[01.30.04] Updates to the Plaxo Web Site

We have just released some updates to the Plaxo Web site. Most of the changes are in preparation for the new Outlook/Outlook Express plugin that will be coming out soon, but there are also some new features we wanted to tell you about:

  • You can now manually update any contact to be in the "Replied" state by using the Web site.
  • You can now send update requests from any of your e-mail addresses (coming soon to the Oulook/OE version as well)
  • New "How to Reinstall Guide" on Help Center
  • Importing your address book on the Web site now works with the MAC Palm TSV file format
  • Improved the lost password and lost security answer pages
  • New About Customer Care page
  • You can now select a contiguous block of contacts in the "grid view" of the Web address book by checking the first contact and then holding Shift and clicking the last contact
  • Added ability to rename contact folders on the Web site (look for "Rename Folder" at the bottom-right of the Web address book)
  • Several minor bug fixes

If you haven't checked out the Web version of Plaxo yet, go to www.plaxo.com and click "Sign In" at the upper-right of the page. If you don't have an account with Plaxo yet, you'll need to register for one first. The Web site can be used in conjunction with the Outlook/OE version of Plaxo or you can sign up as a Web-only user. Please post comments if you experience any problems (or if these changes make your life better).

Thanks,
The Plaxo Team

Posted by Joseph Smarr at January 30, 2004 @ 10:26 AM | permalink

Comments

I can't seem to delete my contacts from the online version...they reappear anytime I return to the folder. Any ideas?

Posted by: lily at February 3, 2004 01:49 AM

Hiya. First of all, congrats on the Outlook plug-in. That's a nice milestone for you folks to reach.

My question is this: are there any plans for Eudora compatibility? I am a long-time user of Eudora (back when Steve Dorner was developing it solo at UofI) and don't really care to switch. I have also a Web-based user of Plaxo for a few months and really admire the service (and the P2P-contacts concept), but feel kind of left out.

I'd even pay a nominal fee to help support a Eudora plug-in.

Any chance of this happening? Or is this more along the lines of "sorry, it's not going to happen."

Thanks again.

Posted by: Eudora Fan at February 4, 2004 02:30 PM

We don't have any current plans to make a Plaxo plug-in for Eudora. However, we certainly want to integrate Plaxo in other programs in the future. We are currently developing a Plaxo API (web service) that will let third-parties write programs that talk to Plaxo, so it's possible an enterprising developer will write a Eudora plug-in before we get to it. I'm sure that when we (or someone else) builds Plaxo support for Eudora (or similar programs) we'll make an announcement about it. Thanks for your interest and I hope in the meantime the web version of Plaxo is providing value to you.

Posted by: Joseph Smarr at February 4, 2004 02:47 PM