Is there a way to use the old non-eclipse designer in 8.5? I have some old apps that need to be updated fast and I’m spending too much time stumbling around the eclipse client.
Subject: Oy
I see no one responded to you.
Don’t get me started, but 8 and now 8.5 really suck. Sorry guys but what in the world were you thinking with this bloated, slow and buggy thing? Holy crap, I’ve been a loyal dedicated Notes developer since 96 but man, I’m looking for another platform after this.
Why must I install/load the bloated Standard version to access Designer??? nlnotes is a wonderful thing, truly. I don’t have time to wait for all the “pretty” and bloat to load. I’m a one-person department with a killer work load. I need fast, efficient and dependable.
7 was sleek and efficient. I’m seeing a disturbing similarity between Notes 8+ and Vista; same bloat, same sluggishness, same attempt to wow the public with a pretty wrapper while the item inside the box isn’t worth the install effort.
It was Vista, Office 2007 and IE7 that made me switch after decades of loyalty from Windoze to Mac.
Will Notes 8 result in the same mass exodus of users? I’m kinda feeling the pull from the crowds running by me.
Subject: 8.5 Designer (Eclipse look a like)
As I use Eclipse as well, I can see the logic behind this move, but please not at the cost of less efficiency and functionality !
The client is still a bit buggy, ok, its new, so this get’s solved over the time. But i.e. access to the help is pedantically; it costs too much time to to go down the tree again and again. If one searches in the help one has to click after entering the search string on the Go button; the CR is not enough …aaarg. First time I was waiting around 20 seconds before it came into my mind, that someone really wants to force me to click on that GO button.
One can’t open several editor windows at a time like in the old designer,a great feature if on works with several screens and/or virtual desktops. It was so easy to compare design objects i.e. a form or a library with an old version. Thats a serious loss of functionaltiy.
I hope IBM/Lotus will give us soon this functionality back.
Joe Herrmann
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