Sametime 7.5.1CF1 doesn't include my long awaited fix
I was a little disappointed to see that Sametime 7.5.1CF1 doesn't fix the issue (see the fix list) where the Connect client reports the location as being the same when switching between two networks with the same IP configuration (see Location identification in Sametime 7.5 - working as designed?) as it doesn't take the MAC address of the gateway isn't considered.
What's up with the "me too" articles on developerWorks?
After reading the last installment in an article series on Notes 8 development on developerWorks I have to wonder how many articles they (developerWorks) need to publish on creating simple plug-ins, building features and publishing them using an update site. This is already extensively covered as part of the Eclipse development articles both on developerWorks and on eclipse.org/articles.
In my mind a good example of bringing something new to the table is the article on leveraging the current context in Notes 8 (Leveraging user context in the IBM Lotus Notes V8 sidebar and toolbar). That's new. That's something I wanna do. It still uses the first third configuring and setting up stuff but still it's new.
Why not try some more concrete examples that actually cover some of the things that IBM bring to the table in Notes 8 / Sametime 7.5 / Expeditor or some of the areas that is going to cause problems? Suggestions could be:
- Using the components of Expeditor e.g. the message broker and the web services engine
- Building Notes UI's using SWT components
- Making your SWT components look the ones supplied by IBM
- Communicating with the Notes application from your features/plug-ins