www.NotesOnProductivity.comhttp://www.notesonproductivity.com/ica/nop.nsf/en-usThu, 6 Jun 2013 01:46:37 PM -0700 Thu, 6 Jun 2013 01:46:37 PM -0700 Looking for IBM/Lotus BP in Zimbabwe http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ica/nop.nsf/dx/looking-for-ibmlotus-bp-in-zimbabwe?opendocument&comments#06.06.2013134637ICASDB.htm Fri, 24 May 2013 07:19:15 PM -0700 Eric Mack Why is my Lotus Notes so slow? (how to improve your personal productivity by sharpening the saw) http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ica/nop.nsf/dx/why-is-my-lotus-notes-so-slow-how-to-improve-your-personal-productivity-by-sharpening-the-saw?opendocument&comments#05242013071915PMICA4R4.htm Thu, 23 May 2013 03:24:01 AM -0700 Dave Woolcock Why is my Lotus Notes so slow? (how to improve your personal productivity by sharpening the saw)
Is this the case with DAOS?

Why is this the case if you don't open the attachment? Aren't the entries indexed?

I am struggling to understand why file attachments should slow you down unless you are replicating or opening the attachment.]]>
Is this the case with DAOS?

Why is this the case if you don't open the attachment? Aren't the entries indexed?

I am struggling to understand why file attachments should slow you down unless you are replicating or opening the attachment.]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ica/nop.nsf/dx/why-is-my-lotus-notes-so-slow-how-to-improve-your-personal-productivity-by-sharpening-the-saw?opendocument&comments#05232013032401AMICAE83.htm Tue, 21 May 2013 01:08:23 PM -0700 Eric Mack Who uses Lotus Notes in the Boston area?
See my Lotusphere presentation on his topic:

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See my Lotusphere presentation on his topic:

{ Link }]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ica/nop.nsf/dx/who-uses-lotus-notes-in-the-boston-area?opendocument&comments#05212013010823PMICARMA.htm Thu, 2 May 2013 09:38:39 AM -0700 David O Thoughts on email archiving (Admins: Here’s how to keep your users from hating you or tell you Lotus Notes sucks) http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ica/nop.nsf/dx/thoughts-on-archiving-how-to-keep-your-users-from-hating-you-or-tell-you-lotus-notes-sucks?opendocument&comments#05022013093839AMICAMJ8.htm Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:24:58 PM -0700 Wayne MacKirdy Who uses Lotus Notes in the Boston area?
Sorry Eric for hijacking this thread.

wayne.mackirdy@spnc.com]]>
Sorry Eric for hijacking this thread.

wayne.mackirdy@spnc.com]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ica/nop.nsf/dx/who-uses-lotus-notes-in-the-boston-area?opendocument&comments#04302013012458PMICARXN.htm Thu, 4 Apr 2013 08:56:48 PM -0700 Eric Mack Why is my Lotus Notes so slow? (how to improve your personal productivity by sharpening the saw) http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ica/nop.nsf/dx/why-is-my-lotus-notes-so-slow-how-to-improve-your-personal-productivity-by-sharpening-the-saw?opendocument&comments#04042013085648PMEMA6N4.htm Thu, 4 Apr 2013 03:19:54 AM -0700 raj Why is my Lotus Notes so slow? (how to improve your personal productivity by sharpening the saw) http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ica/nop.nsf/dx/why-is-my-lotus-notes-so-slow-how-to-improve-your-personal-productivity-by-sharpening-the-saw?opendocument&comments#04042013031954AMICAE5H.htm Mon, 25 Mar 2013 03:03:58 PM -0700 Eric Mack Help or hindrance? Categorized or Standard Inbox? http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ica/nop.nsf/dx/help-or-hindrance-categorized-or-standard-inbox-in-lotus-notes?opendocument&comments#03252013030358PMEMATVL.htm Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:44:17 AM -0700 Ranjana Help or hindrance? Categorized or Standard Inbox?
Is there any other workaround? I get an error message saying I'm not authorized to create any agents for the database and there are no existing agents I can see.

Regards,

Ranjana]]>
Is there any other workaround? I get an error message saying I'm not authorized to create any agents for the database and there are no existing agents I can see.

