Zimbra Desktop 2 beta1 - already! (Mini Review)

Zimbra, a major e-mail application giant, has released the first beta version of its second generation Zimbra Desktop 2 e-mail client. Let me remind you that Zimbra was recently acquired from Yahoo , the virtualization giant VmWare .

Zimbra Desktop is a cross-platform email client created using the Mozilla Prism technology. Which contains, in addition to mail, the functions of an organizer, a task manager, a portfolio, a calendar and much more. Actually, this is in my opinion the best alternative to Microsoft Outlook.
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Zimbra Desktop can be integrated both into the native Zimbra Collaboration Suite server (a free alternative to Exchange), and into various mail services: Gmail, Yahoo mail, AOL, Microsoft Exenge IMAP, and any other POP / IMAP servers. It is also one of the first customers to support the “Offline” mode of operation.


We should not forget about the zimlet framework. Zimlet is a mini client application that greatly simplifies the work. For example, you can install a zimlet-translator or maps from google, they will search for addresses, phone numbers in letters and make of them links to the map area. Recently, I talked about the social Zimlet - which integrates the user's work environment with social networks Facebook, Twiter and others.

Changes (major) compared to Zimbra Desktop 1:

• Multi-account UI
• Virtual Mailboxes
• Cross-shared shared address book
• Improved compatibility with Zimbra Collaboration Suite 6.0. *
• Improved interface.
• Installation is done now in Winodws (Program Files), on Mac in (/ Applications.)
• The installation method has been reworked, on Windows it is now an MSI package, on a Mac it is a dmg, on Linux it’s just TGZ.
• ZD has become multi-user. You can put to all users in the system.



Performance:
Compared with the first version (1.0. *) Zimbra Desktop 2 has become more efficient. The second version switched to SQLite. Slightly reduced consumption of RAM.



Personal impressions:
There are no special external changes compared to Zimbra Desktop 1. The interface is the same in principle. Memory eats a little less.

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Windows | MacOS | Linux