Ramblings on IBM Lotus Notes, integration with MS Office, Games, Movies, Music, Apple Stuff & whatever else I feel like ...http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/en-usThu, 24 Jul 2008 11:00:40 AM -0500 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:00:40 AM -0500 John Head Lotus Products that are missing blogs http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/lotus-products-that-are-missing-blogs?opendocument&comments#07242008110040AMJHELSH.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:35:17 AM -0500 Ed Brill Lotus Products that are missing blogs http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/lotus-products-that-are-missing-blogs?opendocument&comments#07242008103517AMPSCLAL.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:34:12 AM -0500 Chuck Hauble Why does IBM think Domino Document Manager/ILDDM/Domino.Doc is dead? http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/why-does-ibm-think-domino-document-managerilddmdomino.doc-is-dead?opendocument&comments#07242008103412AMPSCLA2.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:53:58 AM -0500 Geoff Higgins Why does IBM think Domino Document Manager/ILDDM/Domino.Doc is dead?
I totally agree that Quickr does not match capabilities of DDM and a Quickr face lift is required.

I have been in a situation where a customer needed the capability of DDM but then saw Quickr UI and Connectors and insisted he go for Quickr.

DDM is a great product with a horrible UI, hmm that used to sound familiar.]]>
I totally agree that Quickr does not match capabilities of DDM and a Quickr face lift is required.

I have been in a situation where a customer needed the capability of DDM but then saw Quickr UI and Connectors and insisted he go for Quickr.

DDM is a great product with a horrible UI, hmm that used to sound familiar.]]> http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/why-does-ibm-think-domino-document-managerilddmdomino.doc-is-dead?opendocument&comments#24072008095358PSCKGS.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:32:27 AM -0500 John Head Why does IBM think Domino Document Manager/ILDDM/Domino.Doc is dead? http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/why-does-ibm-think-domino-document-managerilddmdomino.doc-is-dead?opendocument&comments#07242008093227AMPSCK3H.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:24:51 AM -0500 Volker Weber Why does IBM think Domino Document Manager/ILDDM/Domino.Doc is dead? http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/why-does-ibm-think-domino-document-managerilddmdomino.doc-is-dead?opendocument&comments#07242008092451AMPSCJWM.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:16:11 AM -0500 John Head Lotus Products that are missing blogs http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/lotus-products-that-are-missing-blogs?opendocument&comments#07242008081611AMJHEHKP.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:52:00 AM -0500 Alexia Mizzi Why Integra?
We are following up in order to proceed with the changes to clarify the above metnioned.

Alexia (Integra4Notes)]]>
We are following up in order to proceed with the changes to clarify the above metnioned.

Alexia (Integra4Notes)]]> http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/why-integra?opendocument&comments#24072008075200PSCH4K.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:20:20 AM -0500 Julian Woodward Lotus Products that are missing blogs http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/lotus-products-that-are-missing-blogs?opendocument&comments#24072008042020PSCCY9.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:48:39 PM -0500 Ed Brill Lotus Products that are missing blogs Link }

Don't think it makes sense for there to be a Traveler blog - it's a Domino feature, not a separate product.

Project "Atlantic" is one of my team's products. Due to the nature of the joint development, it is unlikely there would be much to blog prior to its initial product release. I can ask the rest of the team. Lotus Protector is also one of my team's products...I can see that team getting into blogging, again once they ship.

There's also at least one other on your list that doesn't make any sense since the product is in maintenance mode...you might as well have put SmartSuite on there too :-P]]> Link }

Don't think it makes sense for there to be a Traveler blog - it's a Domino feature, not a separate product.

Project "Atlantic" is one of my team's products. Due to the nature of the joint development, it is unlikely there would be much to blog prior to its initial product release. I can ask the rest of the team. Lotus Protector is also one of my team's products...I can see that team getting into blogging, again once they ship.

