Conversations

We just put out a new release of Kerika this afternoon: 0.9.5 Beta.

Yes, I know this too soon after 0.9.4 got released just 2 weeks ago, but we have a good reason for doing this:

We originally had an instant messaging (chat) function in Kerika that we called Conversations. When we first started what invitation-only beta testing with a small handful of people at the beginning of the year, those folks didn't seem to have much need for IM. In the interests of simplifying the product and the user interface (and let me tell you, the first version was really over-crowded with functionality and buttons!), we took out the Conversations feature altogether.

We figured that no one would miss it. Well, we were wrong about that.

In the past week or so I have gotten a lot of feedback to the effect that adding an instant messaging capability to Kerika would be a great idea. We already had this function built, so we decided, in an impromptu sort of way, to bring it back.

To access this new feature, you need to upgrade your Kerika if you have version 0.9.4 Beta. Here's how you can check which version you currently have:

• Windows users: Click on the Help menu and select the "About" option.
• Mac users: Click on the "Kerika" menu and select the "About" option.
  

And here's how you can upgrade:

• Windows users: first, uninstall your old Kerika. The easiest way is to go to your Programs Menu by clicking on Start-->All Programs-->Kerika and selecting "Uninstall Kerika." Then, download and install the new version.
  
• Mac users: just download and install the new version.

All your old projects, documents, account information, etc. are preserved when you uninstall or upgrade Kerika.

Let me know what you think of this new feature...