If you like/need this one, open a PMR and refer to SPR AGUD8USQ68 to give it weight !

Promoted, but Christopher's comment is essential indeed I think.

I suppose the comment is not for this idea?

the 8.5.3 version :

Hi Christopher,

I'm afraid it is not. I'm speaking about iNotes here. In Notes the boxes are resizable but not in iNotes (8.5.3 nor 9.0).

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Could you please comment with a demotion? Thanks

Personally, I'd prefer to have the SwiftFile tool to be standard in Notes/iNotes.

As a heavy Notebook user, can only vote for. The notebook is an underestimated asset.

Should sync between Notes and iNotes though.

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Indeed, withdrawing this. Thanks for the tip!

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Indeed, the functionality is there. Didn't know about it. So thank you for pointing this out.

The only thing I would add is that if I didn't know it is maybe because it's not so easy to find ;-) So maybe some improvement could be done here.

Anyway, I withdraw this idea.

Thanks for your comments.

Yes, but if you need the Designer somewhere to handle this, it is not workable for end users. That is what you want to achieve. If you need a developer or admin each time the functionality has to be set up this is not useable.

1. Private folders can only be seen by the person who created them. If you have given access to your mailbox to other users, they will not be able to see your private folders. While this is working as intended, it can sometimes be an issue when the user was not aware of this.

2. Private folders cannot be accessed in iNotes or using the IMAP client, even by the person who created them. They are only visible in Lotus Notes.

3. Private folders are not stored in the mail file on the server, hence they are not being backed up. These folders are stored inside the desktop.ndk file on user's workstation and if something happens to this file, it will result in an irreversible loss of these folders.

If you want to offer some private folder fonctionality to users without own coding you're trapped.

Please add your comments when you demote. Thanks.

Yes, that's what I meant. Lots of (good) features have been taken over from OpenNTF, but not the views which were present there and efficient.

Indeed, the OpenNTF mail templates were/are a good example of this.

I like ideas with a "less-clicking" and more intuitive philosophy for end users.

So right !

I posted some time ago on the out-of-the-box Cluster Analysis tool which should also be improved { Link } in order to make it easier to create missing replicas right from the tool, adapt ACL's, ... (via simple buttons for instance) .

You've got my vote!

So simple and so useful indeed ... Or even make the box just sizeable. Shouldn't be too difficult, should it?

Couldn't agree more. Strange that this isn't standard functionality...

I agree with both of you. Yes, there is need for a better (easier) management for ACL. Could save us loads of time. When you show a "limitation" like this to a non-Domino admin he/she just laughs at you.

I think easy-to-use interfaces should not be limited to end-users. It's not because we are admins and know commands and stuff (;-) that we can't or shouldn't reduce the time spent on such things. But I can also follow Bill's point. It means it also has to remain secure and avoid overhead on an other side.

Maybe also add a preview when hovering over the files without having to open them to notice that this wasn't the right one you needed.

Hi Vlad,

thank you for your response. This means you need in-house designer skills which is not the case in smaller environments. And also means that you need to manage those undeleted documents. How long do you keep them? With all the risks that they may get archived by external tools, etc. ...

Indeed, and as Zoltan pointed out, it can be in various formats. Not only Visio, but also simply high-quality images, logos, presentation templates, ... .

Hi Anders, I get your point and I'm not against the idea but let me play the devil's advocate ;-)

1) => IBM will answer you they have a full supported client for Ubuntu, Red Hat and Suse
=> personaly, something lighter and more flexible (in terms of other distros, installation easiness, ...) would be welcome

2) Good point, but what if you get your end users start using it? I assume you're an IT'er thus independent in terms of support needs. Will you need a BYOC policy ('Bring your own client') on the mid-term for regular users?

3) => IBM will answer you they have a full supported client for Mac
=> personaly, I have no view on this since I'm not an Apple user but I guess my opinion on 1) would also apply here

4) You are so right... unfortunately...

