In the CommuniGate v5.1 release in September '06 the Pronto interface was released. It has been slowly growing in features, and more importantly, becoming stable and usable. As of this writing, the CGP server v5.1.8 (released 5/30/07) includes Pronto v 0.8.9. The version number is an indicator of where the company thinks the product is in terms of releasability. I'm guessing there will be 3 or 4 more releases before it is labeled with a v1.0.
Pronto takes a different approach from other webmail interfaces. The traditional CGP webmail was simple HTML. GMail uses AJAX complex dynamic HTML. Pronto is using the Flash programming language to deliver a program to be run inside your browser. Flash is very widely adopted and installed. YouTube videos are all viewed through Flash. Windows, Mac and Linux support Flash. To check your installed Flash plugin version, try this link at Adobe to test your flash plugin and check the version.
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