What's New in IBM iNotes 9.0 Social Edition?

This topic lists features new to IBM® iNotes®, and tells you how to get started using those features.

This iNotes Help topic introduces you to this release of iNotes. To find and contribute information and videos about using iNotes, see the Notes and Domino wiki.

Table 1. Mail features
Feature	How do I use it?
Abbreviated dates	The Mail views now show abbreviated, simplified dates according to the following changes: If the date falls on the current day, then the date column will only show the time, for example: "4:50 PM" Yesterday's date will have "Yesterday" plus the time If the date falls on a prior day within the past year, then the month and day will be shown with the time, for example: "May 12 3:50 PM" If the date falls on a day in a previous year, then the traditional date/time is show, for example "5/12/2011 3:15 PM" If, for some reason, there is a future date in the Mail view, due to OS settings, it will be displayed the same way as the "May 12 3:50 PM" example shown previously Abbreviated dates are on by default. To override this behavior, in Preferences > Basics, uncheck Use abbreviated dates.
Return receipt generation control	A new IBM Domino® server notes.inifile setting called `iNotes_WA_SendReturnReceipt` enables iNotes users to set how to handle return receipts for incoming messages that request them. The notes.ini file setting has these values: `iNotes_WA_SendReturnReceipt=2` Display prompt giving user the option to send or not send a return receipt for individual messages `iNotes_WA_SendReturnReceipt=1` Always send return receipt (default) `iNotes_WA_SendReturnReceipt=0` Never send a return receipt
Additional save option	Users have two options for saving emails they create: Save (Default) - saves the email as draft but leaves the message open with focus returning to the message. Save as Draft - saves email as draft and closes the message
Files integration	If your organization uses IBM Connections, users can manage and share links to files right in their inbox by doing the following: Store email attachments to their file repository for easy retrieval and to reduce the size of their mail file. Send links to files stored in Connections, instead of including attachments in email.

Table 2. Calendar features
Feature	How do I use it?
Dynamic scheduler widget	When a meeting chair creates a meeting or an invitee proposes a new time for a meeting, both can use the new dynamic scheduler widget to easily drag and drop to select a time that accommodates attendee schedules. Users can do the following with the dynamic scheduler widget: Drag to change the meeting time or duration Notice green check marks over time columns that indicate that all invitees can attend at those times. While dragging over different times, notice that the drag bar changes between green and red to indicate whether all invitees can attend or not at the selected time. Drop the drag bar on a day boundary to auto-expand the time grid to 24-hour mode Quickly pick a recommended meeting time for all required attendees Users can also schedule a meeting right from the iNotes inbox with the new dynamic scheduler widget. Right-click on any document and click Find available time to open the new scheduler. Use the dynamic scheduler to pick your meeting time and then click Create meeting to schedule the event quickly.
Calendar Create and Edit form improvements	The new, easier-to-read forms are faster to use to schedule team meetings, as well as individual appointments, anniversaries, all day events, and reminders. Less frequently used features are hidden, yet they remain available in a way that users can easily re-display them and use the features as needed.
Calendar Notice form improvements	The updated forms include these notices an invitee can receive: invitations, broadcast notices, reschedule notices, meeting updates, confirmations, cancellations, notices of being removed from a meeting, and delegation notices (from another invitee) The updated forms include these notices a chairperson can receive: counter-proposals, information requests, acceptance notices, decline notices, delegation notices, and tentative acceptance notices For meeting invitations, users can tell if they are available within the meeting notice. Users can also act on this new status and check their calendars or propose a new time to meet. When proposing a new time, users now have the option to add comments by default. Users no longer have to choose between Propose new time and Propose new time with comments; they can simply add comments to a proposal or not.
Calendar view improvements	Many iNotes calendar views now have the following improvements: Simplified calendar entry colors Conflict indicators to show when two calendar events overlap in time (for example, see Tuesday at 10:00 AM). Gutter area that you can easily double-click to create a new entry with an overlapping time Calendar entry colors set in Notes show now show in the iNotes calendar entries. Entries in the sidebar calendar now have the same formatting as full calendar entries.

Table 3. OpenSocial component features
Feature	How do I use it?
Widgets and Live Text support	iNotes provides the following support for widgets and live text in the Domino OpenSocial component: Widgets New My Widgets sidebar panel, providing a view of all installed widgets, plus browse catalog and update widget actions Drag and drop to install web and OpenSocial widgets from the widget catalog. Right-click and choose Remove to remove the installed widget. Open web widgets in a tab, window, floating window, or sidebar. Right-click on the widget and choose the corresponding Open command. Open OpenSocial widgets in a tab, floating window, or sidebar. Right-click on the widget and choose the corresponding Open command. Edit widget properties by right-clicking on a widget and choosing Properties. Web and OpenSocial widgets installable via policy by administrators (pushing widgets to end users) Live text Live text recognition and action execution is now supported in emails. Send selected text to a widget by selecting the text and double-clicking on the widget in the My Widgets sidebar panel. The widget must have a 'selected text' action configured for it.

Table 4. Other features
Feature	How do I use it?
Links to IBM Connections and the Notes® Browser Plug-In	If you either IBM Connections or the Notes Browser Plug-in installed, the user will see icons for these products in the client masthead. Clicking the icon launches the product.
Support for IBM Social theme	Support has been added for the IBM Social theme. This theme provides a new, cleaner, more modern look to the iNotes client interface, and is being adopted across the IBM product line for UI consistency.
Attachments area improvements	A new and improved attachment HTML-based area is available across all browsers. This attachment area also supports drag and drop of files in recent browsers that support HTML5.
Notes link improvements	Default links are Notes-only links rather than web links, and the IBM Notes links are represented by new icons (rather than a text link, as in previous releases). New Notes-only links (default) If the notes.ini file setting `iNotes_WA_OfferNotesURLLinks` is set to 1, then both Notes and web links are displayed, respectively, for a linked item. New Notes and web links, displayed together
Paste images from clipboard	Chrome and Firefox users can copy and paste images from the clipboard into the rich text editor of a mail message. Other browsers, such as Internet Explorer and Safari, are not supported because they do not support pasting images from the clipboard.
Import contacts into iNotes	Existing Microsoft Outlook contacts can now be imported into the iNotes client by first exporting them from Outlook as a comma separated value (CSV) file, and then importing that file.