I really struggled with whether or not to complain about Notes 8.0.2 but after another day of running into the same problems I decided what's the point of my blog if I don't speak out. So here goes...
1. Why wasn't the Single Sign on feature set to install by default? I get more calls from folks that went and found my installs and didn't know to turn that feature on and are now upset that they have to put their password in all the time.
2. Why wasn't the new "Synchronize Contacts" feature a default setting after the upgrade? They turned on adding Recent Contacts which has caused me tons of issues. Seems like the added benefit on no longer manually choosing to update to DWA would make this feature a plus that they'd wanted immediately noticed.
3. Recent Contacts is an awesome feature that is very annoying when you're moving between domains, which we currently are. I used to get regular calls from users until I explained it would be better to turn the feature off for now or to go regularly clean up your Recent Contacts. Sure this is an inhouse annoyance because of our situation. I only mention it because I'm curious why this feature was turned on and #2 wasn't.
4. Display New (unprocessed) Notices in calendar. Again, why wasn't this a default setting? Very cool feature!
Perhaps I'll find the answers to these and even more at Lotusphere. Or perhaps someone will explain to me... when do I scrap the roll out plans for 8.0 and start testing 8.5 for deployment instead?
13 January 2009
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Can't answer for Lotus, ask MBR maybe if you see her as she might know.
You're 1st issue is your own, not everyone, for security purposes, wants the same login everywhere. Even if it makes users life easier :-)
The 2nd one is my question also but again some companies do not want contacts on their NAB or affected quota space or whatever the reasoning, but I liek it enabled as well.
3rd, causes issues, not just in your scenario but in everytime you mistype an email. It's better in 802 since you can edit thelist and in 8.5 as well so thats one good reason not to look at 801, although it is just a template.
4th is one of those things people want some privacy before seeing other events or preventing too many items in their calendar.
As always you can't please everyone all the time, but at least we have options.
And yes 8.5 is THAT much better than 8.0x from client and server sides. As you probably read from my blog and many others.
Too true... but it's my rants so wouldn't it be personal to my situation! ;)
You can create a custom installer and have it automagically install whatever you want. :-) That's what most people do. You want to use the Installshield Tuner, which is downloadable from Passport Advantage or it is on the Notes Client CD (not the "all clients" CD, just the one with the Notes client on it).
It is a little hit or miss what Lotus decides to enable by default. It would be nice if there was some dialog after an upgrade that said "There are new features you might like. Do you want to enable them now?" You learn to read the release notes very carefully so you don't miss anything.
And welcome to the Yellowverse. It's a very strange place.
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