Lotus Quickr 8.2 sports several new features and opportunities for integration.
End-user-oriented enhancements to the Lotus Quickr services for Domino include :
- Faster browser response time
- Sticky user preferences in views
- A new button to add a Quickr place to connectors
- Simplified document editing and versioning interfaces
- Integration with IBM Lotus Connections Communities to provide an associated team place or wiki with synchronized membership
- Integration with Lotus Connections Activities to provide publication of Activity content to a Lotus Quickr place
Enhancements for Lotus Quickr services for Domino that simplify administration and help to streamline the infrastructure include :
- Support for IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 DAOS (Domino attachment and object service) to enable storage of attachments in the file system
- Increased flexibility in configuring integration between Lotus Sametime and Lotus Quickr (allowing shared Lotus Domino directory)
- Simplified process for upgrades and installation of hot fixes
- Security enhancements to address potential exposures identified by ethical hacking project
- Support for Firefox 3.0 and additional directories (Sun SAM and Novell eDirectory)
- Support for additional standards (FIPS/FDCC and IPv6)
Enhancements to the Lotus Quickr connectors are available for both Lotus Quickr services for Domino and Lotus Quickr services for IBM WebSphere Portal:
- Lotus Domino Web Access connector (available with Lotus Domino 8.5)
- Improved e-mail drag and drop from Lotus Notes connector
- Improved error handling when sending Lotus Quickr links via e-mail
- Ability for administrator to automatically populate Lotus Quickr connectors with a list of places
- Forward proxy support
- Enablers to customize single sign-on
- Support for local groups (Lotus Quickr services for Lotus Domino only)
In additon, on Sept.8 2009, IBM announced the following:
- Lotus Connections Files and Wikis for Lotus Quickr product entitlements.
- Lotus Quickr services for WebSphere® Portal that supports Oracle 10.2 as an alternative database.
- Lotus Quickr services for WebSphere Portal that supports AIX® V5.3.
- National language support for all languages supported on previous versions of Lotus Quickr.
- Upgrade capability from Lotus Quickplace 6.5.1 or 7.0 directly to Lotus Quickr 8.2 without requiring intermediate steps.