Are you sick of hearing Microsoft and Google crow about getting one company or another to abandon Notes and move to an alternative platform? We are, too. So this month, we're continuing out Migration May series with one of our favorite subjects: moving from Outlook to Notes.
Take back the story!
Now that Outlook 2010 is available, some Office users will need to decide if the upgrade is worth it to them. Rather than moving to another Outlook version, we recommend moving to Notes. There are a few ways to go about it, but the easiest is using the Notes migration tool NUPGRADE.EXE.
Because I know you can't wait to find out how it's getting along, here's an update on the playhouse, which, as I should have known, is taking way longer than I'd first thought. Oh, and costing way more too.
The 150 pound budget is now closer to 300. Thanks mainly to the addition of the "astro" turf, which ain't cheap.
So, yeah, it's turfed now and the house is built (there's even a roof on it). Left to do there's felting the roof, cladding the exterior, painting it all (covered in a tarpaulin at the moment) and making some windows and a door. So far I've spent 5 days on it and I reckon there'll be another two to go at least.
Not that I mind how long it's taking and costing. Most importantly the kids are loving it. I'm excited for them. My worst fear was that they'd show a fleeting interest and then act like it's not there. So far though we can't keep them off it. Mind you they do seem to just stand at the wall and watch in envy as the kids next door bounce around on their trampoline. How long before I hear "Daddy, me won won dose". Kids! Never happy!!
Anyway, I'll post a finished picture of it next Monday...
When you receive a Lotus Notes Meeting Invite (as a participant), there are many occasions when you would like to have more people in your team attend the meeting with you. This is a suggested Lotus Notes enhancement that would benefit many Notes users.
What would implementing this idea accomplish?
There is currently no easy way to add participants to a Lotus Notes Meeting Invite that is not initiated by you. You can do one of the following, but they all have downsides: * Email the meeting organizer. The meeting organizer would need to see your email, and manually copy and paste your suggested participants into the meeting invite, and then click on send. * Forward the meeting invite to the additional participants you would like to invite. The meeting invite is simply forwarded as text and cannot be "accepted" by the recipients. The recipients would need to create their own Calendar entries. The meeting organizer is also not informed of these additional participants. Should the meeting organizer make modifications to the meeting invite, these additional participants would not be informed. * Delegate the meeting invite to someone else. This does not take care of the case when you would like to attend the meeting as well. If this idea is implemented, it would make it possible for any meeting participant to invite additional people to the meeting in a very simple way. The additional participants would receive meeting invites, and the meeting organizer would be notified of the additional participants.
How would it work? How might it be implemented?
In the Lotus Notes Calendar entry, have an additional button for "Suggest More Invitees". When the button is clicked, the user would be asked to add more invitees to the "to" and "cc" lists, in a similar way that a meeting organizer would go through. When completed, the following would happen: 1. Meeting invite would be sent to the additional participants. 2. A "meeting update notice" would be sent to the meeting organizer, and that allows him to update his own invitee "to" and "cc" lists. Some meeting organizers may want to restrict the audience of their meeting, and would thus want to disable this "Suggest More Invitees" feature. As such, we can add a "Prevent suggestion of more invitees" delivery option.
Why should IBM invest in implementing this idea?
This is a very useful Lotus Notes Calendering feature that most IBMers would find useful. Customers of Lotus Notes would likely find it useful too as long as there is a need to organize big meetings for which the meeting organizer may not have a complete list of meeting participants. For every meeting invite that needs to be forwarded to additional participants, this feature can save several person-hours, depending on the number of people involved. It would also make Lotus Notes much more usable and live up to its name of a "collaboration platform".
When you receive a Lotus Notes Meeting Invite (as a participant), there are many occasions when you would like to have more people in your team attend the meeting with you. This is a suggested Lotus Notes enhancement that would benefit many Notes users.
What would implementing this idea accomplish?
