The main feature of the 2.5 release is the full support of Google Gadgets:
- Gadgets can be placed in the user
workspace or in the new
dashboard that provides a fully customizable gadget page
- Edit and maintain custom gadgets within eXo Portal either with the inline gadget <a href="http://blog.exoplatform.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/editgadget.png>editor</a> or externally via webdav using your favorite editor
- Reuse gadgets from a remote repository such as iGoogle directory
- Acts as a gadget repository to reuse hosted gadget in an external consumer
The other major feature of 2.5 is the support of the right to left languages with the new <a href="http://blog.exoplatform.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/rtl.png">RTL framework and it provides a support for the Arabic language
Beside that the news and noteworthy features are
- Upgrade of the overall look and feel
- The new application registry supports now gadgets via a more intuitive user
interface
- Improved usability of the portal editor with the support of the page body
drag and drop
- Drop of the support of the widget framework in favor of OpenSocial gadgets
- Product split between the portal and the WebOS, now the WebOS is considered as a separate product
You can download the release
here and read the
release notes.
