US IT Magazine Computer Power User's Review
Gives GetData's File Previewer the Thumbs Up
GetData's multi-tasking file preview software, Explorer View for Outlook, has won a strong review from leading US IT magazine, Computer Power User, in the upcoming December issue.
Reviewer Warren Ernst describes the application as "clever" and adds in conclusion -
"For businesses swamped with dozens of attachments a day, the price seems more than reasonable for all the time and effort Explorer View could save".
His full review follows:
"Explorer View for Outlook - $29.95 - GetData Software Development Company
www.explorerview.com/outlook-attachment-preview.php
"Outlook is many things to many people, but a good filing system for attachments it ain’t. Of course, Outlook is happy to store email attachments within its mailstore file, but viewing them later can be a chore, especially if you lack the suitable program to open them. Explorer View for Outlook makes it easy to work with almost any attachment directly within all versions of Outlook, even if you don’t have whatever program you need to open whatever attachment you get.
"Once installed, Explorer View for Outlook adds a new attachment viewing and manipulation ability to Outlook, along with a new single-button toolbar that allows quick access to Explorer View’s options. When you receive attachments, they’re listed directly within the email. Clicking the attachment’s icon immediately displays it within Outlook’s message pane, along with a mini-toolbar that allows for direct printing, copying, and word searching. For multimedia attachments such as AVIs or MP3s, playback controls let you play the file directly, while ZIP files appear as a collapsible tree.
"Explorer View is clever enough to look at the contents of attachments, rather than at filenames and/or extensions, to identify them. As such, it’s able to display attached files with incorrect three-letter extensions (for example, PDG instead of PDF files), or for files lacking extensions at all, which is a common occurrence when receiving files from our Macintosh-using colleagues. This also prevents virus-laden attachments with strange filenames from getting launched accidentally. Also, it uses its own viewers for working with attachments, so you don’t need AutoCAD for viewing DWG files, or even Word for viewing DOC files.
"In practice, Explorer View works exactly as advertised, seamlessly opening all the MP3, DOC, PDF, PPT, XLS files we threw at it, along with many others.
"Copying and printing works quickly and painlessly, as well. In fact, the only fault we can find with it is the price: For the home user who normally just saves, views, then deletes attachments, $29.95 seems a little steep. For businesses swamped with dozens of attachments a day, the price seems more than reasonable for all the time and effort Explorer View could save.
by Warren Ernst"
For more information or downloads go to www.explorerview.com
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