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Workspace Notes
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 19, 2018

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Create a separate mail client

Users are often complaining about the old-school looking Notes / mail client.

IBM Verse has a modern look, but it's difficult to adopt due to missing features compared to iNotes and Notes.

Would it be an idea to separate the Notes client in ICAA, which we already have and a mail/calendar/contacts/To do's app?

I think there's a potential here to create a modern-looking mail app, which doesn't necessarily need to rely on NSF files and doesn't have to be backwards compatible for decades.

I can understand that this could be annoying for companies using customized mail file templates, but those who don't could benifit from it and that also doesn't mean that this client shouldn't be customizable with for example plug-in's or other...

What do you think?

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  • Guest
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    |     Dec 16, 2019

    Hah! Seems like HCL will do something like this.

    From: http://domino.elfworld.org/successful-local-domino-v11-launch-party/

     

    he Notes client will be released in the following editions:

    • Full version
    • A lightweight version running in the browser, as if it was a full Notes client, without you needing to change a single thing in your Notes apps
    • An email and calendar only client
    • A mobile client called Nomad, where you can run your Notes apps without a single code or design change
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    Thomas Hampel
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    |     Nov 30, 2018

    We will most likely not create 'another' client on a different code stream. However, the request for improving the user interface has been raised more than once (see related ideas)

  • Guest
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    |     Nov 20, 2018

    Some staff want a simpler UI than Verse on Prem presents. They would be happy with a UI like GMail. 

  • Guest
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    |     Nov 20, 2018

    Making Verse "feature complete" is already on IBM/HCL's roadmap and with that they mean align the features with IBM iNotes, which is not that far from Notes.

    I agree that that Verse is a modern-looking UI, but why not bring that to the client?

    Unless they can do that with the actual Notes client (let's see what v10.x.x or v11 brings), I think that it might be an idea to create a separate mail client.

    I, as an admin, don't care too much about the UI, but many users do and that's one of the main critics of this client (see the number of ideas and votes regarding that matter).

    On the other hand, I think there's also still a user base which prefers a client rather than a browser based client. It might mainly be a habit, but also feature-wise.

    So my conclusion is that or IBM/HCL needs to do a lot of efforts in updating the Notes client interface or they might give it a new start with a light-weight fresh-looking Verse client, which could maybe synchronize through SyncML or something like that and why not give integration options with Notes or ICAA...

     

    On the other hand, HCL Places will maybe be the next mail client, so this idea is maybe already "planned".

  • Guest
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    |     Nov 19, 2018

    Hmm, why not make Verse "feature complete" instead (whatever that term really means)? It already has a modern looking ui and doesn't depend on mail template customizations. Where do you see an advantage in creating yet another new mail&calendar client?

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