As mentioned on the CommuniGate Pro Mailing List the super efforts of Niversoft have produced a Thunderbird SyncCGP Extension available for download here:

http://www.niversoft.com/downloads/synccgp

The much publicized OLPC XO laptop is capable of running Pronto in the default web browser. An installation of Adobe's Flash plugin for Linux is required. The OLPC Wiki provides information on how to install Adobe's flash on the laptop.

The Safari web browser which ships with MacOS 10.5 (Leopard) permits the creation of a Web Clip widget. Instructions for how to use this feature are available in the Safari Help menu by searching help for "Creating a Web Clip widget"

By following the directions of the help article with Pronto, anyone can create a clipping of Pronto that will run in the MacOS Dashboard.

Unfortunately there is no way to save a web clip as a widget archive. If you close Pronto in Dashboard you will need to recreate the web clip to use it again in Dashboard.

The recently released CommuniGate Pro 5.2 Revision History provides this updated information about the XMPP module:

XMPP: Gtalk-compatible iq-delivery is implemented

This means the CommuniGate Pro server does now permit the addition of Google GTalk users to your buddy list. Presence for those buddies also works as expected. This feature is working well for me from both a Google user account and the CommuniGate Pro Account via XMPP. Depending on which XMPP client is used, it may be necessary to reconnect your preffered Jabber client after accepting contacts to your roster in order to view the presence activity of those contacts. This was the case with iChat, I have not tested other clients, but I would appreciate comments about any good or not-so-good experiences with this feature.

Server to server Jabber is growing in use for both users of instant messaging and the traditional providers such as AIM/ICQ, Yahoo, GTalk, and more. Several other blogs contain informaiton about how these formerly only propriterary services now have test XMPP and SIP servers available on the Internet.

Pronto! is getting a fair amount of attention from the new AIR build and Adobe MAX event. Here are a few links to recent stories that mention CommuniGate and Pronto.

Adobe MAX 2007 Blog
Monday, October 1, 2007

Pronto’s Latest Public Beta Launches at Adobe MAX
September 30, 2007 — 09:12 PM PDT — by Kristen Nicole on mashable.com

Web 3.0 Communication Here - Pronto!
Posted by Phil Butler on September 30th, 2007 on profy.com

eBay Desktop On AIR As AdobeMAX Kicks Off
Written by Om Malik Monday, October 1, 2007 at 7:00 AM PT on gigaom.com

Adobe buys web word processor - Office politics...
By Martin LaMonica Published: Monday 1 October 2007

Pronto’s Latest Public Beta Launches at Adobe MAX
Posted: 30 Sep 2007 11:12 PM CDT social-network-marketing-india.blogspot.com repost of mashable article

Adobe Systems has officially entered the "Web office" game.
Extra Technology News - IT Technology News Mashup Monday, October 1, 2007 on extratech.blogspot.com

Adobe buys Web word processor Buzzword
By Martin LaMonica, News.com - Published on ZDNet News: Sep 30, 2007 9:01:00 PM on news.zdnet.com

Adobe buys Virtual Ubiquity, maker of Buzzword word processor
By Eric Eldon 09.30.07 on venturebeat.com

It was announced on our mailing list yesterday that Adobe AIR version of Pronto! is ready for beta testing. Please try this new version of Pronto with the the Adobe AIR Beta 1 runtime Installer and a free test account form TalktoIP.

http://www.communigate.com/Pronto_on_AIR/

The subject of this post is a frequently asked question about the CommuniGate Pro Pronto! product. There are several good technical and user experience reasons that explain why Adobe's Flash 9 is a major part of the Pronto! user interface. Those details aside, adoption of Flash as a platform for interactive clients is important. Emmy Huang, the Product Manager for Adobe Flash Player has published the results of a September study which shows respectable end user adoption numbers for Flash Player 9.

Flash Player 9 @ 93.3% in September penetration study

It is no secret that XIMSS and Flash compliment each other well. I see what I can do to get Pronto closer to the adoption rates Flash is enjoying today.

A link to the article Published on September 17, 2007:
CommuniGate Leverages Flash for Bundled IP Service User Interface

This brief article was posted on September 14th and is available at:

Pronto! update adds new call control, calendaring features

Pronto 1.2 was recently released with CommuniGate Pro version 5.1.12. Below are a few of the version 1.2 features announced on August 29th.

User Interface

• New Message Indicator in web browser tab
• Administrator Module hiding options (Calendar, My Stuff, Voice, IM)
• Additional Keyboard shortcuts
• Additional right-click capabilities
• Call Contact features

Calendar

• Calendar Overlays (Merged view of multiple Calendars)
• Shared Calendar management
• Create/modify events by drag&drop
• More calendar even invitation reply options

Jabber and SIP Instant Messaging

• New IM presence indication icons
• IM roster editing

E-mail

• Design refinements: Tighter message and preview pane grids
• Draft message auto-saving
• The simplified "Forward All Mail" mail Rule
• New Message Indicator and Browser integration
• Delivery/read notification
• Message redirect
• View raw message