Mac M1 (PB1) client beta observations

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Subject: Mac M1 (PB1) client beta observations

Feedback Type: Comment

Product Area: Notes Client

Technical Area: Functionality

Platform: Mac OS X

Release: Beta 1

Reproducible: Always

Lotus Notes for Mac 8.5 public beta 1 client details:
Release: 8.5_M1
Revision: 20080527.1803 (L-LSTE-7CGP2Y)
Standard Configuration

1. Installer is missing the component list in the "Select Components to Install" screen. (Even if they cannot be de-selected they should be listed). Also the space required is listed as "0KB" which is incorrect. In some cases the "Continue" button is greyed out until you "Go Back" and then advance again to this stage. Then the "Continue" button is available.
Clicking on "Continue" does then advance the installer to the next stage.

2. Installer is missing some text in the "make default email client" check box screen. Clicking on "Continue" does advance the installer to the next stage.

3. De-selecting the "make default email client" check box and then clicking "Continue" crashes the installer.

4. We have experienced several incidences of overlay installs not producing a usable installation (The Notes client will not launch). In many cases it seems necessary to uninstall the previous beta before installing the next beta version.

5. In some cases the ~/Library/Preferences/Notes Preferences file must be deleted to prevent a missing "user".nsf error and other issues. This then requires the user to repeat some stages of the initial client set up.

6. The client uninstaller works *much* more quickly than previous beta versions.

7. Using the Red close window button initiates a Quit event. This behaviour is alien to Mac users whereby closing the last application window does not normally cause the application to quit (as with the Windows model).

8. More general issue with 20-30 sec. delays (SBoDs) when dragging single or multiple messages from the Inbox to other message folders. During this time all Finder application switching activity is locked-out.

9. The client takes an extended period to quit (particularly if replicate on quit is set) and can prevent a Mac user from logging out or shutting down cleanly.

10. Can't send Mac document bundles (e.g. RTFD, Keynote, Pages) as attachements - must be zipped first. They must be named "filename.key.zip" to be recognised and displayed on an iPhone.

11. Cannot copy selected text out of preview window or an open message - get normal "you can't do that" alert sound. Edit menu - Copy doesn't work either - but with no error sound. The application focus seems to be held elsewhere but there's no indication of this to users. If you double-click in the open message body window then the message formatting changes and selected text can be copied. (What does double-clicking do here?) Displaying the page source, selecting and copying also works as expected.

Feedback number WEBB7HAC46 created by ~Richard Quettoovitchynds on 08/07/2008

Status: Open
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