(May 2010) What’s new in Nomadesk 4.0

This is a major upgrade in which we added some exciting new features and made important enhancements to both the Nomadesk Client Software and the Nomadesk Online Dashboard.

With this release, we also remove the beta label from the Nomadesk for Mac OS X release.

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File Revisions

This highly demanded feature allows team members to view and restore previous (backup) versions of files up to 14 days back. In addition to the automatic daily versions, customers can also create an unlimited number of manual versions or “snapshots”.

Search

The search feature allows you to search through your Fileserver and retrieve files or folder names in seconds.

Link Management

Ever wanted to disable that FileLink you just sent? Want to know how many times your file has been downloaded? Now you can do all this with Link Management. Link Management allows you to view, track and manage all FileLinks, FolderLinks* and Widgets* that you have sent.

Guest Permissions

Control and define guest permissions when inviting someone to your team Fileserver.  Define who can share Files with Widgets and FolderLinks or who can invite other team members.

Other enhancements

• Transfer Fileserver ownership – hand over the ownership of a Fileserver (available in My Account)
• Change Account E-mail address (available in My Account)
• Auto thumbnail view – folders with many pictures will automatically switch to thumbnail view
• Image preview for Widgets – Widget supports previewing images and PDFs directly from the folder
• Client download – download and install Nomadesk directly from your online dashboard
• File and Folder properties
• Theftguard layout optimizations

Create your Nomadesk Account online:

Only have access to a browser but want to benefit from all the great online Nomadesk features? Go ahead, start working with your online Nomadesk and install the Desktop Client later. How? Go to https://mynomadesk.com/logon/signup and follow the online instructions.

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Nomadesk for Mac OS X

• With this release, Nomadesk for Mac OS X has gone out of beta.
• Support for Mac Services Menu

Nomadesk for Windows and Nomadesk for Mac OS X

On both platforms the following features have been introduced:

• Guest Access Settings – Control and define guest permissions when inviting someone to your team Fileserver.
• FolderLink* – Share a complete folder and its contents directly from your desktop.
• Widget* – Embed a folder in your website and publish the content automatically from your desktop.

Nomadesk for Windows

• FileLink for Microsoft Outlook® – This is an add-in that prompts users to convert files from attachments to FileLinks

Other enhancements

• Improved Proxy Support
• Fixed some stability issues when importing Fileservers
• Modification date issue when moving or copying Files
• Synchronization solver improvements (Mac OS X)
• Move data location to another partition
• Issue with installer (Mac OS X)
• Windows 7 CPU time issue on 64 bit machines

* Only available on Team Fileservers

(February 2010) What’s new in Nomadesk 3.3.3

This is a maintenance release in which we made important changes and enhancements to the Nomadesk Client Software and the Nomadesk Online Dashboard.

Nomadesk Client

Synchronization solver – Exchange files with confidence between multiple platforms.

This is a new wizard which allows solving issues that might occur when synchronizing files between Mac, Windows and the online Nomadesk. Currently the following issues will be handled by the wizard: file/folder names that are too long for the destined platform, issues with duplicate filenames, invalid characters and more.

Enhancements

• Additional language support for help and Getting Started documentation.
• Improved Quick Ignore patterns.
• Conflict solving: in some cases, empty or invalid options were shown on file conflicts.
• Synchronization stability improvements.
• On Mac OS X, specific issues with the context menu have been resolved.
• On specific systems, Email2Folder attachments were renamed.
• Purchasing improvements.
• On Windows, specific conflicts with filenames containing Unicode characters could not be resolved.
• Fixed an issue where the language selection would revert to English after client restart (Windows)

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The Online Dashboard has undergone some significant changes and adds some exciting new features. Find out more below.

*New* Nomadesk Folder Widget (on Team Fileservers)

Take any folder on your Nomadesk Team Fileserver and publish its contents on your website or blog.  How? Just select the folder and choose the “Embed in your site” option from the right-click or drop down menu. Thanks to the Nomadesk File synchronization, your files can automatically be published or shared with anyone, anywhere.

By the way, this feature will also be made available in a future Nomadesk Client Update, so make sure to check our website regularly.

New FolderLink* features:

• Public file uploads - With the public file uploads function, you can allow anyone to upload and publish files directly to your Fileserver without using FTP, VPN and without requiring any programming skills.

New FolderLink* and FileLink improvements and features:

• Password protection - A File or FolderLink can be protected with a password so you can securely share files or folders for an unlimited period.
• Maximum number of downloads - Set the maximum number of allowed downloads to contain distribution of your files in the wild.

_{* Only available on Team Fileservers}

Create your Nomadesk Account online:

Only have access to a browser but want to benefit from all the great online Nomadesk features? Go ahead, start working with your online Nomadesk and install the Desktop Client later. How? Go to https://mynomadesk.com/logon/signup and follow the online instructions.

Other Improvements:

• Upgrade a Personal Fileserver to Team - No need to create a new Fileserver, just click the upgrade button and all the great features of a Team Fileserver will be instantly enabled. Your data will of course automatically be available.
• Unsubscribe from a Fileserver - If you no longer need access to a certain Fileserver, use the unsubscribe feature and we’ll automatically inform the Owner and remove the Fileserver from your account.
• Fileserver stats - Find out how much storage you are using, how many FileLinks have been created and much more.
• Change your email address when accepting an invitation - If you received a Fileserver invitation on the wrong email address, you can now correct it while completing your account information.
• Trials, registration and purchases from the online Dashboard -  Purchase additional Fileservers and instantly use them without leaving your browser.

Layout Improvements:

• Left navigation pane combines Fileserver and Theftguard view
• Theftguard is now accessible from the second tab instead of underneath the Fileserver list.
• Actions you can perform on Fileservers are now visible when you expand the Fileserver (click the green arrow in front of the Fileserver). This layout allows for a clearer view of your Nomadesk Online Dashboard.
• Some issues have been solved where an overlay might pop up when accessing the context menu.