Whatever we can tell you about Quickr 8.5 - Troy Reimer, Viktor Krantz

Whatever we can tell
you about Quickr 8.5

Troy Reimer, treimer@snapps.com
Viktor Krantz, vkrantz@snapps.com

                          © 2010 by the individual speaker

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Who are we?

           Viktor Krantz
        ▬     Co-author: Customizing QuickPlace
              Redbook
        ▬     Architect: Quickr 8 Templates
        ▬     Architect: Dynamic solutions for
              Domino, WebSphere Portal,
              QuickPlace, Quickr & Sametime
        ▬     Chief architect & developer:
              PandaBear & Flippr for Lotus Quickr
        ▬     Presenter: Lotus, IBM & LUG
              conferences

           Troy Reimer
        ▬     Principal CLP since 1995
        ▬     Architect: Quickr 8 Templates
        ▬     Architect: JSONReader and
              JSONWriter classes for LotusScript
        ▬     Presenter: Lotus, IBM conferences

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Agenda

         • New core functionality
             Demos
         • Upgraded functionality
         • Admin and Deployability
         • Quickr Development Kit
         • ECM Integration
         • Secret demo (if you want)

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              will receive a full refund.

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Key Themes for Lotus Quickr Domino 8.5

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Lotus Quickr Supported Platforms

                                                                    IBM Lotus Quickr services for Domino:
Browser:                                                            Windows® 2003 Server® SP2 (Standard or Enterprise)
Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.0 SP2, 7.0 & 8.0                    Windows® 2008 Server® (Enterprise)
Mozilla® Firefox® 3.5.x on Windows®, Linux®,                        AIX® 5.3.0.5 and later
Apple Safari 3.1® on Mac OS X® version 10.5.x                       IBM i5/OS® V5R4 and V6R1
                                                                    Linux!!!!!!! (SLES)
Rich Clients:
IBM Lotus Notes® 8.0.2 or later
                                                                    Lotus Domino Server® 8.5.x (32-bit only)
IBM Lotus Sametime® 7.5.1 or later
Lotus Quickr Connectors®
Lotus Symphony®
Microsoft Office XP®, Microsoft Office 2003®, or Microsoft Office
2007®
Microsoft Windows XP® or Microsoft Windows Vista®

Feed Support :                                                       Corporate LDAP Directory:
Atom based Readers                                                   IBM Tivoli® Directory Server® 6.2
                                                                     IBM Lotus Domino 7.0.3, 8.0.1, 8.0.2 & 8.5
                                                                     Microsoft® Active Directory® 2003
                                                                     Sun® Java™ System Directory Server 5.2®
                                                                     Novel® eDirectory® 8.8

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Team place Enhancements
       increase productivity and satisfaction
             Overall streamlining of the UX
             New browser-based rich text editor
             Document library enhancements
             Easier version management
             Discussion Forum improvements
                                                   Awesome IBM Graphic
             Recycle Bin
             Improved performance

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Overall streamlining the UX

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Better browser-based rich text editor

    ►Quickr 8.5 will provide a new browser-based editor
              ►CK Editor® is a common component across Lotus products
              ►Rich in functionality and offers very good fidelity
                        ►Supports Paste from Microsoft® Word® and Lotus® Symphony®
                        ►Great support for images, links, Adobe® Flash®, etc
              ►Easy to extend and customize the editor
              ►Possible to switch the editor for another in a deployment
              ►Used everywhere there's an editor in the browser UI (library, discussions, blog,
              etc.)

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Document Libraries: In the works...

  Simplified Document Library                                Recycle Bin
  with Context Menus
                                                       Simplified and
                                                       improved
                                                       versioning

   Note: Initial support is targeted for Quickr services for Domino

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Enhanced Document Library Experience

  ►Enhancements to the core Document Library UX include:
              ►Simplified layout that's cleaner, more intuitive, and faster loading
              ►Streamlined document creation and editing process with fewer steps
              ►Re-architected solution means fewer calls to the server and faster response

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Better Version Management Experience

  ►Document Library
              ►Simplified version management that's more visible and easier to use
              ►All capabilities available in browser and Quickr connectors

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Enhanced Discussion Forums

 ►Provide users with a richer discussion forum
              ►Commonly requested features, like pinning a topic
              ►Show richer meta-data around topics (# of replies, etc.)
              ►Make it easier to do simple tasks in a discussion forum

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Lists

              ► Simple and intuitive component used to create,
                 manage, and access different types of structured
                 content
                   ►   Designed to be easy for end users to create their own lists

                            ►    AJAX, Web 2.0 user experience
                            ►    Inline editing of list entries

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Search in Context

   ►Domain search – better support (and
   consolidation from site search)

   ►Domino search query syntax: AND, OR,
   NOT, EXACTCASE, ACCRUE, some
   [FIELDS], SENTENCE etc.

