Instead of ‘pivoting’ from the email client to a browser application, the browser app can be embedded within the email message and acted upon from there. It appears to be mostly a way of integrating their IBM Connections application into Notes so that users may act on items from within an email message. IBM has been touting the phrase ’embedded experiences’ as a major new enhancement with Notes 9. ‘Embedded experiences’ for embedded social networking applications in mail messages For instance, you can view weeks that are between 15th of one month to the 15th of the next.Ĥ. The rolling calendar feature allows you to see monthly calendar starting at any point in the calendar, not just 1-30. New calendar features include a new Weekly Planner view showing the days of the week in two columns, a rolling calendar view, that you can scroll through one week at a time, and easier to find ‘today’ with a colored background, colorized calendar entries by category, and automatic processing of meeting updates.

New shortcut buttons open mail, calendar, and other applications – these can be hidden or add your own. Quick links to mail, calendar and apps are now found in the Tabs bar to be accessed at any time. There are ‘Discovery’ and ‘Home’ pages for the Notes client and Designer with links to tips, tutorials, and favorite applications. ‘Big Blue’ has incorporated more muted tones in blue and gray for their theme including the colors and designs of Notes smart icons. The new IBM Notes 9 Social Edition shares the look and feel (called a ‘theme’) of IBM’s other applications and services and is geared toward integrating Notes with IBM’s suite of applications, most notably IBM Connections.

All the new features and even the Notes 9 theme itself can be enabled or disabled.

URLs are now clickable while in Edit mode. In addition to the new Outlook-like feel, users have more options for laying out their mail file – messages can be grouped by date, newest messages at the top, message snippets visible in the Inbox view, preview images in attachments, and searching mail and archives at the same time.

The mail, calendar, and contacts themes have changed with new functionality. While there have been many enhancements as well as bug fixes from Notes 8, here is a summary of 10 notable improvements: While the Lotus brand name will be missed, the IBM brand name is a top 10 global brand and provides the Notes product line with even stronger worldwide recognition. Lotus Notes is now IBM Notes - in March 2013 IBM officially launched IBM Notes 9 Social Edition without the Lotus brand name.

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