[ngw] next release of GW

Randy Grein randygrein at comcast.net
Wed Apr 14 13:12:45 UTC 2010


There was a notes client for Mac - about 15 years ago. Don't know  
about now. Microsoft has been pretty good about supporting Macs on  
exchange - not identical, but it comes with Office for mac. Of course  
Microsoft is the biggest Apple developer...
Randy Grein

On Apr 14, 2010, at 5:43 AM, Alan Bens 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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