There's also at least one other on your list that doesn't make any sense since the product is in maintenance mode...you might as well have put SmartSuite on there too :-P]]> http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/lotus-products-that-are-missing-blogs?opendocument&comments#07232008094839PMPSC5BG.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:45:36 PM -0500 Rob McDonagh Does Lotus Symphony really need LotusScript support? Redux
The UNO capability is painful, as you said, but if we had some excellent documentation and code samples, we could live with it while the JavaScript details are ironed out.]]>
The UNO capability is painful, as you said, but if we had some excellent documentation and code samples, we could live with it while the JavaScript details are ironed out.]]> http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/does-lotus-symphony-really-need-lotusscript-support-redux?opendocument&comments#07232008094536PMPSC59K.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:36:58 PM -0500 John Head Does Lotus Symphony really need LotusScript support? Redux http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/does-lotus-symphony-really-need-lotusscript-support-redux?opendocument&comments#07232008063658PMJHEVPP.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:35:30 PM -0500 John Head Does Lotus Symphony really need LotusScript support? Redux http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/does-lotus-symphony-really-need-lotusscript-support-redux?opendocument&comments#07232008063530PMJHEVNS.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:34:57 PM -0500 John Head Does Lotus Symphony really need LotusScript support? Redux http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/does-lotus-symphony-really-need-lotusscript-support-redux?opendocument&comments#07232008063457PMJHEVNF.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:12:14 PM -0500 Richard Schwartz Does Lotus Symphony really need LotusScript support? Redux
Does Symphony need to be a LotusScript host application, allowing code to run within its environment? No.

Does Symphony need to allow LotusScript code running in other host applications (e.g., Notes client) to automate its operation? Yes.

Does LotusScript code need to be able to access and modify data in Symphony files? Yes.

And one new point, in response to your full post... Yes, it would be acceptable to have the access go through JavaScript, as long as LotusScript code can invoke the JavaScript to do the job!]]>
Does Symphony need to be a LotusScript host application, allowing code to run within its environment? No.

Does Symphony need to allow LotusScript code running in other host applications (e.g., Notes client) to automate its operation? Yes.

Does LotusScript code need to be able to access and modify data in Symphony files? Yes.

And one new point, in response to your full post... Yes, it would be acceptable to have the access go through JavaScript, as long as LotusScript code can invoke the JavaScript to do the job!]]> http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/does-lotus-symphony-really-need-lotusscript-support-redux?opendocument&comments#07232008031214PMPSCRPP.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:03:26 PM -0500 Dan Sickles Does Lotus Symphony really need LotusScript support? Redux http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/does-lotus-symphony-really-need-lotusscript-support-redux?opendocument&comments#07232008030326PMPSCRJ8.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:22:30 PM -0500 Julian Buss Does Lotus Symphony really need LotusScript support? Redux
But: for short term success, we need the ability to script Symphony from inside Lotus Notes, for example from agents or from Notes UI events. And we need to do it cross platform.

So when thinking about JavaScript, the question is: can I solve for example this:

- a Notes documents opens

- in the PostOpen I detach an attachment to a temp directory and open it in Symphony

- I wait (!) my PostOpen until Symphony opened the file

- then I access bookmarks / textmarkers in Symphone to add text, which I computed from my just-opened Notes document.

THIS is - from my point of view - the short time goal. The whole integration of Symphony in Notes is useless when I does not have that capability.

And don't tell me that I could do it via Java and UNO. As you said, UNO is not usable at all if you are not a full time OpenOffice developer who worked with that shit since his whole lifetime.]]>
But: for short term success, we need the ability to script Symphony from inside Lotus Notes, for example from agents or from Notes UI events. And we need to do it cross platform.

So when thinking about JavaScript, the question is: can I solve for example this:

- a Notes documents opens

- in the PostOpen I detach an attachment to a temp directory and open it in Symphony

- I wait (!) my PostOpen until Symphony opened the file

- then I access bookmarks / textmarkers in Symphone to add text, which I computed from my just-opened Notes document.

THIS is - from my point of view - the short time goal. The whole integration of Symphony in Notes is useless when I does not have that capability.

