eyeOS 1.6

Okay, so, I'm a few days late, but, oh well. eyeOS 1.6 was released, and adds some great features. First off, the addition of an XML-RPC server, which will allow you to interact with your eyeOS server from your desktop. Like, I have an application in development called eyeManage. It will use this XML-RPC server to interact with eyeOS, upload files, and edit settings.

Another new feature is the ability to use eyeOS with your mobile phone. I haven't tested this with a phone that has a browser, cause I don't have a cell phone. However, from the screenshots I've seen, it looks like it works very well. I'm not sure how this works in relation to the iPhone. Maybe really well. Maybe not that well... Who konws? I'll test it some, and if it needs better iPhone integration, I'll get that working.

A feature from Mac OS X is the widgets. While not really the same thing, it does have a few resemblances. While I don't personally use it, it can be useful. The different ones include miniActions, which is just a simple widget thing to execute simple actions, miniCalender, which is just a mini calender with the current events, eyeMessages, which shows the latest internal messages you have received, and miniHome, which shows how much of your quota you've used up.

So, those are just a few of the new features. I highly suggest upgrading if you haven't, and installing it if you haven't. It requires PHP 5 to be installed on your server, as well as a few other extensions. Check out eyeOS' site for the full requirements.

[Via eyeOS' Blog]