this feed can be searched, sorted, and filtered just like you can with non-aggregated feeds. 

A second feature is a pop-up feed notification reminiscent of Outlook’s. You can decide which feeds matter most to you and then be notified with this pop-up as soon as those feeds have new items waiting. The pop-up is unobtrusive - it fades in and out - and it includes a handy link to the feeds that it’s announcing. For more info on Feed Plus check out this blog post at the Microsoft RSS blog. You can get the Feed Plus add-on here. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Feeds-Plus-Enhanced-Feed-Reading-in-IE7 Feeds Plus is an "unofficial" IE7 add-on developed by Nate Furtwangler and Chrix Finne, both of whom interned with the IE RSS Team. The Feeds Plus add-on they created during this time brings aggregation and notification to your IE7 feed reading experience. With Feeds Plus, feeds can be grouped within a folder and read as an aggregated feed, and this feed can be searched, sorted, and filtered just like you can with non-aggregated feeds. A second feature is a pop-up feed notification reminiscent of Outlook’s. You can decide which feeds matter most to you and then be notified with this pop-up as soon as those feeds have new items waiting. The pop-up is unobtrusive - it fades in and out - and it includes a handy link to the feeds that it’s announcing. For more info on Feed Plus check out this blog post at the Microsoft RSS blog. You can get the Feed Plus add-on here. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Feeds-Plus-Enhanced-Feed-Reading-in-IE7 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:11:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Feeds-Plus-Enhanced-Feed-Reading-in-IE7 Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Feeds-Plus-Enhanced-Feed-Reading-in-IE7/RSS IE7 RSS feeds add-ons