And don't tell me that I could do it via Java and UNO. As you said, UNO is not usable at all if you are not a full time OpenOffice developer who worked with that shit since his whole lifetime.]]> http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/does-lotus-symphony-really-need-lotusscript-support-redux?opendocument&comments#23.07.2008142230PSCQQN.htm Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:54:53 PM -0500 Alan Lepofsky Time for another review ... The Dark Knight http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/time-for-another-review-...-the-dark-knight?opendocument&comments#07202008105453PMPSC6LV.htm Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:51:26 PM -0500 Alan Lepofsky Time for another review ... The Dark Knight http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/time-for-another-review-...-the-dark-knight?opendocument&comments#07202008105126PMPSC6JP.htm Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:45:09 PM -0500 Alan Lepofsky Time for another review ... The Dark Knight
Anyway, as I am sure you could tell on Twitter, we're not going to agree fully on this one! I liked the movie, but I did not think it was all that special. (nor did the others I saw it with, and all the people that responded to me on twitter).

For me the best parts were:

The Imax was amazing, the Joker was so perfect (most people don't know just how psychotic the joker is in the comics), I loved that we learned a little about Alfred's past, I loved Gordon growing into his character, loved Maggie 1000 times more than Katie, and yes, Harvey was good.

The bad: I would have liked more fill in from between films 1 and 2. What has Batman been doing to get the people of Gotham to rally behind him, or turn those against him? How did he set up shop in the new "bat-garage?". Where did Harvey come from, and how did he get to be DA? Just more set up to bring us to the point where Gotham is at... a town on the brink, criminals not feared, etc. ... enter the Joker, Harvey/Twoface.

I did not like the side story of the chinese company, the trip there, and the other pieces of that puzzle. Same for the weasel accountant that figures out who Batman is. I did not feel either story added to the movie. I also did not like the sonar stuff. Sure it looked neat and he's a bat, and in the comics Batman does keep track of people better than anyone else (can you say JL Watchtower!), but it just seemed way to hooky in the movie.

Over all it was great, and did an amazing job of introducing the symbiotic relationship between Batman and the Joker. (which goes on some pretty amazing turns in Batman Beyond, including Robin, nuff said) Also the concepts that all of us have good and evil inside, it is which we choose to embrace that make us who we are, were explored very well. I just think it could have easily been edited down to a more concise story.

BTW, no one I've spoken to understood a word of Gordon's final speech, the vocals were way to quiet, and muted out by the louder sounds. all I heard was "blah blah blah... dark night"

I'd give it an 8.]]>
Anyway, as I am sure you could tell on Twitter, we're not going to agree fully on this one! I liked the movie, but I did not think it was all that special. (nor did the others I saw it with, and all the people that responded to me on twitter).

For me the best parts were:

The Imax was amazing, the Joker was so perfect (most people don't know just how psychotic the joker is in the comics), I loved that we learned a little about Alfred's past, I loved Gordon growing into his character, loved Maggie 1000 times more than Katie, and yes, Harvey was good.

The bad: I would have liked more fill in from between films 1 and 2. What has Batman been doing to get the people of Gotham to rally behind him, or turn those against him? How did he set up shop in the new "bat-garage?". Where did Harvey come from, and how did he get to be DA? Just more set up to bring us to the point where Gotham is at... a town on the brink, criminals not feared, etc. ... enter the Joker, Harvey/Twoface.

I did not like the side story of the chinese company, the trip there, and the other pieces of that puzzle. Same for the weasel accountant that figures out who Batman is. I did not feel either story added to the movie. I also did not like the sonar stuff. Sure it looked neat and he's a bat, and in the comics Batman does keep track of people better than anyone else (can you say JL Watchtower!), but it just seemed way to hooky in the movie.

Over all it was great, and did an amazing job of introducing the symbiotic relationship between Batman and the Joker. (which goes on some pretty amazing turns in Batman Beyond, including Robin, nuff said) Also the concepts that all of us have good and evil inside, it is which we choose to embrace that make us who we are, were explored very well. I just think it could have easily been edited down to a more concise story.

BTW, no one I've spoken to understood a word of Gordon's final speech, the vocals were way to quiet, and muted out by the louder sounds. all I heard was "blah blah blah... dark night"

I'd give it an 8.]]> http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/time-for-another-review-...-the-dark-knight?opendocument&comments#07202008104509PMPSC6ES.htm