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.
Feature |
How do I use it? |
---|---|
Abbreviated dates |
The Mail views now show abbreviated, simplified
dates according to the following changes:
|
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:
|
Additional save option |
Users have two options for saving emails they
create:
|
Files integration |
If your organization uses IBM Connections, users
can manage and share links to files right in their inbox by doing
the following:
|
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:
Users can also schedule a meeting right from the iNotes inbox with the new
dynamic scheduler widget.
|
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:
|
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
Live text
|
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. |