Writing this comment, I think you changed my mind. Why indeed not have an 'OpenNTF-like' community firing ideas into a separate client? Maybe this will trigger or accelerate changes into the regular Notes client just like the OpenNTF mail template gave ideas for the official one. Just for the sake of this last thought, you get my vote ;-)

I demote because I do not completely agree with you.

Agree - because you broaden the user base with free tools whereas the Lotus Notes client is not freely available and thus is not available home (mind you that if I'm correct you may have a home install for each valid corporate license that you have. Can somebody confirm this?).

Don't agree - because you already have iNotes for instance which can handle this functionality without having a 'fat' client. I'd rather have the Lotus Notes client distributed freely, with better performance and a far more easy way to configure additional (private) POP3/IMAP accounts next to the Domino account than see a Thunderbird client connecting my Domino server (where is ending support for instance?)

IMHO you would achieve the same goal with the second solution while you would still have a consistent park of clients connecting to your Domino servers.

Excellent idea ! Given the number of users I come across with a huge number of tabs open...

Promoted. A little tip from Mat Newman I came across yesterday regarding calendaring & OoO : { Link }

Please remove this idea ;-)

Many thanks

Marc,

do yo mean "Automatically close original e-mail when replying/forwarding"?

This option already exists in 8.5.x.

Cheers

I was not very fond about the idea when reading the title but the last reply of Sjef convinced me. Of course, only to be made available for already FT-indexed databases, but I suppose this is implicit to this idea.

The thing with the 'do not use in type-ahead' option is that you need to go through them all at regular times. Furthermore, they will continue to pile up in the recent sontacts view, even if you don't use them in the type-ahead function. Sooner or later this view will have to be cleaned-up manually. Lots of people will say that if they need to do that (tedious) job they will prefer to deactivate it, which is in my humble opinion a pity. Having a little 'automation' in the clean-up process will make recent contacts only more popular I think.

Excellent idea in these xPages times !

Isn't that what is happening when you perform a copy/paste of the image into your mail?

Works for me!

You could still imagine that the existing actions of a mail.box continue to exist in that new system. But yes, there will always be a (known) risk.

Thanks for your vote BTW!

Absolutely right ! And still not fixed in 2011. I'm relaunching the idea with this one linked.

Sorry, Safari 4 & 5 also supported on Mac :

{ Link }

Google Chrome 12 is officially supported now in 8.5.3 :
{ Link }

Still some way to go for Safari for instance. So promoting it!

Promoted with @3 option as well

Indeed, please link to { Link }

Demoted as #2 says, works also for "Relay host for messages leaving the local internet domain" field in Configurations document. Could be better documented though...

Couldn't agree more. Another 6 months later and still not addressed.

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Another one : { Link }

Already posted here : { Link }

Could be useful to link.

You may want to link it to this existing idea : { Link }

Not very popular but it made it into the 8.5.2 release...

Would like to link this to following idea but don't know how to do it :

{ Link }

Done, didn't know how this was possible.... up till now!

What if you want to integrate the content of ... 2 e-mails? ;-)

When you are typing an e-mail you may want to refer to a series of mails. Working with an EML file would also simplify the lay-out and keep a clearer structure as mails can become rather long sometimes.

I posted a similar idea (not free, but at a lowered cost) :

{ Link }

Still promoting this !

Promoted! Linked with following :
{ Link }

I knew beforehand it would raise some reactions, I'm glad about that. That's also why I posted the title with a (big) smiley ;-)

@Troy & David, you are both perfectly right. I do agree entirely.

But...

The situation is kind of complicated for this particular customer and as a consultant I need to find solutions; even if they, wrongly, refuse to convert their PST (we face a situation of merger, 500 Exchange added to 300 Lotus, yes the small one ate the big one here, so it's a game of give & take). It is just that the use of widgets and plug-ins is now so easy and it offers so many opportunities that it would be a fast and "efficient" way of working in this case.

