This article compares features available in the different Lotus iNotes modes: full, lite, and ultra-light. This is not a complete list of features, but rather a comparison of features in each mode at a high level.

General

iNotes feature	Full mode	Lite mode	Ultra-light mode
Browser support (See Lotus iNotes 8.5.3 - Detailed System Requirements for operating system-specific details.)	Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8 and 9 Mozilla Firefox 3.6, 4 or later Apple Safari 4.0 and 5.0 Google Chrome 12 or later	Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, and 9 Mozilla Firefox 3.6, 4 or later Apple Safari 4.0 and 5.0 Google Chrome 12 or later	Apple iPhone firmware iOS 3.1.x, 4.2.x and 4.3.x Mozilla Firefox 3.6, 4 or later Google Android version 2.1.x, 2.2.x and 2.3.x in WVGA resolution
Able to set preferences	Yes	Yes	No
Honor set preferences	Yes	Yes (partial)	Yes (partial)
Drag and drop attachments from desktop/file system	Yes	No	No
Rename attachments on download	Yes	Yes	No
Full text search (if enabled)	Yes	Yes	No
Notebook	Yes	No	No
Allow access to mail, contacts, or calendar (delegation)	Yes	No	No
Product Help available	Yes	Yes	Yes
Offline support for messaging, PIM, and collaborative applications	Yes	No	No
Customizable Home Page	Yes	No	No
Ability to archive	Yes	No	No
Remote image filtering	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bi-directional language support	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fully accessible client	No	No	Yes
Lotus Notes widgets	Yes	No	No
Use RSS feeds	Yes	No	No
Quickr integration	Yes	No	No
Apple iPad support	No	No	Yes

Mail

iNotes feature	Full mode	Lite mode	Ultra-light mode
General
Support for read/unread marks	Yes	Yes	Yes
Automatically check for new messages	Yes	Yes	No
Set out-of-office notifications	Yes	Yes	No
Sametime integration	Yes	No	No
Delegate mail file access	Yes	No	No
Support for alternate names	Yes	Yes	Yes
Read signed and/or encrypted mail	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create mail rules	Yes	No	No
Preview messages	Yes	Yes (bottom preview only)	No
Mark message for follow up	Yes	Yes	Yes
Next/previous navigation within an open mail message	Yes	Yes	Yes
View mail threads from within an open message	Yes	No	No
View formatted text within a message	Yes	Yes	Yes
Reply with attachments	Yes	Yes	No
View tables and Notes sections within messages	Yes	Yes	Yes
Resend documents from within a delivery failure	Yes	Yes	No
Add sender to personal Contacts	Yes	No	No
Mail list views and folders
Drafts folder	Yes	Yes	No
Mail threads view	Yes	No	No
Nested folder support	Yes	Yes	No
System folders (Inbox, Sent, All Documents, Trash)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Junk folder	Yes	Yes	No
Drag-and-drop documents to folders or views	Yes	Yes	No
Honor mail rules	Yes	Yes	Yes
Scrollable list	Yes	Yes	No
Display lists a page at a time	Yes	No	Yes
Context menus (right-click menus)	Yes	Yes	No
Sort by columns	Yes	Yes	No
Maintain current document focus on sort	Yes	No	No
Select multiple documents	Yes	Yes	Yes (Mail views only)
Keyboard navigation	Yes	No	Yes (Desktop version only)
Filter unread messages	Yes	No	No (unread count provided)
Composing a message
Create/use stationery	Yes	No	No
Add a personal signature to a message	Yes	Yes	Yes (from full mode plain text signature preference)
Type-ahead addressing	Yes	Yes	Yes
Address name picker	Yes	Yes	Yes
File attachments	Yes	Yes	Yes (open and forward only)
Send signed and/or encrypted mail	Yes	Yes	No
Delivery options (priority, delivery report, return receipt)	Yes	Yes	No
Save draft message	Yes	Yes	No
Copy into (convert item to task, calendar entry, or new message)	Yes	No	No
Keep Private (prevent forward/reply/copy)	Yes	No	No
Spell check	Yes	Yes	No
Create message with formatted text (rich text editor)	Yes	Yes	No

