Hi
Does anyone have any good arguments to why we should spend time and money on upgrading the clients from V5 to ND6? Where is the big advantages in doing so? Our servers are alredy runnig 6.5.
Bjørnulf Ellingsen
Subject: Why upgrade the Notes-client from v5.x to ND6?
Flash demonstrationsUsers can watch demos at the following URL: http://www.lotus.com/lotus/offering1.nsf/wdocs/nd65demo
I suggest the general overview demo, as well as the product specific Lotus Notes and Domino Web Access ones. (Developers should also watch the Designer, LEI, and WebSphere Studio toolkit ones.)
Webcasts:
What’s New with IBM Lotus Notes/Domino 6.5?
Join this webcast for an overview of the highlights in this latest release.
http://www.lotus.com/lotus/general.nsf/wdocs/ibm308webcast
Lotus Live! Series webcast: IBM Lotus Notes 6.5 client update - Expert Webcast
http://searchdomino.techtarget.com/webcast/0,295011,sid4_gci953629,00.html
A Preview of the Notes 6 Client (this is a bit dated)
http://www.lotus.com/world/usa.nsf/allpublic/9E87782D563A8EDE85256C3000701B59
Reading material…
Lotus Notes 6.5.1
ftp://ftp.lotus.com/pub/lotusweb/product/domino/LotusNotes651.pdf
Lotus Notes 6.0
New features in Notes and Domino 6.5
http://www.lotus.com/ldd/today.nsf/a2535b4ba6b4d13f85256c59006bd67d/38ce21a6f60cc20885256da40049eef9?OpenDocument
A tour of instant messaging integration in Lotus Notes and Domino Web Access 6.5
Domino Web Access 6.5
ftp://ftp.lotus.com/pub/lotusweb/products/dominowebaccess/LotusDominoWebAccess651.pdf
What’s cool about the Notes/Domino 6 UI
Saving time with Notes 6 Calendar and Scheduling
Bonding with user security in Notes 6
Subject: Ehhh…y not? 
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Subject: several reasons…
As Ben mentioned, the UI is much and much better in ND6. Especially the mail ui is much much more intuitive to work with. That’s a big benefit for users new to Notes. With R5 people were often a bit uncomfortable with the mail interface. Maybe they got used to it, but they never loved it - this has changed with ND6, from my perspective.
Plus, if clients and servers are on ND6, you can use compression on the network ports, improving networking performance by anywhere between 10 and 50%.
And if you’re planning on deploying ND6.5.1, you can have the embedded IM awareness at no extra charge, too 
There’s more, but this is a start.
Subject: Why upgrade the Notes-client from v5.x to ND6?
Heh heh, where to start? Well, for me, all the new features, the improved UI, the faster re-written @formula engine (and asscoaited functions) – these alone make the upgrade worthwhile. Add vastly improved stability to the mix and I’d say you have to go for it.
There are plenty of pieces on the new features for more in-depth analysis. Have a scoot around LDD Today and the lotus.com pages.
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Subject: Why upgrade the Notes-client from v5.x to ND6?
you’ve got to e kidding ;-)Drag & Drop
sort columns in views
coloured views
multiple embedded views on a page
sametime for free
look in the help for 6.5, under what’s new!
Subject: RE: Why upgrade the Notes-client from v5.x to ND6?
Our users winged that nd5 did not look like outlook and did not have some of the features. ND6 keeps them happy. get folder unread counts, feature to remove attachments from emails easier than r5. And all of the earlier comments…