Roundcube Stable Release!
After 2 years of hard work the program has finally reached a stable version, the webmail client has a very nice interface and comes with some new updates for the stable version. I am proud to be a RoundCube user, it is small, scalable, lightweight and neat. The interface is good-looking and works like a charm with AJAX.
Some of the new updates in 0.1-stable are:
- An interactive installer script
- Remember decision to display images (annoyed me very much before)
- Improve message compose screen
More updates are found at the Trac Changelog
Unfortunately the RoundCube 0.1-stable is in PHP4 which means that the PHP5 support will be added after this release. It is kind of sad that they did not code this release in PHP5 so it would be easier to configure and more powerful.
How to upgrade from existing installation
The easiest way to do this, is read the README, where it says to replace some things;
- Replace index.php
- Replace all files in folder /bin/
- Replace all files in folder /program/
- Replace all files in folder /skins/default/
And then it is all done, your RoundCube 0.1-stable release is ready to rock (mostly receive mail though)
Thoughts
Why do I use RoundCube? The main thing is that it looks and behaves nice, it is also smooth and fast. RoundCube is not so old yet, so some problems is bound to occur. The thing I would like to have is a filter option in it that will take care of my Postfix filters, I know that there are plugins for this but I would like to have them there from the beginning. Yes, better plugin implementations would be nice as well, take over the easiness of WordPress to add plugins.
I have not tried the RoundCube Installer script but I would like to know if it is working well and if it is as good as it should be.
RoundCube works rather well for small mailboxes. However, on my main mail account, which has over 35,000 messages, RoundCube is excruciatingly slow. It is good for what it does, and serves its purpose when I don’t have access to my mail client, but it is too slow for my everyday use.
James Cassell
March 11, 2008 at 03:08
does anyone knows if there is any other information about this subject in other languages?
Yaz Okulu
March 13, 2008 at 08:45
Sorry Yaz, I do not have a clue if there is information about Roundcube in other languages, Russian Roundcube exists and there are language packs to almost every language. Try checking the Roundcube website.
Anton
March 13, 2008 at 15:18