Serdar Basegmez
We were waiting for this moment for a long time... Lotus Notes/Domino 8.5.2 has been released today.
It is not a simple minor upgrade. Important features and lots of fixes will be effective with 8.5.2.
IBM finally announced release 8.5.2. We were such impatient about it.
IBM announced that Lotus Notes/Domino 8.5.1 FP4 packages are ready to be downloaded. The fix pack contains several critical fixes and is recommended for all 8.5.1 users. It is also incremental and contains all fixes in prior fix-packs. I didn't have time to look at the list of fixes but I'll blog about them soon.
Fix list contained by FP4 can be seen on:
http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/r5fixlist.nsf/0/61f6dc55689d10b18525774d0055319a
To download FP4:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=899\&uid=swg24025721
Users of Lotus Notes 8.x are frustrated with the slowness of the Eclipse platform. Java based new client creates performance problems in older computers due to its memory consumption. IBM Lotus development team provides performance improvement at every new versions. IBMers assure that the performance issues are top-priority for their agendas. The team is focusing especially on start-up times. The first outcomes has been experienced in version 8.5.1 where start-up sequence of some components was reordered to improve end-user usability.
Version 8.5.2 beta phase is approaching to the final and there are good news about the performance improvements. Perhaps, the most important advance is the installation option to pre-load some eclipse processes with the operating system . If you noticed before, Lotus Symphony has the same option which speeds up the opening by over 50%.
Ed Brill posted in his blog about 8.5.2 performance improvements. You can see some links and videos in comments.
Two weeks ago, at a round table meeting with Kevin Cavanaugh, I saw Traveler working on his iPad... Few days later Ed Brill blogged about it. IBMers are 'officially' using Lotus Notes Traveler on iPad...
Ed also has good news about more. Starting with 8.5.2, some new features will be included to the codestream regarding iPad usability.
IBM announced that Lotus Notes/Domino 8.5.1 FP3 is ready to be downloaded. The fix pack contains several critical fixes and is recommended for all 8.5.1 users. It is also incremental and contains all fixes in prior fix-packs. In the fix pack, several crash issues in client application seem to be fixed.
Fix list contained by FP3 can be seen on:
To download FP3:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=899\&uid=swg24025721
News about upcoming release 8.5.2 are becoming more clear. Last week, Lotus team shared some possible improvements about iNotes 8.5.2 in Open Mic event.
Of course, no need to remind that these improvements are in progress for development. They are not guaranteed yet.
Lotus Notes / Domino 8.5.2 was in managed-beta program since january. Last week, confidentiality has been lifted, which means beta users are now free to talk about improvements in new version.
Of course blogs are raining about new features. I wrapped-up some important features from bloggers:
Last week, Oskar, from IBM CEE Channel, shared this video of Project Vulcan: