OmeaNews

Dear JetBrains Omea Users,

We are pleased to finally come to you with these news.

We know that many of you were waiting for this to happen for so long, and we would like to thank you for your patience.

So, after several months of thorough work on polishing the software itself and its API, we are happily ready to announce the full availability of our "Omea" line of products in their open-source incarnation.

We hope that this step will allow us to rise the development of this great product to a new level and to attract energy and talents of everybody who likes to participate in this "adventure".

Omea - both source and companion files - is now distributed under GNU GPL v2 License (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html).

For technical details, please visit the dedicated Confluence page: http://www.jetbrains.net/confluence/display/OMEA/this+link.

All the best!

- The JetBrains Team

Dear Friends,

We have released the regular version for Omea Pro and Omea Reader - 2.2.

For the list of new features and fixes please visit the following web-page: http://www.jetbrains.net/confluence/display/OMEA/Omea+Frascati+Release+Notes.

Among the most anticipated features and fixes are:

• FireFox 2.0 support
• Mixed feeds problem is solved
• Feeds tree filtering
• Export of the resources' list in the text/html/xml format
• Show total count of items in the RSS feed, newsgroup, outlook folder and category
• Automatic database backup
• Plugins page in Options dialog now contains space for showing the author of the plugin and its description
• Pressing "Shift+Insert" key in Todo pane creates a new Subtask
• Task can now be printed
• Contact pane is reimplemented completely using CSS thus fixing most visual disasters when changing pane size
• New rule action "Download enclosure to the folder"
• All Text index operations can now be carried in the idle mode
• Notes plugin (initial version) is released
• News cross-posting bug-fix

Soon after the release we will open a public discussion of the Omea 2.5 roadmap in our newsgroups. During the discussion we hope to cleary identify the key directions so that the overall development will be more user-oriented. From now on, there is a great chance that Omea development will be much more active and more broad in features.

-- The Omea Team at JetBrains

Dear Friends,

After collecting your opinions and having long internal discussions, we have finally decided to move Omea Pro into the open source domain.

This will definitely take some time, but the first step has already been made - from now on, Omea Pro is available free of charge.

Thank you for your input, and you are welcome to contribute to Omea Pro development when it goes open-source.

-- The Omea Team at JetBrains

Dear Friends,
We have released the regular update (2.1.2) for Omea Pro and Omea Reader.
Among others it contains the following functionality:

Email

• "Ctrl-Shift-M" universal shortcut for starting new mail (works from any tab)

RSS

• Option: "Show detailed 'Source' URL for a post
• Fixed: critical bug when posts from one feed appeared in the list of the other one

News

• Fixed: crossposting processing bug - now article is linked to all subscribed crossposted group at once, without processing of these groups in turn
• Ability to show headers: new action in Actions Pane

GUI/Usability Issues

• Redesign of "Annotate&Categorize Bookmark" and "Create Clipping" dialogs.
  Now wew use more compact controls representation and full-featured "Assign Categories" dialog for setting categories
• Ctrl-click support for flagging entire (sub)thread at once. Works equally both per icon and per context menu
• Ctrl-click support for toggling unread state of the whole (sub)thread
• Fixed: duplicated selection in the list when pressing SPACE key for next unread item

Tasks

• Fixed: Start/Due Dates for a Outlook task differ from that in Omea

Views/Rules/Conditions

• New rule action "Download enclosure to the folder"

As usual, cumulative list of available functionality in 2.1.* -> 2.2 can be found in: http://www.jetbrains.net/confluence/display/OMEA/Omea+Frascati+Release+Notes

Dear Friends,
We have released the bugfix update (2.1.1) for Omea Pro and Omea Reader.
Among others it contains the following fixes:

• Export of feeds into OPML file
• Crash in resource-intensive downloads
• Behavior of news article form title when editing its subject
• Exception when Outlook plugin synchronizes the completed tasks
• Singature assignment in news servers
• Exceptions on startup.

Next release with new functionality and bugfixes will be available in two weeks.

Thank you very much for the staying with us!

We've just released version 2.1 of both Omea Reader and Omea Pro. This is a free upgrade for Omea Pro customers. (Omea Reader was and still is free!)

