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New in the FirstClass client Version 8.3
New look
• Updated interface that highlights FirstClass applications and improves ease of use.
• Resizable icons.
• Wrap text in list view.
Bookmarks
• Import bookmarks from your web browser.
Web publishing
• Enhanced web publishing functionality, including creating blogs and podcasts, and viewing your web site as you develop it.
Toolbars
• Back and Forward buttons let you move among the objects you have previously opened, just as if you were using a web browser.
Deleting objects
• Objects in folders never expire by default.
• Objects are no longer deleted at the next trash collection, but are retained for a period determined by your administrator.
• A Trash Can on your Desktop allows you to see in one place what you have deleted and what has expired in your personal containers, and lets you undelete.
Messages
• Choose from your mail aliases when sending Internet mail.
• FirstClass substitutes local FirstClass addresses for Internet addresses where possible.
• Display a unified Mailbox or a separate Inbox/Outbox.
• Choose a FirstClass or Outlook style for your standard message form.
Calendars
• Choose font for calendar views.
• Urgent events and tasks listed before nonurgent ones.
• Incoming events take on your own reminder preference.
• Dragging a message or document to a calendar creates an event. Dragging to the Today list creates a task.
• Dragging a vCalendar file to a calendar creates an event.
• Commonly used fields now on the first Calendar Event form tab.
• Saturday and Sunday split in month view.
• Weekend days determined by your work week start day.
FirstClass Personal
• Full sync of all objects in your personal calendar, and Contacts, Bookmarks, and Documents folders.
Other
• Mac now refers strictly to Mac OS X.
• Workgroups provide a simplified way to create shared user areas.
• Use templates as a basis for new objects.
• Automatic notification of newer client versions.
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