Horde Webmail is even more of a collaborative framework of services. And since June 14, a new version of Horde is out. This is version 4, which is a major new release.
The following new features and changes improved overall Horde 4 performance.
- Completely rewritten in PHP 5
- New installation procedure through a PEAR installer
- Simplifying the configuration process
- Support for ActiveSync
- Layout without frames
- Group preferences
- Improving the cache and reducing the size of the sessions.
- Shared libraries are faster
- Reducing dependencies on external libraries
- Many miscellaneous improvements.
Mail:
- Many interface improvements including a vertical side panel
- Complete rewrite of IMAP support for better support and a great performance improvement
- Increased and improved filter capabilities and research
- Rapid response capability
- Improved notifications of new posts
- Better display of HTML mail
- HTML Signature
- Automatic saving of drafts
- Support for custom IMAP flags
- Reduced memory usage
Address book:
* Search for duplicates and opportunities to merge contacts
Calendar:
- New AJAX interface with integrated task management
- New interface for mobile
- Resource planning
- Colorization of the calendar
- Tagging system
- Support for cross-timezone
- Support CalDAV
- Reinforced exceptions for recurring events
- Improved messages for notifications and invitations.
Management tasks:
- New AJAX interface in the calendar
- System task list
- Colorization task lists
- Quickly add tasks