We are proud to announce the release of eXo Portal 2.5
Portal
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 editor 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 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.
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