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Onfolio v2.0 provides integrated tools for reading RSS news feeds, collecting and organizing online content, and publishing to email, weblogs, and websites. Software incorporates newspaper-style RSS reader that runs within Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. Tool puts all online information together laid out in easy-to-read, searchable format, enabling user to build sources of information, organize data, and share it quickly.
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Onfolio Unveils Onfolio 2.0 at DEMO@15!
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts and SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, February 14 -- Onfolio 2.0 Makes Online Research More Effective by Combining RSS Feed Reading, Local Capture and Personal Web Publishing in a Single Application, Built Into the Browser.
Onfolio, Inc., an independent software company committed to helping professionals conduct research and manage web information, today officially unveiled Onfolio 2.0 at DEMO@15!, the annual conference that focuses on emerging technologies and new products. Onfolio 2.0 is the only complete PC solution that's built into the browser with integrated tools for reading RSS news feeds, collecting and organizing online content and publishing to email, weblogs and websites.
The Internet has become a significant resource for business and academic research. According to Pew Internet & American Life Project, on a typical day, 24 million Americans do research for their job online. This online research has grown to encompass all types of media, from standard news outlets and research houses, to tightly focused online communities and blogs.
Five million people post or share some kind of material on the Web through their own blogs or other content-creating applications on a typical day and 32 million Americans read blogs, according to Pew. In 2004, 14 million people went online each day to conduct school- or training-related research. Until
now, there hasn't been a complete solution for collecting, organizing and sharing all of this research effectively.
Built for Internet users who conduct research online, Onfolio 2.0 extends its capturing capabilities in earlier versions by adding an integrated, easy-to-use, newspaper-style RSS reader that runs within Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. This business productivity tool puts all online information together, laid out in an easy-to-read and easily searchable
format that enables the user to build sources of information, organize that data and share it quickly. New in Onfolio 2.0 is the ability to collaborate with teams using shared collections. Users can sign up to receive notifications when collections are modified. For professionals whose job it is to track information in real time, this tool is ideal for managing online content.
"As traditional publishers and mainstream media sources move to RSS for content syndication, and as blogs take a more serious place in the arsenal of business and academic researchers, new kinds of tools are needed to help serious consumers of information filter through the flow," said Chris Shipley, executive producer of the DEMO Conferences. "By combining RSS
aggregation, Web information management and personal publishing into a single product, Onfolio 2.0 is uniquely positioned to help PC users stay on top of the information that matters in their profession."
New features in Onfolio 2.0 include:
- Integrated, fully-featured RSS news feed reader
- Complete integration with the Mozilla Firefox browser
- Workgroup collaboration using Onfolio Collections
- More flexible publishing options including structured web reports and blog posting
- Complete website capture, multi-part article capture and silent capture
- Microsoft Outlook integration for email capture
- Searching for documents and link targets by content
- Searching for items by properties, and save searches as folders
- Integration with Thomson ResearchSoft's EndNote 8
"We created Onfolio to give Internet users a powerful tool for managing information found online and with this new release, we have created a truly complete offering," said JJ Allaire, CEO of Onfolio. "While the first version of the product enabled users to actively collect information by searching information online, Onfolio 2.0 adds a powerful way to have important information come to them through the RSS reader, giving users a single interface to manage all of their web research."
Pricing and Availability
A pre-release version of Onfolio Professional is available for free download at www.onfolio.com. Onfolio will be available in April 2005 for purchase in two editions: Onfolio Professional Edition at $99.95 and Onfolio Personal Edition at $29.95. A promotional upgrade rate will be available for Onfolio 1.0 users and Beta testers.
About Onfolio
Onfolio, Inc. is an independent software company committed to empowering Internet users with tools for collecting, organizing and sharing information online. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Onfolio was founded by a group of experienced professionals from top software firms in New England including
Macromedia, Allaire, Silverstream and Akami. The company's products enable Internet users to easily manage Web information. For more information, please visit www.onfolio.com.
