Goodie Bag: I Love Progress Bars
by Volker Weber
Use scripts to improve install process for Lotus Notes
by Volker Weber
For those of us who must use Lotus Notes (LN) on Mac OS X, it is the bane of our existence. The installer is basically broken, and it's not configured for multi-user setup. But today, all that changes! I have devised a series of procedures to make LN easier to install, and also to make it "multi-user aware." These notes are known to work with LN 7.0.3, but may work with any R7 flavor, and may be able to be altered for 6.5.6, which is the last 6.5x version for OS X.
[Thanks, Tobias]
Weihnachtsmüll von Microsoft
by Volker Weber
Schaut so aus, als ob Microsoft jetzt den Presseverteiler an die Müllschleuder verfüttert. Toole Idee. Wenn man den Müll nicht haben will, dann darf man sein Profil bearbeiten. Dumm nur, wenn man gar keins angelegt hat.
Google sei Dank muss man sich damit nicht rumschlagen.
Nokia extends IBM Lotus email access to 80 million mobile phones
by Volker Weber
Espoo, Finland and Armonk, NY, USA - Nokia and IBM today announced IBM Lotus Notes support for a number of Nokia's S60-based mobile phones, meaning that millions of Lotus Notes users are now able to access email with their Nokia devices. ... With this announcement, more than 80 million people - the number of Nokia S60 3rd Edition devices shipped globally - can connect to corporate email accounts via Lotus Domino Server software known as Lotus Notes Traveler. This software provides real time access to email, calendar, address book, journal and to-do list data and will be available for Nokia devices in December 2008.
Warning: new MacBooks & BlackBerry
by Volker Weber
If you sync your BlackBerry with a Mac, read this before buying a new MacBook. Here is your reason why a BlackBerry will not be my favorite mobile until RIM gets their act together on Mac support.
Foldershare, R.I.P.
by Volker Weber
In December, we plan to announce a product called Windows Live Sync. You can think of it as FolderShare 2.0. It's going to look familiar and offer the same great features, plus: [...]
A huge part of Sync's success story depends on FolderShare users like you. When Sync releases, FolderShare goes into retirement. That means your FolderShare software will stop working and will ask you to upgrade to Sync. Once you do, Sync will automatically rebuild your personal folders. We expect a lot of new users when Sync is released, so if you can't sign in right away, please give it a little time.
I was good while it lasted. Foldershare, built by ByteTaxi was the best way to sync files between Macs and PCs, without requiring any cloud storage. It would sync files and folders peer-to-peer. After Microsoft acquired ByteTaxi, they never got around to update the Mac client, and even after years it was working just great.
It was good while it lasted.
In true Microsoft style, the announcement goes on:
Here's the part you need to pay attention to: Sync will not be able to rebuild your shared libraries. If you have a lot of shared libraries, you should hop over to the FolderShare website while it's still available and copy all that information. You'll need it to rebuild your shared libraries in Sync.
Not be able? Puleeze. You did not really care. Why would you not be able to rebuild them? Because this feature will no longer exist? Or because you where to lazy to build the converter? It does not matter to me since I never stored any files there.
Thanks for being a FolderShare user! We're excited about delivering an even better file-synchronization experience to customers like you. We hope you'll come along as we move forward with Windows Live Sync.
I am sure you are excited. Should I be?
Collaborative editing
by Volker Weber
David writes:
etherpad.com is very slick. Collaborative editing (like SubEthaEdit) in the browser.
Doc Scrubber cleans your Word document
by Volker Weber
Microsoft Word (.DOC) files can contain more than just text you see while editing them. Depending on the settings or features you use, they may contain all kinds of additional information that you may not want shared outside your home or company. Doc Scrubber lets you see that information, and scrub it from files before sending them to others.
Jehovah
by Volker Weber
When I switched on my computer this morning, I was reminded of this scene. (Not sure if it works for Americans, though.) My screen was full of instant messages because of this comment:
The yellow bubble seems to be a bit nervous in the build-up for Lotusphere. May I remind everybody, that you are only shooting at yourself, if you punish disagreement?
Apple TV: First impressions
by Volker Weber
I am very late to this game. The Apple TV has been out for a long time, but I never got to play with it for a simple reason: I did not have a TV to connect it to. That has changed last week, so it was time to give it a go.
Management summary: I am not impressed.
My expectations were not very high. I would have been happy with a stand-alone FrontRow equivalent. That is a simple interface to all your media, and it ships with every Mac. As you add more codecs to Quicktime you get access to more media, since FrontRow just makes the files in your home folder accessible.
Apple TV is different. It is an iTunes client. Whatever is in iTunes can be played. Version 1 had to sync content to the local disk, version 2 is somewhat smarter since it also can stream content over the network. It syncs from one iTunes library, but it can stream from up to five. However, I cannot connect it to my ReadyNAS iTunes library since it requires a handshake where I have to enter a number at the other end. To iTunes, the Apple TV is a device like the iPod, and not another iTunes instance.
As you can see above, the Apple TV has a USB port. But you can't just plug a thumbdrive in there and expect to play the content. This already requires an extensive hack. I don't want to go into all the details, but it was a time consuming effort with a lot of trial and error.
After a couple of hours I finally have the Apple TV on the same level of service that I enjoyed on my EVA. Time to watch some movies.
From the short experience I have had with the device I can honestly say that it feels very much underpowered. And it has no feedback when it's busy. You can see it registering remote commands, but nothing happens. Often for a minute or so.
I know a couple of people who bought an Apple TV as a Sonos replacement. And I pity you. :-)
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