Domino Wishlist, September 2013

Fri Sep 20 13:06:48 EDT 2013

Tags: domino wishlist

I joined in a tweet from Paul Hannan earlier about desired Domino features (that's a very worthwhile thread to read - lots of great ideas from others) and it's had me thinking about more on my list. Fortunately, I have a blog for this kind of thing! I'm leaving off a couple big-ticket items like Eclipse-4.x-based Designer on the Mac because IBM may not be required for that.

Make $WSIS not trigger crummy SSL behavior (really, first-class support for proxies in front of Domino, not just IHS/Windows)
Direct access to note item data via Java
Newer JRE
Direct creation/update of NSFs from git server-side
New XSP model-object framework
New views, though that may be our job
Aggressive, small-company-friendly licensing to compete with OSS stacks
NSF-based SSL keychains
NSF-based jvm/lib/ext distribution
"Sensible defaults" mode for clean-install servers to get appropriate memory/cache/performance settings on modern setups without learning dozens of secret notes.ini settings
apt-get-based distribution and updates for Domino on Debian/Ubuntu
Improved XPages file-upload and -download controls to handle modern file uploading and provide better hooks for non-dominoDocument bindings
~~Bootstrap theme for XPages~~. Done - thanks!
Built-in default support for authentication fields in LDAP
init.d startup script installed with Domino, because seriously, who ships server software without one?
OS X build of Domino 64-bit
Built-in Firefox sync server, because that would be a nice overture to general open-source use
Support for HTTP authentication filters in Java
Built-in beer database to compete with Couchbase's substantial lead in the area
Easier configuration of multiple TCP/IP adapters on a server and assignment of services to bind to them
Full control over URL routing inside a database (e.g. "no legacy" mode where a Java class can map requests to resources)
Keep up the ODS improvements - 8.x was a great set of releases on this front
CalDAV and CardDAV support - Domino should be a close-to-drop-in replacement for Gmail on OS X and iOS
Along the lines of #7, a general push to establish Domino as a top-flight NoSQL database and app-dev platform, not just "your old company's mail system"
A real focus on standard-API performance, with less XSP-specific cheating

I'm sure this list is not exhaustive.

Karl-Henry Martinsson - Fri Sep 20 13:43:39 EDT 2013

I would like to add the following:

* Save Notes document as PDF natively using backend classes with full fidelity (using form).

* Print Notes document to specified printer using backend classes.

* Programatic control (UI and backend classes) of printer settings, e.g. margins, portrait/landscape, etc.

* Improve view indexing efficiency/performance.

* Reduce memory consumption of Standard client, as this is a major obsticle for many companies to switch to 8.x or 9.0. Not all companies can afford to replace hundreds of older computer with new systems just to run a new version of Notes... This is also crucial for companies runing Notes in Citrix.

Just a few things I came to think about right now, I am sure I have some more. And I am sure there are a few more at IdeaJam. :-)