IBM Notes Browser Plug-in

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1 IBM Notes Browser Plug-in Raj Patil Senior Technical Staff Member - Notes Client Archana Pawar QE Lead - Notes Browser Plugin (Notes Client) Date: 3rd September, 2014

2 Open Mic Team Raj Patil Senior Technical Staff Member Presenter Archana Pawar Advisory Software Engineer Presenter 2

3 Agenda Introduction Key Business Scenarios addressed The purpose of the Notes Browser Plug-in Current Features of Notes Browser Plug-in Q&A 3

4 Key Business/User Scenarios Typical Notes/Domino Customer environment Using Notes Client Large number of custom Domino Applications Notes Client Custom Applications LotusScript/Formula/NIF/NSF NSF Storage Local or Remote 4

5 Where some customers would like to go Future Notes/Domino Customer environment Combination of Notes Client & Web Clients Custom applications Partly (newer ones) moved to XPages Still continue to have large set which cannot be moved to XPages Notes Client Legacy Apps Xpages LotusScript/Formula/NIF/NSF Web Browser Legacy Apps http Xpages inotes (Mail) Large number of apps NOT accessible via browser NSF Storage Local or Remote 5

6 Browser Plug-in for Notes Provide access to Custom Notes Applications from a browser No modifications to the custom applications Large number of apps accessible via browser Provide support for notes:// url Legacy Apps Notes Client Xpages Browser Plug-in Legacy Apps Web Browser Xpages inotes (Mail) LotusScript/Formula/NIF/NSF http NSF Storage Local or Remote 6

7 Browser Plug-in What is it? Browser Plug-in Allow Notes Apps to run Unmodified in a browser No additional Cost/Training Small subset of Notes Components (only what s required to run custom app) Encapsulated in browser plug-in Standard installer or managed deployment options. NO support for Notes Mail (recommend using inotes) Security Full support for ID File (ID Vault), encrypted content Access to applications via Browser bookmarks document/view/application link in documents Support for Notes URL's in the browser. 7

8 New in 901 Integration of MUMA (Multi-User Migration Utility) No longer need to uninstall prior version to install Notes Browser Plug-in Seamless migration of data Support Microsoft Windows XP, 7, 8, 8.1 Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7, 8.1 Firefox 24 ESR and above (Latest version currently 28) Allow opening mail template-based applications New check box to disallow opening, if desired (database properties) Support all the workflow with mail-in databases 8

9 New in 901 IBM SmartCloud support Properly handling locked-down desktop environment (e.g., Internet Explorer security settings) Allow specifying a browser to use for Notes Browser Plug-in via notes.ini NOTES_PLUGIN_DEFAULT_BROWSE=<FIREFOX or IEXPLORE> Change to use Internet Explorer, if default browser is not supported for Notes Browser Plug-in (e.g., Google Chrome ) 9

10 Installation and Set-up Goals Keep the Installation Package to a minimum Keep the installation as simple as possible Minimum number of options Multi-user Ensure we handle existing installation & data Data migration MUMA (Multi-user migration Agent integration) Setup to be simple 10

11 Installation Browser Plug-in stand-alone Install Package Use this if you only want NBP with inotes or Notes web Removes any other Notes client from the system. Min Package ~ 55MB Max Package ~ 148MB (includes JVM & Viewers) OR Can also be installed as part of Notes Standard Client install Plug-in is installed & registered for both Firefox & Internet Explorer. Bookmarks migration/synchronization upon 1st user launch 11

12 Other Functional Items for subsequent releases MAC Support Auto Install Update Local Archiving Offline Access Mail.next + SmartCloud Notes web.next Notes Browser Plug-in Future auto-update service Notes Browser Plug-in Applications Mail-enabled applications Richer archiving Offline primary 12

13 Limited Local Archving Capability Challenge: Limited to only one archive Access to archive through preferences Does not support defining archive criteria or archive schedule Solution: Integrate Notes archiving into SmartCloud Notes web and inotes Unlimited number of existing and new archives Access via primary controls navigator and Show menu User- or policy-defined archive criteria and schedule Archives surfaced in web client UI 13

14 DEMO 14

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16 Screenshots of what we saw in Demo 16

17 Application inside Notes Standard client 17

18 Same Application inside Notes Browser Plug-in in Internet Explorer Browser 18

19 Application Inside Browser 19

20 Notes Browser Plugin Home Page 20

21 NBP inotes Integration 21

22 NBP - inotes Integration (Forwarding Notes Document) 22

23 NBP inotes Integration Forwarding a Notes Document inotes Memo (Retain all the Rich Formatting) 23

24 Application With Right Click Context Menu 24

25 NBP Edit Document with Infobox 25

26 NBP Bookmarks Migrated to Browser Favorites 26

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