Comments on: Xobni reviewed by PC World, given *Superior* ranking http://www.xobni.com/blog/2008/06/04/xobni-reviewed-by-pc-world-given-superior-ranking/ Outlook Search Add In Creators Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:48:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9-rare hourly 1 By: Rahul http://www.xobni.com/blog/2008/06/04/xobni-reviewed-by-pc-world-given-superior-ranking/comment-page-1/#comment-23026 Rahul Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:07:18 +0000 http://www.xobni.com/blog/?p=144#comment-23026 I am using Xobni for the 4th time across various win xp and Win 7 machines. for both personal and official use. In all of these instances, i have found that it severely kills the performance of Outlook 2007 and it takes a good 2-3 min before i get control back just trying to reply or a new email. I have Win XP SP3 with 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD on Dell Latitude D520 for about a month now. I uninstalled it and my Outlook performed much better and relieved that it returned back to normal productivity. Xobni, this definitely needs to be fixed. I am using Xobni for the 4th time across various win xp and Win 7 machines. for both personal and official use. In all of these instances, i have found that it severely kills the performance of Outlook 2007 and it takes a good 2-3 min before i get control back just trying to reply or a new email. I have Win XP SP3 with 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD on Dell Latitude D520 for about a month now. I uninstalled it and my Outlook performed much better and relieved that it returned back to normal productivity. Xobni, this definitely needs to be fixed.

]]> By: John http://www.xobni.com/blog/2008/06/04/xobni-reviewed-by-pc-world-given-superior-ranking/comment-page-1/#comment-20434 John Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:05:44 +0000 http://www.xobni.com/blog/?p=144#comment-20434 I've tried to use Xobni on and off for months, and I can vouch that it is, indeed, a resource hog. I've tried in on 3 machines - an XP with 2 GB RAM, a Vista with 4 GB RAM and an XP with 3.5 GB RAM, and *in all 3 cases* it slowed Outlook **and** other programs to a crawl, especially with starting up. I've been doing what JPK did - disabling Xobni when I needed performance, and re-enabling it when I didn't mind if Outlook took 20 minutes to start. I agree that it's a good tool to have, but until its resource problems are ironed out, it's not worth installing. I too will add myself to the list of users who like the product, but I cannot use it because of performance reasons. Xobni should address the performance issues asap. I’ve tried to use Xobni on and off for months, and I can vouch that it is, indeed, a resource hog. I’ve tried in on 3 machines – an XP with 2 GB RAM, a Vista with 4 GB RAM and an XP with 3.5 GB RAM, and *in all 3 cases* it slowed Outlook **and** other programs to a crawl, especially with starting up.

I’ve been doing what JPK did – disabling Xobni when I needed performance, and re-enabling it when I didn’t mind if Outlook took 20 minutes to start.

I agree that it’s a good tool to have, but until its resource problems are ironed out, it’s not worth installing. I too will add myself to the list of users who like the product, but I cannot use it because of performance reasons. Xobni should address the performance issues asap.

]]> By: Geno http://www.xobni.com/blog/2008/06/04/xobni-reviewed-by-pc-world-given-superior-ranking/comment-page-1/#comment-19954 Geno Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:41:50 +0000 http://www.xobni.com/blog/?p=144#comment-19954 JPK, You can disable the Xobni plugin by opening the Outlook Options dialog. go to the Other tab and click the Advanced Options button. In the Advanced Options dialog, click the Add-In Manager button and uncheck XobniRdo. The version I installed is very recent and I have no experienced any performance issues. My PST is large and is stored on a network share in another state 800 miles away. You would think that would pose a problem, but after the initial indexing, everything is working fine. Memory usage is stable, between 20-40 MB. Now if only I could gray out some of the features for my enterprise users... JPK,
You can disable the Xobni plugin by opening the Outlook Options dialog. go to the Other tab and click the Advanced Options button. In the Advanced Options dialog, click the Add-In Manager button and uncheck XobniRdo.

The version I installed is very recent and I have no experienced any performance issues. My PST is large and is stored on a network share in another state 800 miles away. You would think that would pose a problem, but after the initial indexing, everything is working fine. Memory usage is stable, between 20-40 MB.

Now if only I could gray out some of the features for my enterprise users…

]]> By: Todd http://www.xobni.com/blog/2008/06/04/xobni-reviewed-by-pc-world-given-superior-ranking/comment-page-1/#comment-19780 Todd Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:11:13 +0000 http://www.xobni.com/blog/?p=144#comment-19780 I'll add that I uninstalled Xobni many, many months ago due to the same perf issues people are describing here. Today, I've download and reinstalled it. The need for better email management is just too grand and Xobni is free and it has a nice interface. Hopefully the performance will be better than it was back in early 2008... I’ll add that I uninstalled Xobni many, many months ago due to the same perf issues people are describing here. Today, I’ve download and reinstalled it. The need for better email management is just too grand and Xobni is free and it has a nice interface. Hopefully the performance will be better than it was back in early 2008…

]]> By: JPK http://www.xobni.com/blog/2008/06/04/xobni-reviewed-by-pc-world-given-superior-ranking/comment-page-1/#comment-19506 JPK Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:21:29 +0000 http://www.xobni.com/blog/?p=144#comment-19506 Also, I'd really like to have an easy way to disable Xobni, without uninstalling it. So that if I needed fast response time, I could turn it off, and just use Outlook. When performance wasn't an issue, I could turn Xobni back on. Would also be nice if there was an easy and/or automatic way to keep it updated, so I always had the latest version. Thank you. Also, I’d really like to have an easy way to disable Xobni, without uninstalling it. So that if I needed fast response time, I could turn it off, and just use Outlook. When performance wasn’t an issue, I could turn Xobni back on.