There is currently no easy way to add participants to a Lotus Notes Meeting Invite that is not initiated by you. You can do one of the following, but they all have downsides:
* Email the meeting organizer. The meeting organizer would need to see your email, and manually copy and paste your suggested participants into the meeting invite, and then click on send.
* Forward the meeting invite to the additional participants you would like to invite. The meeting invite is simply forwarded as text and cannot be "accepted" by the recipients. The recipients would need to create their own Calendar entries. The meeting organizer is also not informed of these additional participants. Should the meeting organizer make modifications to the meeting invite, these additional participants would not be informed.
* Delegate the meeting invite to someone else. This does not take care of the case when you would like to attend the meeting as well. If this idea is implemented, it would make it possible for any meeting participant to invite additional people to the meeting in a very simple way. The additional participants would receive meeting invites, and the meeting organizer would be notified of the additional participants.
How would it work? How might it be implemented?
In the Lotus Notes Calendar entry, have an additional button for "Suggest More Invitees". When the button is clicked, the user would be asked to add more invitees to the "to" and "cc" lists, in a similar way that a meeting organizer would go through. When completed, the following would happen:
1. Meeting invite would be sent to the additional participants.
2. A "meeting update notice" would be sent to the meeting organizer, and that allows him to update his own invitee "to" and "cc" lists. Some meeting organizers may want to restrict the audience of their meeting, and would thus want to disable this "Suggest More Invitees" feature. As such, we can add a "Prevent suggestion of more invitees" delivery option.
Why should IBM invest in implementing this idea?
This is a very useful Lotus Notes Calendering feature that most IBMers would find useful. Customers of Lotus Notes would likely find it useful too as long as there is a need to organize big meetings for which the meeting organizer may not have a complete list of meeting participants. For every meeting invite that needs to be forwarded to additional participants, this feature can save several person-hours, depending on the number of people involved. It would also make Lotus Notes much more usable and live up to its name of a "collaboration platform".
Internally within IBM, this idea is also posted on ThinkPlace as idea 123680.
There are many cases where wrong email recipients are chosen by Lotus Notes, especially if common names like "Michael" are entered. Lotus Notes should be able to intelligently determine the recipients that the message is most likely intended for.
What would implementing this idea accomplish?
If this idea is implemented, it would reduce the likelihood of emails being sent to the wrong recipients. This would, in turn:
* Prevent confidential information from being leaked to the wrong parties.
* Improve productivity since time is spent in making sure that recipients are correct. If email is sent out wrongly, the wrong recipient's time is wasted in reading the email, and the intended recipient does not get the information in a timely manner.
How would it work? How might it be implemented?
Lotus Notes client should intelligently determine who is the most likely recipient when the name is being typed in the "To" or "cc" list. Within IBM, it can make use of the following information:
* Direct linkage on Lotus Connections: people who are connected to the sender on Lotus Connections are most likely the intended recipients.
* Degrees of linkage on Lotus Connections: for people who are not directly connected to the sender on Lotus Connections, a person who is connected to a 2nd degree is more likely the intended recipient than a person who is connected to a 3rd degree, and so on.
* Tags on Lotus Connections: a person who has been tagged with info related to the subject and body of the message that is to be sent will likely be the intended recipient.
* Previous emails: previous emails that have been received or sent by the sender would indicate who are the more likely intended recipients.
A further enhancement would be to allow non-exact name search. Since the search space is already narrowed, Lotus Notes should be able to make use of word sounds to suggest the closest match.
Why should IBM invest in implementing this idea?
This feature would make Lotus Notes much more usable and live up to its name of a "collaboration platform".
There are many cases where wrong email recipients are chosen by Lotus Notes, especially if common names like "Michael" are entered. Lotus Notes should be able to intelligently determine the recipients that the message is most likely intended for.
What would implementing this idea accomplish?
If this idea is implemented, it would reduce the likelihood of emails being sent to the wrong recipients. This would, in turn:
* Prevent confidential information from being leaked to the wrong parties.
