FAQs/Userful Desktop New Features

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What's New in Userful® Desktop®



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(Updated 2008.05.27)


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Feature Highlights

Below we list a number of key changes since DiscoverStation 5. This list is not exhaustive, but is intended to give an overview of the major changes in functionality shipped with Userful Desktop.

Multimedia Support

  • Improved media player browser plugin -- works with Real Audio/Video and Windows Media Player media in Web pages. You'll be able to listen to music in the background on many Web pages as well.
  • The newest Flash -- Userful Desktop has the newest Flash player provided by Adobe (10.0.12).

OpenOffice.org 2.3 Office Suite

  • Easier to make charts
  • Greater program stability
  • Better calender support
  • Kerning used to make more readable text
  • Enhanced Microsoft file format support

Firefox 2.0 Browser

  • Visual interface has been improved to make it more intuitive to use
  • Built in phishing protection helps keeps your patrons information safer
  • Better support for Web page printing
  • Inline spell-checking
  • Just as with all applications in DiscoverStation, users may customize Firefox's interface or install plugins, but everything is wiped clean when they end their session

Userful Manager (formerly Network Personalizer)

  • User interface improvements -- design and usability improvements, with a new look-and-feel consistent with DiscoverAssist
  • Improved help and documentation -- in-depth context sensitive help for each page and feature

System Level Services

  • Improved print dialog -- better usability, simple to use
  • Improved file chooser dialog -- the location entry and the dialog remains responsive even when performing time-consuming file operations

Hardware Support

  • Better support of USB devices and newer processors and drives
  • Supports a broader range of video cards
  • Multi processor support -- Userful Desktop now automatically detects your processor configuration and enables full support and utilization of multi-processor systems such as Intel Core Duo and AMD Dual Core and Quad Core processors
  • Monitor resolution settings -- now dynamically configures monitor resolution and refresh rates to limit the amount of manual configuration required (new X11R7 software)

Network Support

  • Wireless networking tool helps with the wireless setup process

Note: This applies to customers who have Userful Desktop on laptops currently. Development is underway for desktop wireless support.

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