| Slightly different purpose. I use Xobni to help me find contacts and phone numbers more quickly. I use X1 for finding documents, or if I need more information from an email.
Say, for example, that I want to email the Stated Clerk of X PCA church. I have emailed him before, but forget his name. I know that TE Smith is the pastor there. I can search in Xobni for Smith (or just click on an email from Smith) and it will show me the "network" for Smith and me. So the odds are that I have sent an email to Smith and copied the Clerk. In the window below "Smith" are "people connected to Smith" and the Clerk will be there. I can click on his name, and all the emails we have sent back and forth (grouped by conversation liike Gmail) are listed, as well as the attachments we have shared.
That is helpful also. So instead of running an X1 search on "Draft 2008 budget" that I know that I sent to the Treasurer, I can simply search the Treasurer's name (or select an email in my inbox from him) and the attachments will show at the bottom of the sidebar window. I can open the attachment right from the sidebar, without having to find or open the email!
Very neat in my opinion. I like both X1 and Xobni.
__________________ Fredrick T. Greco
Senior Pastor, Christ Church PCA (Katy, TX) Christ Church Blog "The heart is the main thing in true religion...It is the hinge and turning-point in the condition of man's soul. If the heart is alive to God and quickened by the Spirit, the man is a living Christian. If the heart is dead and has not the Spirit, the man is dead before God." (J.C. Ryle) |