* Improve productivity since time is spent in making sure that recipients are correct. If email is sent out wrongly, the wrong recipient's time is wasted in reading the email, and the intended recipient does not get the information in a timely manner.
How would it work? How might it be implemented?
Lotus Notes client should intelligently determine who is the most likely recipient when the name is being typed in the "To" or "cc" list. Within IBM, it can make use of the following information:
* Direct linkage on Lotus Connections: people who are connected to the sender on Lotus Connections are most likely the intended recipients.
* Degrees of linkage on Lotus Connections: for people who are not directly connected to the sender on Lotus Connections, a person who is connected to a 2nd degree is more likely the intended recipient than a person who is connected to a 3rd degree, and so on.
* Tags on Lotus Connections: a person who has been tagged with info related to the subject and body of the message that is to be sent will likely be the intended recipient.
* Previous emails: previous emails that have been received or sent by the sender would indicate who are the more likely intended recipients. A further enhancement would be to allow non-exact name search. Since the search space is already narrowed, Lotus Notes should be able to make use of word sounds to suggest the closest match.
Why should IBM invest in implementing this idea?
This feature would make Lotus Notes much more usable and live up to its name of a "collaboration platform".
Internally within IBM, this idea is also posted on ThinkPlace as idea 128348.
There are many cases where wrong email recipients are chosen by Lotus Notes, especially if common names like "Michael" are entered. Lotus Notes should be able to intelligently determine the recipients that the message is most likely intended for.
What would implementing this idea accomplish?
If this idea is implemented, it would reduce the likelihood of emails being sent to the wrong recipients. This would, in turn:
* Prevent confidential information from being leaked to the wrong parties.
* Improve productivity since time is spent in making sure that recipients are correct. If email is sent out wrongly, the wrong recipient's time is wasted in reading the email, and the intended recipient does not get the information in a timely manner.
How would it work? How might it be implemented?
Lotus Notes client should intelligently determine who is the most likely recipient when the name is being typed in the "To" or "cc" list. Within IBM, it can make use of the following information:
* Direct linkage on Lotus Connections: people who are connected to the sender on Lotus Connections are most likely the intended recipients.
* Degrees of linkage on Lotus Connections: for people who are not directly connected to the sender on Lotus Connections, a person who is connected to a 2nd degree is more likely the intended recipient than a person who is connected to a 3rd degree, and so on.
* Tags on Lotus Connections: a person who has been tagged with info related to the subject and body of the message that is to be sent will likely be the intended recipient.
* Previous emails: previous emails that have been received or sent by the sender would indicate who are the more likely intended recipients. A further enhancement would be to allow non-exact name search. Since the search space is already narrowed, Lotus Notes should be able to make use of word sounds to suggest the closest match.
Why should IBM invest in implementing this idea?
This feature would make Lotus Notes much more usable and live up to its name of a "collaboration platform".
Internally within IBM, this idea is also posted on ThinkPlace as idea 128348.
Cache.ndk saves time for users, but creates many problems too. Standard practice for any inexplicable client behavior is to delete cache.ndk first. I suggest the client should start with a fresh one every time Notes is launched. This would clear up MANY perceptions of Lotus Notes being "buggy" and eliminate many helpdesk calls.
It is handy to have the incremental FP install kits for simple upgrades, but it creates difficulties not having a full install kit. If you are upgrading from 8.0.x to 8.5.1 FP2, you need to run 2 installs. If you are installing new software on a computer you need to run 2 installs. In theory this should not be a big deal. In practice it has many problems. I would like to go back to the old way of releasing a full install kit as well as releasing the incremental kit.
While Connections allows me to remove all versions prior to a specific version, it does not permit me to remove a specific version. E.g. If I loaded a new version of a file that is corrupted I can upload a new version but cannot remove the corrupted version without also removing all prior versions.