Lotus Notes R5 Reviews

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 ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

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. ...  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 ...  Read the complete review