Regards,

Ranjana]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ica/nop.nsf/dx/help-or-hindrance-categorized-or-standard-inbox-in-lotus-notes?opendocument&comments#03222013064417AMICAJ58.htm Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:13:24 PM -0700 Eric Mack Just what is Lotus Notes good for, anyway?
Apart from any product issues, I suppose at the end of the day, it all depends on how Notes is implemented. I have seen some pretty poor deployments where people tell me they hate Notes passionately., I am frequently involved in extraordinary deployments where people tell me they LOVE Notes. Same product.

In any case, as a 20+ user of Lotus Notes I can agree with many of your points. To the question, "Just what is Lotus Notes good for, anyway?" I would say much - which is why many people around the world still use it.

Thanks for sharing your experience. Sounds like an opportunity for a blog post.]]>
Apart from any product issues, I suppose at the end of the day, it all depends on how Notes is implemented. I have seen some pretty poor deployments where people tell me they hate Notes passionately., I am frequently involved in extraordinary deployments where people tell me they LOVE Notes. Same product.

In any case, as a 20+ user of Lotus Notes I can agree with many of your points. To the question, "Just what is Lotus Notes good for, anyway?" I would say much - which is why many people around the world still use it.

Thanks for sharing your experience. Sounds like an opportunity for a blog post.]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ica/nop.nsf/dx/just-what-is-lotus-notes-good-for-anyway?opendocument&comments#02272013021324PMEMAU3G.htm Wed, 27 Feb 2013 06:52:45 AM -0700 Anonymous Just what is Lotus Notes good for, anyway?
Absolutely nothing

Client:

- Abysmal bugs

- Usability is awful

- 8.5 crashes most if not all of the time.

Designer/Notes:

- Dirty interface with no follow on of standards

- Poor editor even with eclipse components

- Separation of concerns is completely ignored

Designer/XPages:

- Dirty interface as it has been flung onto the existing notes designer

- Seperation of concerns still poorly implemented

- Buggy and frustrating interface

Overall product:

- A real lack of distinction...

- It offers far too much unrefined and bloated crap

- Its interface in its entirety is awful

The entire line of IBM's latest Notes oriented products

- Connections is one of the buggiest piece of crap I have ever used

- I don't care if it does this, that or something else. Those features are impossible to make work. For goodness sake, don't waste your time, just use Podio or something similar.

- Sametime... Take a look at Micrsofts latest iteration of office products. That is how you should integrate things... Sametime is an absolute abomination... It's codey, it's dirty, it's more unattractive than Gordon Brown.

How it makes me feel to use:

- It makes me depressed

- It frustrates me beyond compare... consistently

- IBM and their strategy for the product bewilders me

My suggestion:

- Use PHP(zend framework) / C#.NET or just stop developing altogether.. it will be better for you

- Poor users who get stuck with using Notes, I am so sorry. I know IBMers who apologise consistently for the Notes product line...]]>
Absolutely nothing

Client:

- Abysmal bugs

- Usability is awful

- 8.5 crashes most if not all of the time.

Designer/Notes:

- Dirty interface with no follow on of standards

- Poor editor even with eclipse components

- Separation of concerns is completely ignored

Designer/XPages:

- Dirty interface as it has been flung onto the existing notes designer

- Seperation of concerns still poorly implemented

- Buggy and frustrating interface

Overall product:

- A real lack of distinction...

- It offers far too much unrefined and bloated crap

- Its interface in its entirety is awful

The entire line of IBM's latest Notes oriented products

- Connections is one of the buggiest piece of crap I have ever used

- I don't care if it does this, that or something else. Those features are impossible to make work. For goodness sake, don't waste your time, just use Podio or something similar.

- Sametime... Take a look at Micrsofts latest iteration of office products. That is how you should integrate things... Sametime is an absolute abomination... It's codey, it's dirty, it's more unattractive than Gordon Brown.

How it makes me feel to use:

- It makes me depressed

- It frustrates me beyond compare... consistently

- IBM and their strategy for the product bewilders me

My suggestion:

- Use PHP(zend framework) / C#.NET or just stop developing altogether.. it will be better for you

- Poor users who get stuck with using Notes, I am so sorry. I know IBMers who apologise consistently for the Notes product line...]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ica/nop.nsf/dx/just-what-is-lotus-notes-good-for-anyway?opendocument&comments#27022013065245ICAKG2.htm Mon, 28 Jan 2013 06:35:56 AM -0700 Nathan Listen to how I help people convince themselves that Notes doesn’t really suck
I never needed training to use Outlook, Gmail, or Hotmail. I shouldn't -need- it for Notes either. Maybe some guidance to work better within the environment or be more of a power user but training to use basic email and calendar?? However, searching online (even on the IBM site) does not lead to useful help. I can easily find a primer, training set, or online book on outlook or gmail.

