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Just a quick post to let you know that you can find the Aruna Send Yahoo widget in the Yahoo! widget gallery here.

If you don’t have Yahoo! widgets installed yet, first go to the main page at http://widgets.yahoo.com and click install.

Next go here to get the Aruna Send widget.

Then enjoy sending files for Free!

It has been less than a week (only 4 days!) since we launched the Aruna Send widget for Yahoo! and we are happy to report it has been downloaded over 1000 times already.

If you haven’t tried it, go on over and get it and send large files for free, anytime right from your desktop (Mac and PC).

We will keep you posted on progress but so far things are looking good!

When you log into your Aruna Email, you will notice a couple of new services in the Zimlets section. In this post we will go over how to use Aruna URL.

Aruna URL is a simple but handy service that lets you turn an unmanageable or long web link (or URL) into a short link / URL. Here is how it works:

1. Click on the ArunaURL icon

2. Enter the long URL that you want to make short and click “Make It”

3. Your new short URL is displayed. You can now select and copy this link and use it anywhere you please. The new short link will go to the original link that you converted.

That’s it. You can use Aruna URL as much as you want. It is free.

You can also “right click” on the Aruna URL icon to get the About dialogue.

Of course you can always use Aruna URL from the website as well. It is also free and available at www.arunaurl.com.

On the back of our release of the Aruna Send Widget for Yahoo Widgets, we are glad today to spread our wings a little further. In order to enable our other services to be more closely integrated with Aruna email, we have developed two plug-ins (Zimlets) that will allow customers to use the following services directly from Aruna email in their browser.

1. Aruna Send Zimlet – Will allow users to send large files directly from their webmail in their browser. It is free, there is no sign up and it will allow you to send up to 100MB files.

2. Aruna URL Zimlet – You can convert long and unwieldy web links (URLs) into short easy URLs from the Zimlet or directly inside of emails by right clicking on any link.

We are also releasing the Zimlets to the community of 6 million other Zimbra users. The services that the Zimlets offer will be free and there will be no charge for the Zimlets themselves. Zimbra uses must contact their Zimbra email server administrator and ask them to install the Zimlets.

We are currently getting the project page and documentation ready. In the meantime, both Aruna Send and Aruna URL Zimlets are available for download immediately below.

We have also set up a forum where the community can make suggestions, report bugs and discuss the Zimlets. We will post the address to that very soon as well.

Download Aruna Send Zimlet Now!

Download Aruna URL Zimlet Now!

Note: Both Zimlets are still considered beta software. We have tested them, they are working and we have not found any major bugs on our ZCS environments. You should also test them in your configuration before deciding whether to enable them in your live production environment.

In our mission to make applications that are easy and convenient to use, it was only a matter of time before we start to offer other methods to access Aruna Send (other than the web). Today is the first public beta release of the Aruna Send Yahoo! Widget. If you don’t know about Widgets yet, they are handy mini applications that can easily be accessed at any time on your desktop. There is a good article that gives an overview of the major widget platforms available today.

For the first Aruna Send widget, we have chosen the Yahoo! widget platform. They have over 4000 widgets available now and all of them work cross platform on both Mac OS X and Windows. That was a major plus for us in the decision on where to develop first.

The aim of the widget is to make it as easy as possible for you to send files. For those who already are running widgets, just download the Aruna Send Widget and you can upload files and send them to whoever you wish. Your recipient will have 7 days to collect the file (this 7 day period may go up or down after the beta period). The widget itself does not expire but we will have future versions and updates that you will want to watch for periodically. No sign up or account is necessary to use the service.

For those who don’t have Yahoo! Widgets installed, it is easy.

1. Go over to http://widgets.yahoo.com and click on the Install button. The widget application will be installed.
2. Then download the Aruna Send widget. Just double click on the file ArunaSend.widget and it will be installed and you are ready to go.

The process is the same on both Mac and PC.

We will be putting the widget up on a Aruna Widgets project page soon. In the meantime, Aruna Send Widget is available immediately below. By downloading it you will be able to see what your recipient will see when they collect the files that you send them.

Aruna Send Widget Download

Aruna Send Widget is 100% free! Send files, try it out and enjoy!

Aruna Send Widget Screen shots