1.6 What’s new in version 4.3?

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1.6 What’s new in version 4.3?

Polling: BSCW allows users to create and manage polls. Polls provide means to collect and evaluate the opinion of other users on certain topics. BSCW provides an interface for editing, executing and evaluating polls. Polls may be accessible to the general public or to the members of a workspace only (see 6).
Flow folders: Flow folders are special folders that are moved from person to person in order to get a certain job done. The new flow folders enhance and replace the existing circulation folders in BSCW; incoming folders and tasks are now integrated into the user’s personal task list (see 8.2).
Mobile access: BSCW provides special interfaces for mobile devices ranging from simple WAP devices to PDAs and SmartPhones with an integrated Web browser. The WAP interface has been completely redesigned and augmented by a new interface for PDAs and SmartPhones (see 10).
Integrated HTML editor: Editors for browser based editing of HTML content have been integrated into BSCW and will allow editing of Web documents and workspace banners (see 4.3.3).
Contact lists: BSCW provides a new kind of object to collect address and contact information in workspaces. Users may establish contact lists to share contact data in workspaces and import/export contact information to external applications (see 4.5.4).
Reminder and scheduler service: BSCW features user-defined reminders based on a generic scheduler service. Users may define alerts to appointments in order to be reminded of an upcoming event in advance (see 5.1). Documents may be scheduled for resubmission (see 3.2.1).
Temporary external access to documents: Users may send URLs of documents to both workspace members and non-members, enabling anonymous access (via temporary tokens). This allows external access to documents without the need to invite external users or to send documents as attachments (see 4.5.5.2).
Freezing documents: BSCW allows users to freeze documents (and notes) to mark them as final. Frozen documents cannot be modified anymore until explicitly unfrozen by either the owner or the system administrator (see 4.8.7).
BSCW event news feeds: BSCW offers RSS news feeds to external news readers enabling external access to BSCW events (see 12.2).
Various other improvements: BSCW supports sessions per user, which enables a logout function (see 2.2.2). Discussion forums provide an improved view of individual notes. The calendar offers recurring appointments, e.g. periodic meetings or birthdays (see 5.1). An additional document upload helper has been integrated that allows convenient document upload to BSCW workspaces (see 9.4). A new simplified standard content search has been implemented allowing document search based on content (see 4.10.2). Several performance improvements speed up the system (e.g. faster document upload).

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1.6 What’s new in version 4.3? Polling BSCW allows users to create and manage polls. Polls provide means to collect and evaluate the opinion of other users on certain topics. BSCW provides an interface for editing, executing and evaluating polls. Polls may be accessible to the general public or to the members of a workspace only (see 6). Flow folders Flow folders are special folders that are moved from person to person in order to get a certain job done. The new flow folders enhance and replace the existing circulation folders in BSCW; incoming folders and tasks are now integrated into the user’s personal task list (see 8.2). Mobile access BSCW provides special interfaces for mobile devices ranging from simple WAP devices to PDAs and SmartPhones with an integrated Web browser. The WAP interface has been completely redesigned and augmented by a new interface for PDAs and SmartPhones (see 10). Integrated HTML editor Editors for browser based editing of HTML content have been integrated into BSCW and will allow editing of Web documents and workspace banners (see 4.3.3). Contact lists BSCW provides a new kind of object to collect address and contact information in workspaces. Users may establish contact lists to share contact data in workspaces and import/export contact information to external applications (see 4.5.4). Reminder and scheduler service BSCW features user-defined reminders based on a generic scheduler service. Users may define alerts to appointments in order to be reminded of an upcoming event in advance (see 5.1). Documents may be scheduled for resubmission (see 3.2.1). Temporary external access to documents Users may send URLs of documents to both workspace members and non-members, enabling anonymous access (via temporary tokens). This allows external access to documents without the need to invite external users or to send documents as attachments (see 4.5.5.2). Freezing documents BSCW allows users to freeze documents (and notes) to mark them as final. Frozen documents cannot be modified anymore until explicitly unfrozen by either the owner or the system administrator (see 4.8.7). BSCW event news feeds BSCW offers RSS news feeds to external news readers enabling external access to BSCW events (see 12.2). Various other improvements BSCW supports sessions per user, which enables a logout function (see 2.2.2). Discussion forums provide an improved view of individual notes. The calendar offers recurring appointments, e.g. periodic meetings or birthdays (see 5.1). An additional document upload helper has been integrated that allows convenient document upload to BSCW workspaces (see 9.4). A new simplified standard content search has been implemented allowing document search based on content (see 4.10.2). Several performance improvements speed up the system (e.g. faster document upload).

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