You mention email threads in your discussion. You are correct, in 8 it is easy to turn that feature on and off. However, if you want it on get used to the banner that says "You are seeing: only latest response for each e0mail conversation" because it never goes away.]]>
I never needed training to use Outlook, Gmail, or Hotmail. I shouldn't -need- it for Notes either. Maybe some guidance to work better within the environment or be more of a power user but training to use basic email and calendar?? However, searching online (even on the IBM site) does not lead to useful help. I can easily find a primer, training set, or online book on outlook or gmail.

You mention email threads in your discussion. You are correct, in 8 it is easy to turn that feature on and off. However, if you want it on get used to the banner that says "You are seeing: only latest response for each e0mail conversation" because it never goes away.]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ica/nop.nsf/dx/listen-to-how-i-help-people-convince-themselves-that-notes-doesnt-really-suck?opendocument&comments#01282013063556AMICAK5H.htm Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:33:32 AM -0700 Eric Mack Domino Admins: How to respond to US-CERT Alert TA13-010A? http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ica/nop.nsf/dx/domino-admin-how-to-respond-to--us-cert-alert-ta13-010a?opendocument&comments#01142013083332AMEMAMF3.htm Mon, 14 Jan 2013 04:45:59 AM -0700 Darren Duke Domino Admins: How to respond to US-CERT Alert TA13-010A?
It is becoming obvious to me that moving to an new version of Java, you'd be better off waiting until at least update 15. Sad but true.]]>
It is becoming obvious to me that moving to an new version of Java, you'd be better off waiting until at least update 15. Sad but true.]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ica/nop.nsf/dx/domino-admin-how-to-respond-to--us-cert-alert-ta13-010a?opendocument&comments#01142013044559AMICAGYS.htm Mon, 14 Jan 2013 04:42:31 AM -0700 Darren Duke Domino Admins: How to respond to US-CERT Alert TA13-010A?
{ Link }]]>
{ Link }]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ica/nop.nsf/dx/domino-admin-how-to-respond-to--us-cert-alert-ta13-010a?opendocument&comments#01142013044231AMICAGWM.htm Sat, 12 Jan 2013 04:56:22 PM -0700 Richard Schwartz Domino Admins: How to respond to US-CERT Alert TA13-010A? http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ica/nop.nsf/dx/domino-admin-how-to-respond-to--us-cert-alert-ta13-010a?opendocument&comments#01122013045622PMICA35A.htm Sat, 12 Jan 2013 04:33:30 PM -0700 Eric Mack Domino Admins: How to respond to US-CERT Alert TA13-010A?
So are you comfortable disabling Java for specific browsers as opposed to uinstalling altogether? (And perhaps running a Java enabled browser in a VM if needed.)

I suppose the benefit to this approach would be that at least Java is still available for the applications that need it. From what I understand the vulnerability is specifically related to Java and Browsers...]]>
So are you comfortable disabling Java for specific browsers as opposed to uinstalling altogether? (And perhaps running a Java enabled browser in a VM if needed.)

I suppose the benefit to this approach would be that at least Java is still available for the applications that need it. From what I understand the vulnerability is specifically related to Java and Browsers...]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ica/nop.nsf/dx/domino-admin-how-to-respond-to--us-cert-alert-ta13-010a?opendocument&comments#01122013043330PMEMA2P2.htm Sat, 12 Jan 2013 04:18:04 PM -0700 Richard Schwartz Domino Admins: How to respond to US-CERT Alert TA13-010A? http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ica/nop.nsf/dx/domino-admin-how-to-respond-to--us-cert-alert-ta13-010a?opendocument&comments#01122013041804PMICA2DC.htm Tue, 27 Nov 2012 03:42:51 AM -0700 David Leedy ShortURL - a link shortener for Domino
But you make a good point. Always good to control your own rather then rely on outside services.]]>
But you make a good point. Always good to control your own rather then rely on outside services.]]> http://www.notesonproductivity.com/ica/nop.nsf/dx/shorturl---a-link-shortener-for-domino?opendocument&comments#11272012034251AMICAFRC.htm