Christian Petters reminds us to replace the index.html file in the Traveler folder. It’s a vital part of the upgrade.

Mike McGarel has an old application that lets him export a view to Excel via a browser. He hasn’t tested it with large numbers of rows or columns, but if you’re interested, he’s posted code and instructions.

Brian M O’Curran wants you to know a selection of Web 2.0 portlets are available for download. He provides a URL and a short video showing how you might use some of these new portlets.

David Leedy has posted his Episode 7 video on YouTube taking 8.16 minutes to explain the TypeAhead feature of Notes 8.5.1.

Keith Brooks prefers using the Sidebar to either Bookmarks or Launcher. Actually, he claims he’s just lazy. But he’s taken the time to write down the 8 steps to put an application on the Sidebar in Notes 8.

Victor Toal offers both a translation of its name and a photo of this wonderful beast. It seems he’s been trying to explain to people how many users feel about Domino by comparing it to an Eeierlegende Wollmilchsau.

Mark Hughes had been working on a view in XPages that was hard to read until Paul Hannan gave him a tip on adding row colors. Mark has posted the code to make it work and a screenshot so you can see how it looks.

David Brown has reservations about the mail quota system, especially the Mail Quota Status thermometer. The feature has an interesting quirk, even in 8.5.

Mary Beth Raven has been posting short items on new and updated features to be found in Notes 8.5.1. Today’s bit of news is on dragging calendar entries.

In the fascinating article by Bernard Grenville-Jones, you’ll learn how to set up and manage a Notes application that will scan physical postal mail, and then distribute it company-wide.

Read this DominoPower article.