IBM Lotus Domino Web Access
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IBM Lotus iNotes offers a full-featured web-based version of the IBM
Lotus Notes
client
. Formerly known as IBM Lotus Domino Web Access, Lotus iNotes provides IBM Lotus Notes users with browser-based access to their Notes mail, calendar, and contacts. The software combines with IBM Lotus Domino
software to provide a client interface that is available both online and offline. It provides access to collaboration tools using a variety of Web browsers across multiple platforms.
Lotus iNotes comes as a feature in Lotus Domino. The administrator can turn this feature on to allow access of mails via browser. Domino administrators can maintain and control a standard and consistent experience for users through centralized Lotus Domino administrative policies that set or enforce mail settings for Lotus iNotes users. In addition, Lotus iNotes has full offline support via Domino Off-Line Services (DOLS), integrated instant messaging, and can be configured to integrate Lotus Quickr support.
Lotus iNotes includes three modes for users accessing their Notes mail:-
to access their Domino-based mail, calendar, schedule
, to-do list, contacts
, and notebook (Notes Journal) from any computer which has a certified web browser and an Internet
connection. It uses dynamic HTML
and Ajax
to provide a rich user experience while minimizing the number of full-page refreshes and transactions interacting with the Domino web server
. It also integrates with the IBM Lotus Sametime
instant-messaging
platform and offers offline support through IBM Lotus Domino Off-Line Services (DOLS).
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IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
Lotus Notes
Lotus Notes
Lotus Notes is the client of a collaborative platform originally created by Lotus Development Corp. in 1989. In 1995 Lotus was acquired by IBM and became known as the Lotus Development division of IBM and is now part of the IBM Software Group...
client
Client (computing)
A client is an application or system that accesses a service made available by a server. The server is often on another computer system, in which case the client accesses the service by way of a network....
. Formerly known as IBM Lotus Domino Web Access, Lotus iNotes provides IBM Lotus Notes users with browser-based access to their Notes mail, calendar, and contacts. The software combines with IBM Lotus Domino
IBM Lotus Domino
Lotus Domino is an IBM server product that provides enterprise-grade e-mail, collaboration capabilities, and a custom application platform. Domino began life as Lotus Notes Server, the server component of Lotus Development Corporation's client-server messaging technology. It can be used as an...
software to provide a client interface that is available both online and offline. It provides access to collaboration tools using a variety of Web browsers across multiple platforms.
Lotus iNotes comes as a feature in Lotus Domino. The administrator can turn this feature on to allow access of mails via browser. Domino administrators can maintain and control a standard and consistent experience for users through centralized Lotus Domino administrative policies that set or enforce mail settings for Lotus iNotes users. In addition, Lotus iNotes has full offline support via Domino Off-Line Services (DOLS), integrated instant messaging, and can be configured to integrate Lotus Quickr support.
Lotus iNotes includes three modes for users accessing their Notes mail:-
- Full Mode – Provides integrated collaboration tools for environments that provide full broadband connections. For users that need full access to all of the iNotes features.
- Lite mode - This mode includes mail, contacts, and calendar and is best suited for slow connections or bandwidth constrained networks. For users that need to access mail in a public place, such as at a kiosk.
- Ultra-light mode - This mode is available either on a mobile device (initially available on the Apple iPhone or iPod Touch using Apple Safari), or on your desktop (using Mozilla Firefox) as the accessible mode of iNotes.
Functionality
Lotus iNotes allows users of IBM Lotus DominoIBM Lotus Domino
Lotus Domino is an IBM server product that provides enterprise-grade e-mail, collaboration capabilities, and a custom application platform. Domino began life as Lotus Notes Server, the server component of Lotus Development Corporation's client-server messaging technology. It can be used as an...
to access their Domino-based mail, calendar, schedule
Calendaring software
Calendaring software is software that minimally provides users with an electronic version of a calendar. Additionally, the software may provide an appointment book, address book, and/or contact list. These tools are an extension of many of the features provided by time management software such as...