• Download Omea Reader 2.1 now
• Download Omea Pro 2.1 now

WHAT'S NEW

• Firefox 1.5 support (Reader and Pro)
• Font customization for different information resource types (Reader and Pro)
• Support for 4 more RSS Search Engines; subscribe to multiple feeds at once (Reader and Pro)
• Support for Outlook™ Meeting Requests (Pro)
• Hierarchical Tasks (Pro)
• Omea Reader now runs without a license key.
• Both editions iclude many usability enhancements, improved performance, and the ususal round of bug-fixes.

You can find more details in the online Release Notes at: http://www.jetbrains.net/confluence/display/OMEA/Omea+Madeira+Release+Notes

READERS - Why not step up to Pro power now?

There's never been a better time for Omea Reader users to upgrade to the power and productivity of Omea Pro. Manage and search your Outlook e-mails, tasks, and files in the same productive way you've learned to do with online information in Omea Reader. You can try Omea Pro free for 30 days with no risk or obligation. Should you decide it's not for you, then you can revert to Omea Reader without a hitch. If you decide to step up to Omea Pro, you can order online for just $49 (US).

Thanks for your interest and support for JetBrains Omea!

-- The Omea Team at JetBrains

After a 9 month incubation period, Omea 2.0 is ready to go! Our little treasure has been walking from the start, but with all the new features, Omea is ready to run circles around the competition! We've packed 2.0 full of so many upgrades that it would be impossible to mention them all here, so check out the release notes on our website:
www.jetbrains.com/omea/download/rn_omea.html?rssannouncement

If you haven't tried Omea Pro 2.0 yet, then you're in for a few surprises! Check out the demo to see how it can help you save time and stay organized: http://jetbrains.com/omea/omea20demo/omea20demo.html?feedannouncement.

And 2.0 is still just the beginning. This child of ours is constantly growing and evolving, and the team is happy to listen to your suggestions for improvements! Get involved and help us build the perfect features for you, through our Newsgroups and Online Discussion pages. You'll find them here: http://www.jetbrains.com/omea/?rsssuggestions. (Look at the "Learn More" box in the right sidebar of the page.)

Thanks to everyone for your support and encouragement throughout the last nine months! We're really excited about this release, and looking forward to your feedback! Whether you blog about us, or send us comments, we're always appreciative of the community surrounding Omea Reader and Omea Pro.

Thanks Again, Sincerely,

The Omea Team

Oh, do we have news for you!

Omea Pro and Omea Reader 2.0 are getting close! For all of you who are eager to see what we've been cooking up in the JetBrains kitchen, we'll be unleashing Release Candidate 1 later today. Get it here: http://www.jetbrains.com/omea/download/eap.html

If you purchased Omea Pro 1.x then you are entitled to a free upgrade to Omea Pro 2.0.

This release comes to you thanks to the JetBrains Omea Team and the hard-working EAP members who graciously spend their time identifying bugs, glitches, and problems, as well as suggesting improvements, asking needed questions, and supporting the team with their comments and feedback. Thanks a lot everyone.

This release is bringing a series of dramatic improvements to Omea. Including (but definitely not limited to)...

• Cleaning up the GUI so it's easier to use
• Serious memory and performance upgrades
• Tighter browser integration, so instead of surfing within Omea, now you can use your browser normally, and subscribe to RSS feeds, or take clippings directly
• Support for
• Partial word searches (so your searching and auto-organizing is easier)
• Excel
• Podcasts
• Comments to feed posts
• Importing subscription archives from SharpReader, RSS Bandit, and FeedDemon
• And about 50-60 more improvements...

Really, there's no room in this feed for the whole list, so if you're interested to see if your suggestion made the cut, check out the whole list of improvements here:

Has it been a month already? Time sure moves quickly in this industry!

We’ve got some small news and some big news for you all today:

Let’s start with the small news first.

On Saturday June 4th Omea returned to its intended price of $99 USD. Now everyone who bought it at 49 bucks can brag to their friends and remind everyone about their incredible shopping techniques. For those of you who delayed your purchase, Omea is still a steal at $99 USD, especially considering that (* big news right here *) Tokaj is on the way!