I know that conversion can be automated but you will always need man-hours to check, restart the process if it failed, ... . nUpgrade is not efficient at all in such big operations (over 2 terabytes), you need 3rd party tools which cost lots of $$$ (we did it for the 'active' mailboxes). The ultimate issue here is that this gives them more reasons to go back to MS Exchange than going on with Lotus Notes.

Anyway, thank you for your reactions!

I entirely agree. In Belgium, most of the companies are SMB. We can rarely propose clustering to them. This could mean a serious advantage compared to Exchange.

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I promote and link to this one I posted some time ago :
{ Link }

@Marie

Hi Marie,

if this is correct then, with all the respect, IBM is not doing its job to make this known to everyone. I'm sure very few universities are aware of this. Is this in the US only or worldwide?

@Bill,

as a workaround maybe ... but you have to know about this. It is not intuitive for the end users. That's what it is all about ;-)

I'll sure try this. Thx a lot!

Another idea would be to have a script you can place on a personal site/blog that displays your whole list of posted ideas, not just one by one.

Hi Matt,

I meant even a real simple referencing banner. I can imagine a button would maybe be too difficult (I'm not a webmaster geek, sorry ;-). Personally I find his site very useful and I would simply like to help spread the word. Too often, I come across customers who don't know about the site. And even if they are no Lotus customers they still might be interested in the product itself. On my own site I have a page with external links and would like to reference yours with a nice-looking banner or something else. I've been looking on the site but couldn't find any.

Cheers,

Mathieu

I'm asking myself the same questions. iNotes 8.5.1 is for me already the best webmail experience. I also use Gmail and Hotmail. I don't see what functionality of both I would like in iNotes.

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@Dirk

Yes, any web browser where you download a file ;-)

Maybe my title is too ambiguous, I don't mean open the attachment automatically but have a button to do so if wanted. Like you have in a browser.

And why not the font and color at the same time? We very often get this question. Not being able to give a suitable answer (especially to ex-Outlook users) is utterly frustrating... So I sure do promote this one!

@Tony,

I'm in the same situation here for an old Exchange customer. I entirely share your comment!

Dear Lucien,

I get your point here but this site is about making life easier in Lotus, isn't it? Telling someone to perform a double action instead of having such a simple improvement is asking too much from an end-user according to me. What is the strength of Outlook? Why is it so popular to end-users? Because it simply makes their life easier... Not because the server behind is super stable and secure.

Cheers

Idea already posted here :

{ Link }

I see this idea is not very popular. Could you please share your reasons?

Thanks!

Can't agree more !

Furthermore, there should be a much better system to know which mails are being handled by someone else. Like having a read mail being read for everybody and not per ID file. The whole follow-up thing needs to be better than what it is right now. Actions on a mail should be better shared for the whole team managing the mailbox.

I'm currently working on an Exchange to Notes migration and I must admit as a die-hard Domino admin, lots of practical things are better settled for end users (I already knew this, but I'm experiencing it now ... very unfortunately ;-)

Following on this project I will probably post a bunch of new ideas. Things can be improved and even made better than in MS Outlook (lots already are) !!

Agree with this idea !

Dear JP,
did you create the archives after your data migration and users entering the DB's?
What I have here is that users don't access their database yet but I need the archive before that. Then the policy doesn't work...

This would take two reservations in the DB and if you create a generic resource, how will the responsible person receiving the request know what's really needed?

Refreshments don't need reservation, calendaring,... just a notification what is needed and when (comment field - date).

Just my opinion ;-)

Unfortunately we have a PMR open for this, they suggested the policy alternative... No other solution up till now. I'll try to keep you posted.

If you have a good IMAC process, mail isn't already waiting. Furthermore, you need someone familiar with agents which unfortunately isn't always the case. Not specifying an end date is the simplest thing you can have, no? No writing of agents involved. Period.

If you have to write agents for every (simple) functionality...

(PS : I do agree that from an admin or dev point of vue, it is easy with agents)