User Experience and Calendar 2008

The upcoming User Experience and Calendar release contains the following new features:

     
User Experience Enhancements              
                   
Auto-Complete - Auto-complete email addresses when typing in the To, CC and BCC field of email composition
Auto-recognize Email Addresses - In email message view, the system will  auto-recognize email addresses in email bodies and make them email-able links
Advanced Search - In the “Advanced Search” dialog, clicking a checkbox next to a parent folder in the folder tree will only search within the parent directory
Automatically add new email addresses to contacts when receiving email    
Flagging Emails By Level of Importance - Ability to flag emails by level of importance: High, Normal, or Low
CC & BCC Collapsed - In email composition window, CC & BCC fields will be collapsed to free up screen space
Save Draft - Saving draft will no longer close the email composition window    
Pop-up Windows in Email Rich-Text Editor  - Insert link or attachment no longer pop under the active window
Multiple Recipients In To, CC & BCC List - When adding recipients to a message’s To, CC, & BCC list, the box will expand & roll up
Cursor Within Email Compose Window - When composing a new email, the cursor will be in the “To” field, not in the message body.  When replying to a message, the cursor will be in the message body.
Multiple File Attachment - Reduced the number of pop-up windows that a user has to navigate to get to the file attachment dialog
Reply And Forward Flags - Email messages which have either been forwarded or replied-to will be flagged appropriately
                   
GDS Enhancements                
                   
Customized layout manager (may be saved)- Adds the ability to automatically save changes to a layout and add pods from other applications to the layout.
Pop-Out/Pop-In functionality- New Email, New Task, New Event, and New Contact shall exist in both pop-up and pod form.  The pod dialog shall include a ‘pop-out’ icon in the title bar that will close the pod and open the pop-up version.  Pod-based dialog boxes offer superior performance and can more easily offer enhanced functionality due to their access to the already loaded GDS objects.
Combined Quick Calendar and Shared Calendar- The scheduler and shared calendar pods shall be combined into one pod using tabs to select with component.  
New Calendar Display- If more events exist for a given day than can be displayed, a “+X Events” will be displayed at the bottom of the day, where X is the number of undisplayed events.  
Send attachments with a meeting request          
Email Notifications for new meeting invites with response capabilities    
Additional MyDay features             
                   

eFax - All New!

               
Fax-on demand abilities            
Membership available            
Free trial available              
Use of contacts info to send faxes          
                   
FTD/Amazon - All New!              
                   
Receive reminder of birthdays and gift-giving occasions on your MyDay page.    
Send gifts and flowers to anyone on your contacts list directly from your email account.