Resolving corruption of custom controls when they are renamed ( 8.5.0 )

Sean Cull discovered, if you rename a custom control in XPages, you get a NotesException error. He’s found one way to fix it.

Posted on: July 28, 2009 9:00 am

A poll: How do you authenticate to iNotes and web-based apps?

Marie L Scott is running a poll. Before she updates her HTTP login processes she’d like to know how other companies authenticate to Domino for HTTP.

Posted on: July 28, 2009 9:00 am

Download Fix Pack 1 for IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5

Fix Pack 1 is now available for download. There are a number of fixes for Admins. This is a link to the preliminary fix list, the final list doesn’t seem to have been published yet.

Posted on: July 27, 2009 9:00 am

Odd messages while upgrading my Client to 8.5FP1

Keith Brooks just applied Fix Pack 1 to his 8.5 client. While the final message says the upgrade completed, he got a couple of earlier messages saying something didn’t work. He’s wondering if you know what’s going on.

Posted on: July 27, 2009 9:00 am

How many Sametime server communities do you have?

Mary Beth Raven is investigating "server communities" for meetings, activities, and Sametime. How many might be optimal, or normal, or too many? She’d like to know how many Sametime Communities you have and use.

Posted on: July 27, 2009 9:00 am

Keep your Inbox cleaner – set preferences for meeting invitations

We all know that some users feel a clean Inbox is a sign of a sick mind, however. Julia Brown offers some quick tips to help tidy up the Inbox so you can find things.

Posted on: July 27, 2009 9:00 am

Microsoft wins ’emotiflag’ patent, despite Lotus Notes precedent

It seems the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office didn’t exercise "due diligence" before granting Microsoft’s patent for e-mail flag icons. Lotus Notes has had the feature for years.

Posted on: July 24, 2009 9:00 am

New Web Site for Domino Application Case Studies

Christopher Byrne is tired of hearing how "seamlessly" Notes can be moved to other mail/document systems. He’s set up a news web site to provide case studies of the benefits derived from Lotus Notes/Domino applications that can’t easily be moved to another system.

Posted on: July 24, 2009 9:00 am

Comparison table between iCal Calendar and Scheduling between Lotus Notes and Domino and Microsoft Outlook and Exchange

The title of this wiki pretty much says it all. There are two tables, one for a single meeting the other for a repeat meeting, and columns detailing how difference systems handle things.

Posted on: July 24, 2009 9:00 am

Transforming Domino Forms into XPages via XSLT

Paul Calhoun offers a list of five oddities that surface when moving design items to XPages from Forms and four things that needed to be done frequently. They’re simple tasks, but you should be aware of them.

Posted on: July 24, 2009 9:00 am