Some of you might have noticed by now that Affixa's not yet emerged! Don't worry, it's still happening, it's just taking a bit longer to get things going than I'd thought (not a technology thing, just "the rest of my life getting in the way" thing!).
So what's new?
Well, the first thing is I've relented on the approach I'd proposed for charging for Affixa. There will still be a free Personal version of the software, just like gAttach! and yAttach! are free now. But there will also be a Pro version of the software that will cost about £1 per annum for individuals or £5 per annum for businesses.
If you're curious how the Personal version will differ from the Pro version, here's the detail:
| Feature | Personal | Pro |
| Gmail integration with Windows | Yes | Yes |
| Yahoo! Mail integration with Windows | Yes | Yes |
| NEW - Multiple Accounts, including the capability to have Outlook, Thunderbird, Windows Mail (etc) accounts. | No | Yes |
| NEW - Signature support for Gmail and Yahoo! Mail | No | Yes |
| NEW - Launch a different web browser to your default for each account. | No | Yes |
| NEW - Zip your attachments before uploading to Gmail or Yahoo! Mail | No | Yes |
| NEW - Automatic detection of problem attachments (e.g. .exe's, .zip files containing .exe's etc) | Yes | Yes |
| NEW - Drop.io integration for large or problem attachments. | No | Yes |
| NEW - Use custom names to identify accounts | Yes | Yes |
| Guaranteed One-to-One Customer Support for any issues you encounter | No | Yes |
Note that the Gmail features above also apply to Google Mail (UK / Germany) and Google Apps Mail.
The good news is that the functionality is all written and just needs to be tested fully.
You may notice that AOL and Windows Live Hotmail are missing from the above list. These might join the party a little further down the line.
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