Lotus Notes R5

Lotus Notes admin is a big chunk of my job at the moment and has been for a couple of years. I 'grew up' on version 4.5, migrated to 4.6, changed jobs to roll out version 5, changed jobs again and now use 4.6! You might say a whistle stop tour of Notes admin! Now being CLP R4 and R5 I think I have just about got a good grip on Notes. There is a BIG change in store for you from R4.6 to R5. My experience of R5 is on AS/400 and a little NT with 1200 users, R4.5/4.6 NT and a little AS/400 for about 3000 users. The most significant change in R5 by Lotus is the push for legacy platforms like AS/400. If you have ever installed and configured R4 on AS/400 ...  Read the complete review

I am an Administrator at a university business school. We have been using Notes Version 4 for a few years, a reliable, stable platform. We have implemented R5 recently, here's a few observations. R5 needs considering at the server and client ends separately. At the server level, there is a new Administrator's interface. It is loaded with more functions, and allows easier access for setting account details, creating users, moving accounts etc. A clever feature. The actual server install is similar, but there are lots of new options, especially regarding Internet mail, to use. A word of strong advice: don't rush into using R5 ...  Read the complete review

After working with R4.x for 4 years moving to R5 was a major change. Suddenly I had two extra clients to work with as I was both Administrator and Developer for the company I worked for at the time. All 3 clients have a definate browser feel about them with a framed approach and the standard back, forward, stop, etc buttons usually found in Internet Browsers. Icons have now been replaced with the much neater bookmarks which reside on the left hand-side of the screen. The main workspace can be split into frames with each frame showing the users choice of contents ie: inbox, calendar, URL links, etc. A couple of great new features for the user are ...  Read the complete review

Having worked on Notes 4.x, and then R5,in total about 4yrs +, I have a bit of a culture shock recently with a new job, going back to R4. IanPaterson already gave a great review of R5 from Admin point of view. And I just want to say that the changes are just as vast, and for the better from a development point of view. First and foremost, you get a seperate Design client for doing the designing in. This client lets you view the different types of design elements like folders in the left hand pane, while displaying the actual elements from the current choice in the right hand pane if you want.. No more diving up to the Window menu command, to jump to ...  Read the complete review