I smell new beta...Notes and Domino 8 beta 3 now available for download

May 23 2007

Image:I smell new beta...Notes and Domino 8 beta 3 now available for download

Coming very, very soon...just in time for a wee user group meeting...

Update at 4 PM CDT:  Notes and Domino 8 beta 3 is now posted for download.

I will post some comments about the new - final - beta tomorrow.

Ed Brill | Highland Park, IL USA Category:  Notes and Domino 8  Add/View Comments [23]

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  1. 1  Ed Brill http://www.edbrill.com | 5/23/2007 5:11:17 PM

    FYI, there were about a dozen comments on this entry earlier, but I had to recreate it.

    The only one that seemed important was yes, I would recommend you uninstall the earlier beta before installing this one.

  1. 2  John Head http://www.johndavidhead.com | 5/23/2007 5:20:58 PM

    Uninstall AND reboot before the install :-) ... that is what I did yesterday and the install was fine.

    It is much faster, cleaner, and smaller. And for those wondering, you can open dbs from the Admin client and "right dobule-click closes window" is in the preferencs :)

  1. 3  Peter Smith  | 5/24/2007 7:06:36 AM

    yep , it's much, much better. Definitely uninstall first, I didn't and it was a mess.

    @2 first thing I tried was the open db from Admin :-)

  1. 4  Richard Moy http://www.dominointerface.com | 5/24/2007 10:29:27 AM

    Ed,

    Most impression with the loading speed on my machine. They fixed the problem that I posted which is very good. When you shut down Notes there seem to be a lag between the Notes window closing versus when the actual complete closing occurs. Other than that, the development team has done a good job in improving the speed and fixing bugs.

  1. 5  Peter LaComb  | 5/24/2007 10:55:01 AM

    If only my connection here at the office weren't so slow, I'd be trying this out too.

  1. 6  Chris Miller http://www.IdoNotes.com | 5/24/2007 11:06:47 AM

    The install actually says to uninstall beta 2 of the client, reboot and install. The server can be overlayed with the new beta version

  1. 7  Rich Westle http://www.cgsinc.com | 5/24/2007 11:26:41 AM

    I uninstalled beta 2, however my systems is giving me an error that says notes8_w32_beta3_prod is not a valid win 32 app... any ideas?

    Thanks

  1. 8  Henning Heinz  | 5/24/2007 12:45:30 PM

    Rich,

    have you checked zje filesize? This error often refers to a broken download.

  1. 9  Igor Jablokov http://www.yapme.com | 5/24/2007 2:55:42 PM

    Is IBM planning on releasing a Notes 8 Mac client?

  1. 10  Ed Brill http://www.edbrill.com | 5/24/2007 3:01:34 PM

    @9 in 8.0.1. Windows and Linux in 8.0.0

  1. 11  Peter LaComb  | 5/24/2007 3:09:03 PM

    Perhaps I'm off here, but I'd have thought that IBM would want people testing upgrade installs, though certainly I can see wanting prior 8 beta's to be cleanly removed and reinstalled.

    There is some work to be done with the 7->8 upgrade - definitely didn't do what I hoped. Time to remove and reinstall.

  1. 12  Peter LaComb  | 5/24/2007 3:10:15 PM

    err... OK - it just took way longer than I expected for the workspace/getting started to show up. for a beta that is COMPLETELY acceptable.

  1. 13  mark hughes  | 5/24/2007 3:14:26 PM

    is there a notes single sign on? Or is it planed?

  1. 14  David Bell  | 5/24/2007 3:17:20 PM

    @13 - single sign on is in there - just like Notes 7.

  1. 15  Bill Geimer  | 5/24/2007 3:17:52 PM

    Having downloaded Windows Server, AIX Sever, Linux server, all Windows clients, I want to thank from the bottom of my heart whomever built IBM Download Director. It is a wonder at downloading code. Second honors go to whomever worked out having dual and separate servers for Windows, AIX and Linux on what I am sure is a VERY busy day.

  1. 16  Arthur Fontaine  | 5/24/2007 3:41:46 PM

    Try the Linux..... It's written for SLED 10 but I run it fine on RHEL5. Since you're not going to get support for a beta anyway, try it on your favorite distro. I have it on Ubuntu too.

    So not to start a flame war about Designer and Administrator, here.... But I can tell you that, for standard desktop use, having Notes 8 means I can finally live in Linux 24x7. I bet you or your customers could too, much of the time. That makes a lot of things interesting.

  1. 17  Gerry Murphy http://www.fidax.com | 5/24/2007 5:39:55 PM

    Followed the uninstal tip.

    Full client Installed fine.

    MUCH faster.

    Lost a couple of Designer toolbars, easy to fix.

    So far stable, Beta 2 could be crashed twice a day.

    Now going to look to see if import is working correctly.

    Great work.

    Gerry

  1. 18  Keith Brooks http://kbmsg.blogspot.com | 5/24/2007 9:12:26 PM

    Had to wait until Shavuot was over o find ot, and download it.

    Looking forward to it and activities will install now too!

  1. 19  Mike Brown  | 5/24/2007 9:59:52 PM

    Only tested briefly last night.

    The Weekly Calendar views in the Eclipse version are still as they were in Beta 2 - i.e with timeslot boxes - and I still can't stand them! Can I make another plea to have the Notes 7 style weekly views back, at least as an option? This single issue would be enough to keep me on the Basic client.

    Cheers,

    - Mike

  1. 20  Wild Bill http://www.billbuchan.com | 5/28/2007 7:12:13 AM

    Can I just say that Beta 3 is MUCH MUCH faster - almost (IMHO) as fast as 7.0.2. Very very nice.

    The development team deserve big Kudos for this.

    ---* Bill

  1. 21  Igor Jablokov http://www.yapme.com | 5/29/2007 11:05:53 AM

    @10, re: Mac client, when is 8.0.1 planned for? 4Q07? 1Q08? Thx!

  1. 22  Ed Brill http://www.edbrill.com | 5/29/2007 12:00:58 PM

    @21 - target is around that time period (late Q4/early Q1)

  1. 23  Igor Jablokov http://www.yapme.com | 5/30/2007 10:46:45 PM

    @22 Great that it's planned given the tremendous enhacements! We'll proceed with 7.0.2 for the time being...

    Will BES support from the RIM folks follow shortly after 8.0 GA?