[ngw] next release of GW

Joseph Marton jmmarton at gmail.com
Wed Apr 14 13:07:23 UTC 2010


I know IBM has a Linux client for Notes and I thought Entourage was the Mac
client from Microsoft for Exchange.  That's all I know about.

Joe

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 7:43 AM, Alan Bens <ABENS at go-metro.com> wrote:

>  As I read through all the post for the Next release, I wonder since I've
> never dealt with Exchange or Lotus notes, are there Linux/Mac clients for
> them?  Do those companies try and take care of all the different platforms?
>
>
> As far as web access I agree that if Novell doesn't stabilize WA and make
> it full feature like the fat client then it will be a mute point, but if
> they do, it will at least save me hours of having to deploy new fat clients,
> making sure that they work with all of the software on the system, or does
> it work with MS newest OS disaster.
>
> Yes Novell has a long way to go with the WA and the clients, but if it
> works with IE, FF, Safari, Chrome, then I believe they are making the step
> forward before the competition.
>
> One mans opinion.
>
>
>
> *Al*
>
>
> >>> On 4/13/2010 at 11:38 AM, "Steve Bogdanski" <bogdansk at cvm.msu.edu>
> wrote:
>    Shouldn't be too difficult if they use HTML5 in the future
> for WebAccess.  This is exactly where Gmail is moving and why Google is
> discontinuing Gears (how offline caching is currently done).
>
> As for Mac/Linux support, I almost feel that Novell should focus more
> allowing integration with OS X's (and Linux) native apps, like iMail.
> Usually seems that Linux and Mac users already have their favorite apps for
> email, calendaring, contacts and would be happier if those could properly
> integrate with GroupWise rather to have to use/learn another client.
>
> -Steve
>
> >>> On 4/13/2010 at 11:29 AM, "Steve Singhose" <ssinghose at wccg.net> wrote:
>   That functionality could be sufficient if done well.
>
> Steve.
>
> >>> Joseph Marton <jmmarton at gmail.com> 4/13/2010 08:07 >>>
> Not true.  Look at Gmail.  I can cache several days of e-mail using a
> browser (and it doesn't have to be Chrome) so that I can access my
> mailbox even if I'm online.  It can be done.  No reason Novell can't
> add this to WebAccess as well.
>
> Joe
>
> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Steve Singhose <ssinghose at wccg.net>
> wrote:
> > Biggest pain I can think of for web clients is lack of caching or remote
> mode.  Users without connectivity are not supported.
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