A lot has been written and said about Notes 8, Lotus Connections and Quickr since announcement at Lotusphere 2007. I like particularly what Bill Buchan wrote and I quote:
Notes – my long term partner – well. She’s been tucked, trimmed, lipo’d, exfoliated. A complete makeover. But she’s still the rather interesting person behind this new facade. Some new tricks, of course. But the old ones still work. The in-laws – IBM – well, they cant get enough of her. The twin sisters – Quickr, and Connections. No talk of the ugly cousin -Workplace -anymore.
and then Bill gets a stab into MS also — love it
Let me tell you – Quickr just makes Sharepoint look like an ugly sister. Ouch.
I have run the latest beta build of Notes 8 and must say I like what I see. Much more slicker and responsive and that for a beta build. Cannot wait to get my hands on Connections and Quickr.
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I was one of those who excited about the Notes 8 beta and yet get the public beta… Based on the beta you are testing, what is the performance of Notes 8 under the new Eclipse platform?
The performance is much better than 7.0.2 which is my current production version. I am also using Sametime 7.5.1 which is also based on the Eclipse platform and that is also better than the previous versions I used. But it is not just performance where Notes 8 is better … the new UI is a lot better and more intuitive. The public beta should be out soon so keep your eyes open on the Notes 8 link I gave above.