Version 1.2 in beta test now

We have been beta testing version 1.2 with a few selected customers, and hope to release it in the coming days once we get the final OK from the beta users.

This version will have some significant new functionality:

1. Mac users will be able to add "packages" to Idea Pages: some Mac applications, e.g. Keynote, OmniPlan, Pages, etc. save user documents as "packages", which look like files but are actually folders. Previously, Kerika would handle only ordinary files, which meant that Mac users couldn't use our great document management features when sharing documents produced by these applications – but all that will change with version 1.2!
2. As a happy consequence of adding this new feature, version 1.2 will also let you drag-and-drop entire folders (directories) onto your Idea Pages! So if you already have a bunch of files and folders organized for a particular project, you can now import the whole bunch with a single action by dragging-and-dropping the top-level folder. (This benefits everyone, not just Mac users.)
3. Finally, in order to effectively allow users to share packages, we had to change the way Kerika sends files from one user to another: with version 1.2, these files will get zipped up and then chunked (i.e. broken into smaller pieces) before being sent, which should mean better network performance and improved privacy.

Zipping the files before sending them is a big change in the software, and it means that once we release version 1.2, all users will need to upgrade to the new version because it will not be possible for a version 1.1 user to correctly process files sent by a version 1.2 user.

We realize this is a disruptive change, and it isn't something we like to do on a regular basis, but adding these new features was important to a large segment of our user community. We would stress, however, that the need to upgrade doesn't mean you will lose any old Idea Pages or other data: all your old information will get imported automatically.

If you would like to get an early peek at this new version, please contact us.