   ►Parameterized Search

   ►Include ECM repositories within Quickr
   search when integrated.

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Demo

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Customizable Notifications

      ►Notifications are be customizable and will present more information
              ►Richer formatting makes them more consumable
              ►Administrator can customize the “boilerplate” text
              ►End users can add their own comments to notifications
              ►Developers can still “hook” into notifications for very specific needs

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Linked Value provides a seamless, more intuitive user
      experience and increased ROI
             Team calendar entries in Notes
             Prompt for required meta data from connectors
             Sametime awareness in connectors
             Drag and drop document into Sametime chats
             Drag and drop documents into meetings
             Search Quickr from Notes sidebar
             Office 2007 Ribbon support
                   ®

             Windows 7 support
                       ®

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Quickr team calendar overlays in Notes                           (and Outlook…shhhh)

  ►Quickr team calendar entries appear in your Notes or Outlook personal calendar
                                                                    ®

              ►Add any team place calendar to your Notes calendar
              ►Uses iCal feeds of Quickr place calendars

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Metadata Enforcement

                Browser user interface
                 supports meta data
                 enforcement today.

                Prompting for meta data
                 missing in the Connectors in
                 Quickr 8.2, support is in the
                 works...

       Connectors will support
        prompting for required meta-data
       Support for multi-document
        drag/drop import
       Against all back-ends:
              •CM8
              • P8
              • Quickr-D
              • Quickr-J

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Sametime: Live Names in Connectors

   ► Live Names in Connectors (properties dialog)
   ► Allows initiation of a chat directly in context
              ►Requires Lotus Sametime 8.5

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Sametime: Drag-and-Drop into Chat

    ► Drag a Quickr link into an open ST chat
              ► Works with Lotus Sametime Connect client or Notes embedded Sametime plug-in
              ► Requires Sametime 8.5 (and Notes 8.5.2 if using embedded ST plug-in)

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Sametime: Meetings integration

      ► Drag/drop a Quickr document into a Sametime Meeting
      ► Document becomes part of Sametime Meeting library for easy inclusion into a
        web conference

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BlackBerry® Client for IBM Lotus Quickr

                   • BlackBerry® Client for IBM Lotus Quickr
                   •   Team Collaboration doesn’t stop when you’re on the
                       road

                   •   Prevent bottlenecks: download, edit, and post
                       documents    to Quickr libraries on the go
                            Collaboration
                               Whenever,
                                Wherever
                               You Need It

                        • IBM Lotus Symphony on BlackBerry®
                          Platform
                        •   View Symphony Documents attached to an email or a
                            Sametime chat on your BlackBerry® smartphone

                        •   Be productive anywhere: retrieve and read documents
                            on the road

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SNAPPS Quickr Clients

                                                          SNAPPS PandaBear is an Adobe Air based
                                                          client for Quickr that runs across desktop
                                                          platforms (Mac, Windows, Linux)

              SNAPPS also has developed SnappFiles,
              an iPhone/iPad client... a free read only
              version and soon a more capable paid
              version.

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Microsoft Office Ribbon Exploitation (which only sounds dirty)

        Quickr actions available in the Office 2007
         ribbon
              ▬   Full content library function from the ribbon
              ▬   Most commonly used functions are larger icons,
                  least commonly used are smaller

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Admin/Deployability enhancements simplify the
       Administrator's life and give more control
             Increased performance for lower TCO, increased user
              satisfaction
             Windows Single Sign-on (SPNEGO) for web and connectors
             Leverage Domino AdminP for user name changes
             Extensible Authentication Framework (debuted in 8.2)
             System Usage Statistics collection in Admin console
             Connectors prompt for required meta data       Another Less Awesome
                                                                  IBM Graphic
             Removal of ActiveX control
             Multi-lingual server
             Linux server (SLES)
             Recycle Bin

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Support for 3rd Party Authentication Mechanisms

        Forms-based Authentication supported
         through extension framework
                 Extensible architecture to plug in
                  custom authentication modules
        Enables connectors to be deployed into
         more customer environments
        Note: First introduced in Quickr 8.2, but
         being enhanced to support more customer
         environment variations.