Would also be nice if there was an easy and/or automatic way to keep it updated, so I always had the latest version. Thank you.

]]> By: JPK http://www.xobni.com/blog/2008/06/04/xobni-reviewed-by-pc-world-given-superior-ranking/comment-page-1/#comment-19505 JPK Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:14:56 +0000 http://www.xobni.com/blog/?p=144#comment-19505 I'll add myself to the increasing list of users who love your product, but can't use it because of performance reasons. Clearly, your functionality is great. At this point you should dedicate most of your resources to addressing the performance issues. Personally, I don't care about all the statistics. I just like the intuitive, and friendly search features. If I had an option to disable the stats, and it made it work faster, that would be great. Good luck! I’ll add myself to the increasing list of users who love your product, but can’t use it because of performance reasons. Clearly, your functionality is great. At this point you should dedicate most of your resources to addressing the performance issues.

Personally, I don’t care about all the statistics. I just like the intuitive, and friendly search features. If I had an option to disable the stats, and it made it work faster, that would be great. Good luck!

]]> By: Corey http://www.xobni.com/blog/2008/06/04/xobni-reviewed-by-pc-world-given-superior-ranking/comment-page-1/#comment-19493 Corey Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:08:07 +0000 http://www.xobni.com/blog/?p=144#comment-19493 I love this product. I had to uninstall it though because it kept locking up Outlook. I was running Outlook 2003, XP Pro, 1GB Ram. It simply made Outlook impossible to use because Reply and Forward would freeze Outlook in its tracks. I love this product. I had to uninstall it though because it kept locking up Outlook. I was running Outlook 2003, XP Pro, 1GB Ram. It simply made Outlook impossible to use because Reply and Forward would freeze Outlook in its tracks.

]]> By: Richard http://www.xobni.com/blog/2008/06/04/xobni-reviewed-by-pc-world-given-superior-ranking/comment-page-1/#comment-19484 Richard Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:29:48 +0000 http://www.xobni.com/blog/?p=144#comment-19484 i love xobni. my only complaint is that my company requires that I archive mail frequently, and teh indexes don't seem to get updated, so after I archive, teh xobni datamart knows about the email, but it can no longer find the email...even if I re-index. Any suggestions? thx i love xobni. my only complaint is that my company requires that I archive mail frequently, and teh indexes don’t seem to get updated, so after I archive, teh xobni datamart knows about the email, but it can no longer find the email…even if I re-index. Any suggestions?
thx

]]> By: Mike http://www.xobni.com/blog/2008/06/04/xobni-reviewed-by-pc-world-given-superior-ranking/comment-page-1/#comment-19458 Mike Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:26:57 +0000 http://www.xobni.com/blog/?p=144#comment-19458 What a great tool!!! I *LOVE* Xobni!!! Unfortunately, I'm going to have to uninstall it due to the significant performance issues it has introduced with the startup and shut down of of MS Outlook. I run Outlook on a Dell D620 with 1GB RAM, Outlook 2003, and a fully up-to-date Win NT. My Outlook with Xobni consumes 204,476 MB RAM. Without it, Outlook consumes approximately 40 MB. This morning, I was in a meeting, and had to open Outlook to pull up an email for the project team to read. Outlook took over 10 minutes to open to a point where I could get to the message. Outlook was non-responsive the entire time, and I couldn't get it off my screen. Once Outlook is up and running, the hit isn't too bad, though the responsiveness is sluggish compared to running Outlook without Xobni. It's a fair price I'm willing to pay most of the time for the great features and reporting. I'll keep an eye on Xobni to see if the performance improves. When it does, you can definitely count on me to install the latest version! What a great tool!!! I *LOVE* Xobni!!!

Unfortunately, I’m going to have to uninstall it due to the significant performance issues it has introduced with the startup and shut down of of MS Outlook. I run Outlook on a Dell D620 with 1GB RAM, Outlook 2003, and a fully up-to-date Win NT. My Outlook with Xobni consumes 204,476 MB RAM. Without it, Outlook consumes approximately 40 MB. This morning, I was in a meeting, and had to open Outlook to pull up an email for the project team to read. Outlook took over 10 minutes to open to a point where I could get to the message. Outlook was non-responsive the entire time, and I couldn’t get it off my screen.

Once Outlook is up and running, the hit isn’t too bad, though the responsiveness is sluggish compared to running Outlook without Xobni. It’s a fair price I’m willing to pay most of the time for the great features and reporting.

I’ll keep an eye on Xobni to see if the performance improves. When it does, you can definitely count on me to install the latest version!

]]> By: Loren http://www.xobni.com/blog/2008/06/04/xobni-reviewed-by-pc-world-given-superior-ranking/comment-page-1/#comment-19322 Loren Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:11:37 +0000 http://www.xobni.com/blog/?p=144#comment-19322 I love the search fom Xobni, but the performance hit to Outlook is pretty significant. It seems like it locks up while it reads from the disk as I open or delete messages. I receive log emails from applications we develop in my email, so it isn't uncommon for me to get 15,000 messages a day and I suspect this is causing it some difficulty. I have 4GB RAM on my machine, so swapping shouldn't be an issue. I haven't dumped it because I really do like the search and the list of attachments. I love the search fom Xobni, but the performance hit to Outlook is pretty significant. It seems like it locks up while it reads from the disk as I open or delete messages. I receive log emails from applications we develop in my email, so it isn’t uncommon for me to get 15,000 messages a day and I suspect this is causing it some difficulty.

I have 4GB RAM on my machine, so swapping shouldn’t be an issue.

I haven’t dumped it because I really do like the search and the list of attachments.

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