, to-do list, contacts
Contact manager
A contact manager enables users to easily store and find contact information, such as names, addresses and telephone numbers. They are contact-centric databases that provide a fully integrated approach to tracking of all information and communication activities linked to contacts...
, and notebook (Notes Journal) from any computer which has a certified web browser and an Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
connection. It uses dynamic HTML
Dynamic HTML
Dynamic HTML, or DHTML, is an umbrella term for a collection of technologies used together to create interactive and animated web sites by using a combination of a static markup language , a client-side scripting language , a presentation definition language , and the Document Object Model.DHTML...
and Ajax
Ajax (programming)
Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications...
to provide a rich user experience while minimizing the number of full-page refreshes and transactions interacting with the Domino web server
Web server
Web server can refer to either the hardware or the software that helps to deliver content that can be accessed through the Internet....
. It also integrates with the IBM Lotus Sametime
Lotus Sametime
IBM Sametime is a client–server application and middleware platform that provides real-time, unified communications and collaboration for enterprises. Those capabilities include presence information, enterprise instant messaging, web conferencing, community collaboration, and telephony capabilities...
instant-messaging
Instant messaging
Instant Messaging is a form of real-time direct text-based chatting communication in push mode between two or more people using personal computers or other devices, along with shared clients. The user's text is conveyed over a network, such as the Internet...
platform and offers offline support through IBM Lotus Domino Off-Line Services (DOLS).
History
- A client called "Lotus Notes Webmail" provided limited web access to web-enabled Lotus Notes email systems (versions 4 and 5) from the late 1990s.
- Lotus SoftwareLotus SoftwareLotus Software is a software company with headquarters in Westford, Massachusetts...
referred to iNotes as "Shimmer" in its beta version.
- Release 5.0.8 (2001) of Lotus Notes introduced iNotes, which featured a fuller interface than the Webmail client. That year, Network Computing gave a "Well-Connected Award" to iNotes for "Best Web-based Application".
- Release 6.5 of Lotus Domino (September 2003) renamed iNotes to Domino Web Access.
- Release 7.0.2 of Lotus Domino (September 2006) introduced support for the Macintosh.
- Release 8.5 of Lotus Domino (January 2009) renamed Domino Web Access back to iNotes.
Supported Browsers
iNotes 6 Template- Internet ExplorerInternet ExplorerWindows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year...
6.0 for Windows - Internet Explorer 7.0 for Windows (in Domino 6.5.5 with HotFix)
- MozillaMozillaMozilla is a term used in a number of ways in relation to the Mozilla.org project and the Mozilla Foundation, their defunct commercial predecessor Netscape Communications Corporation, and their related application software....
1.4.1 and 1.7.x for LinuxLinuxLinux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
clients
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- Internet Explorer 6.0 for Windows
- Internet Explorer 7.0 for Windows (in Domino 7.0.2 with HotFix)
- Mozilla 1.4.1 and 1.7.x for Linux clients
- Mozilla FirefoxMozilla FirefoxMozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. , Firefox is the second most widely used browser, with approximately 25% of worldwide usage share of web browsers...
1.0 for Windows, Linux and Mac OS XMac OS XMac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
(in Domino 7.0.2) - Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2 for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X (in Domino 7.0.2)
- Mozilla Firefox 2.x for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X (in Domino 7.0.3)
See also
- IBM Lotus Notes
- IBM Lotus Notes TravelerIBM Lotus Notes TravelerIBM Lotus Notes Traveler software is a push email product that provides access to email and Personal Information Management applications for Lotus Notes customers using supported mobile devices...
- IBM Lotus DominoIBM Lotus DominoLotus Domino is an IBM server product that provides enterprise-grade e-mail, collaboration capabilities, and a custom application platform. Domino began life as Lotus Notes Server, the server component of Lotus Development Corporation's client-server messaging technology. It can be used as an...
- Outlook Web AccessOutlook Web AccessOutlook Web App , originally called Outlook Web Access and before that Exchange Web Connect , is a webmail service of Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 and later...