Microsoft Outlook Facebook Add-On

Martin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:27:15 +0000

The very same developer that is offering the Microsoft Outlook Twitter Add-on has created another add-on for Microsoft Outlook that is integrating Facebook in the email client. FBLook is available for Microsoft Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 running on Windows 2000 or later. It integrates some of the functionality of Facebook in Outlook including the ability to update the status from within the email client, receiving status updates from friends and seeing the number of new requests (including Friend Requests, Messages, Invites, Pokes)

The installation of the Facebook add-on for Outlook takes only a few seconds and requires no user interaction at all. New buttons are added to the Outlook toolbar that become visible on the next start of the email client.

It is obviously required to log into Facebook before information can be retrieved and send to the online service. This is done by clicking on the Login to Facebook button in Outlook. It will spawn a new browser window or tab that is displaying the Facebook login page. The user has to log in and confirm the log in in Outlook to be able to use the controls in the email client.

From then on its possible to use all the features provided by the Microsoft Outlook add-on. One interesting option provided is to update the Facebook status using the music track played in either Windows Media Player or iTunes.

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Microsoft Outlook Folder Search Add-On

Martin — Fri, 15 May 2009 23:20:56 +0000

Hana Outlook Folder Search is a Microsoft Outlook add-on that provides additional folder search functionality and management. Outlook users who work with dozens or even hundreds of folders will appreciate the add-on the most while users with only a handful might not at all. It is a specialized Outlook add-on that provides in interface outside of Microsoft Outlook. It is best used next to Outlook to take full advantage of the possibilities it offers. It provides instant search as you type results and finds folder names in seconds. Please note that this is restricted to folder names, it will not find emails at all.

A double-click on a folder in the Outlook add-on will open it directly in a new Microsoft Outlook window. It is furthermore possible to copy mails to the folders in the Outlook add-on which might prove to be a quicker way for users with lots of folders. This can be done by right-clicking selected emails in Outlook and selecting “Move Selected email to this folde” or by using the shortcut [Ctrl V]. Folders can be added to favorites for quick access.

The second interesting option that is provided by Hana Outlook Folder Search is to remove email duplicates from selected folders. The add-on can automatically check for duplicate emails. This is done by checking the message-id headers and comparing it to emails that have been received in the last 48 hours.

The Microsoft Outlook add-on is definitely not an add-on for every Outlook user. The duplicate mail detection might make it interesting for users that do not use the add-on’s main search feature.

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