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Two reasons to upgrade to Notes 8.5.1

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I upgraded my Notes client to 8.5.1 today.  And here are the two reasons you should upgrade if you're on 8.5.
1. Double right mouse click works consistently in your mail. So now you can double right click when reading internet mails, or when looking at a view.  This was broken in 8.5
2. Ctrl key now works when switching between views, keeping the selected document highlighted as you move between them. This was broken in 8.5

Ctrl End/Ctrl Home still doesn't work consistently between the old style views and Java views, with the old style navigating to the first or last document and selecting it, in 8.5 and 8.5.1 it doesn't select the document, which can often cause to accidentally deleting an email, as you think you have the last document selected, but you actually don't.

So are these really reasons to upgrade to 8.5.1? Yes, if you're on 8.5 they really are.  These things were a pain and just gave 8.5 a feel of someone didn't quite care enough to finish it.  8.5.1 feels much more polished.

Posted by Carl Tyler On 11/09/2009 | | del.icio.us  Technorati  Digg This 

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Gravatar Image1 - Carl -- You forgot the biggest reason to upgrade to 8.51 (sez me)! 8.51 + Protector for Mail Security gives you the ability to manage your spam and content filtering upstream from Domino, but from right within the Notes UI. Besides killing all the standard spam, you get to easily and permanently block all that crap that's sent from "legitimate" senders (e.g., newsletters, ads, webinar invites etc.) Use it for a week and you'll clean up that 30% or more of e-mail that you never wanted to see in the first place. It supports VMware and is free for qualifying partners under the Run Your Business program so you have no excuse to not use it.

Now you owe me a(nother) beer.

Posted by Arthur Fontaine At 10:02:19 PM On 11/12/2009 | - Website - |


Gravatar Image2 - Hi, Carl. After upgrade to Lotus Notes 8.5.1, in Lotus Notes integrated Sametime preferences disappear "Emoticons palettes".. People want this option back.. :( How?

Posted by Dima At 09:47:42 AM On 01/14/2010 | - Website - |


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