We’ll be releasing Tokaj in the next few weeks, with all its glorious performance improvements, further integration with IE and Firefox, and advanced functionality… and we’ve tentatively named it: Omea 1.5 ( we’re so creative)

If you’re one of those “Early Adopters” and you just need to get your hands on this technology before it’s released to the general public, then grab a copy of our Omea Pro or Omea Reader EAP versions right here:
http://www.jetbrains.com/omea/download/eap.html

Have a great day,

The Omea Team

These last 6 months have been a great learning experience for Omea Pro! Since its introduction, we have received buckets of compliments, congratulations, and constructive criticisms, and we have spent some long, long nights implementing the best of them. So this is our official announcement: Omea 1.5 is nearing release, but before that, our introductory price of $49 USD will be coming to an end on June 4th, 2005. Everyone who purchases Omea Pro 1.x before June 4th will receive a free upgrade to 1.5, so this is your last chance to get Omea Pro and the upgrade, before it returns to $99 USD.

Make the most of your evaluation, take advantage of this offer while you can - and don't forget to tell your friends.

Get Omea Pro here: http://www.jetbrains.com/omea/buy

David Booth
Sales Executive
JetBrains, Inc.
"Develop with Pleasure!"

This is no April Fool’s Joke, this is real.

We've even released Omea 1.0.4 to commemorate the day, and the upgrade is free too!

1.0.4 is faster, stronger, heartier, and fixed a lot of bugs, so if you’ve been away from Omea Reader for a while, check it out again!

Download now at: http://www.jetbrains.com/omea/download/reader.html

Oh, and get ready for our next release, code-named "Tokaj". Cool new features and more speed... what else could you ask for?

(It was a rhetorical question, but if you really want something, grab our Early Release, and join in the discussions!)

We won!

At the 15th Annual Jolt Product Excellence and Productivity Awards, JetBrains' Omea Pro 1.0 received the honour of being picked from a strong class of competitors, to receive one of three Productivity Awards in the Utilities Category.

At the SD West Conference & Exposition in California's Silicon Valley, the editors of Software Development magazine announced the winners. Rosalyn Lum, Software Development magazine's technical editor declared that, "This has been an exciting and challenging year of Jolt judging. Every year, the competition gets tougher. Not only did we rename several categories and add a new category in midstream, we had an unprecedented number of nominations."

We here at JetBrains would like to congratulate the Macromedia team, for their work on Captivate 2004, the Jolt Award Winner in the Utilities Category.

For a full list of winners, follow this link to the Awards Ceremony Press Release.

In the February, 2005 issue of Home Computer Magazine (www.homecomputermagazine.com/), Omea Reader was announced as their Five Star Pick for free RSS Readers. But you knew that already... isn't it nice to be proven right? Check out page 34 of issue #4 for more details.

Get Early Access to Advanced Omea Features!
The Omea EAP Build 500 was released on Feb 10, and it includes a lot of improvements upon 1.0. This version is designed to be more user-friendly, more stable, quicker, and better for handling large amounts of information (nice and specific eh? For more info read on!).

The Early Access Program for Omea EAP Tokaj is open to anyone who wants to participate, and it works like this:

1. Get your user license and free copy
2. Send us your feedback!

That's it! You get full access to the EAP build, and you don't need to pay anything for it.

Get your advanced copy of Omea EAP Build 500 here:
http://www.jetbrains.com//omea/download/eap.html

If the earlier description of the improvements just isn't enough, find out more here:
http://jetbrains.net/confluence/display/OMEA/Omea+Tokaj+Release+Notes

Send bugs, problems, requests, comments, suggestions, needs, and rants to the Omea EAP Newsgroup:
jetbrains.omea.eap

Enjoy your Early Access!

—The Omea Team

A new sample plugin, PostToConfluence for Omea Pro 1.0 and Omea Reader 1.0.2 allows you to publish the text of Omea resources in Confluence. Confluence is a wiki and weblog tool developed by Atlassian: http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/

You can download this plugin at: http://download.jetbrains.com/omea/PostToConfluence-1.0.zip