Calendaring and scheduling

iNotes feature	Full mode	Lite mode	Ultra-light mode
General
Overlay external Google calendars	Yes	No	No
Delegate calendar access	Yes	No	No
Display unprocessed (ghosted) invites in Calendar	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create and maintain group calendars	Yes	No	No
Print an individual calendar entry	Yes	Yes	No
Print preview	Yes	Yes	No
Calendar views
Calendar views	One Day, Two Days One Work Week One Week, Two Weeks One Month One Year Day-At-A-Glance	One Day One Week One Month Day-At-A-Glance	Day-At-A-Glance (list view)
Summarized calendar views	Yes	No	No
Meeting notices view	Yes	No	No
Display additional time zone in calendar	Yes	Yes	No
Edit calendar entries in place	Yes	Yes	No
Print an entire calendar view (day, month, etc)	Yes	Yes	No
Creating calendar entries
Create calendar entries (meeting invitations, appointments, etc.)	Yes	Yes	No
Double-click within the calendar view to create an entry	Yes	Yes	No
Add additional time zone to calendar entries	Yes	Yes	No
Create rich text in detailed description field	Yes	Yes	No
Create repeating entries	Yes	Yes	No
Add alarms to entries	Yes	Yes	No
Edit calendar entries in place	Yes	Yes	No
Send a reschedule notice	Yes	Yes	No
Send "broadcast" invitation (no RSVPs/responses)	Yes	Yes	No
Send meeting confirmation	Yes	Yes	No
View participant status	Yes	Yes	Yes
Counter propose an alternative time	Yes	No	No
Accept counter proposal	Yes	No	Yes
Support for online Sametime meetings in calendar entries	Yes	Yes	No
Processing invitations
Optionally remove invitations from Inbox after processing	Yes	Yes	Yes
Autoprocess invitations	Yes	Yes	Yes
Accept an invitation	Yes	Yes	Yes (unprocessed invites show as ghosted in the calendar)
Inform if available when viewing invitations	No	No	Yes
Decline invitation	Yes	Yes	Yes
Accept/decline with comments	Yes	Yes	No
Pencil in a meeting / tentatively schedule	Yes	Yes	No
Delegate an invitation	Yes	No	No

Contacts

iNotes Feature	Full mode	Lite mode	Ultra-light mode
Create and manage contacts	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create a personal group	Yes	Yes	No
Sorting contacts	Yes	Yes	Yes
Initiate call from contacts	No	No	Yes (mobile only)
Send message or schedule meeting from contacts	Yes	No	Yes (send message only)

To Dos

iNotes feature	Full mode	Lite mode	Ultra-light mode
Show a To Do in Calendar	Yes	Yes	Yes
Includes To Do functional area	Yes	No	No
Accept or decline a to do assignment	Yes	Yes	No (read only)
Create a personal or group to do (with start and end dates)	Yes	No	No
Delegate a To Do to another person	Yes	No	No

Managing To Dos

iNotes feature	Full mode	Lite mode	Ultra-light mode
Categorize new To Do entries	Yes	No	No
Alarm notification on a To Do	Yes	No	No
Mark a To Do complete	Yes	No	No
Set a priority for a To Do (high, medium, and low)	Yes	No	No
Owner and participant actions for a To Do	Yes	No	No

Editing features in rich text fields

iNotes feature	Full mode	Lite mode	Ultra-light mode
Left, right, and center, indent, outdent text justification	Yes	Yes	No
Font type, color, bold, italic, underline, size	Yes	Yes	No
Create Tables	Yes	No	No
Page break	Yes	Yes	No
Horizontal rule	Yes	Yes	No
Insert link	Yes	Yes	No
Insert image	Yes	No	No
Ability to switch language dictionaries for spell checking	Yes	Yes	No
Support for both bullets and numbered lists	Yes	Yes	No
Undo	Yes	Yes	No