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System Statistics Analysis

             Admin console collection of System Usage Statistics
                ▬     Track and download time series data about number of places, users to spreadsheet

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Multi-lingual server

     ► It’s big in Europe…
     ► One Quickr server can render the UI in multiple languages
              ►Multi-national customers can now leverage a single Quickr server to serve users in any locale
              ►Language that displays in browser is based on browser language settings

                                                                                                 English [en] (default browser lang)

                                                                                                        Chinese/China [zh-cn]

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Quickr Development Kit for XPages

             Based on DP feedback, IBM came up with the idea for QDK4X
             Open up Quickr integration to any XPages app
             Use Quickr as Document store for your app, and get
                ▬    Commenting
                ▬    Versioning
                ▬    Connectors integration
                ▬    ECM integration (Publish to ECM from Quickr)
                ▬    Preview
             Can be used in
                ▬    Browser based apps
                ▬    Notes client (using XPages on the client)

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Quickr Development Kit

             Collection of controls, widgets, APIs to use
              in XPage applications:
                ▬   Document Library
                ▬   Place picker
                ▬   Folder picker
                ▬   Document picker
                ▬   Quickr Link
                ▬   Attachment Control
                ▬   Add to Connector
                ▬   Place / folder / document creation

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ECM integration enables end-to-end content lifecycle management

        Publish content from Quickr to ECM
        Leverage ECM’s BPM/RM capabilities
        Search ECM content from Quickr
        Incorporate feeds of ECM content into Quickr
         teamrooms
        Leverage ECM to render content services in
         teamrooms

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FileNet P8 and Content Manager 8 Support

                                   Web Browser
                                                    Windows Explorer /
                                                     “My Documents”

        Lotus Notes® client                                              Microsoft Outlook
        (Desktop and Web Access)

                                                       IBM
                                                 Content Manager 8
              Microsoft Office /                                                 Lotus
               IBM Symphony                                                    Sametime®
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Enterprise Content Management Integration

 ►Business Process Integration
              ►   Quickr/ECM integration allows Quickr
                  users to exploit ECM repository business
                  processes
              ►   Documents moved into ECM repository
                  trigger ECM policies and processes
                  (metadata enforcement, etc)
              ►   Corporate guidelines, approval
                  processes, archival policies, and
                  compliance are enabled with
                  Quickr/ECM integration

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ECM Integration: End-to-end content lifecycle

  ►      Publish Quickr Documents into ECM Repositories
              ► Allow users to publish content from Quickr into their ECM systems
                        ►   Users can move, move with link, or copy documents
              ► Any of the publish options can be hard coded by Admin or left to user to choose
                        ►   If Admin hard-codes a choice, that dialog won't appear to user

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ECM Integration: End-to-end content lifecycle

   ► View/Edit ECM content in Quickr
        ►     Individual links to ECM documents
        ►     Display feed of ECM folders and documents in Quickr
        ►     Direct view and manipulation of ECM content from Quickr via iWidget
              ►   iWidget talks to any back end running Quickr Content Services (FileNet P8®, CM8®, Quickr J2EE, even
                  EMC®Documentum®**)

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ECM Integration: End-to-end content lifecycle

   ► Interact with ECM content using the Quickr
        connectors
              ►Perform basic content operations against Quickr and ECM using Quickr connectors
              ►ECM repositories appear in list along side Quickr places
              ►Prompts for required meta data from ECM repository
              ►Supports multi-file drag-and-drop into ECM
                     ►    Prompts for required meta data for each file

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ECM Integration: Search in context

  ►     Search ECM content from Quickr
              ►   Additional ECM Search Scope
              ►   Brokers queries to ECM search
                  engine
              ►   Search results displayed in Quickr
  ►      Full Text or Title Search
              ►   Enter search terms for full text
                  search
              ►   Searches title and body of
                  document
              ►   Restrict search to title of document
                  only

  ►      Parametric Search
              ►   More accurate searches of ECM
                  content using document attributes
                  and metadata
              ►   Use document type attributes for
                  better search

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ECM Integration: Search from Quickr connectors

      ► Users can initiate a search from the Quickr connectors
              ►Takes users to the Search Center in the browser
              ►Search Center opens to the proper search context
              ►ECM conducts search and returns results to Quickr for browser display

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Secret demo of what we are working on (if you want…)

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