New Features for Lotus Traveler 8.5.3 client on Symbian
Mat Newman October 9 2011 17:30:00
Lotus Traveler - the server add-in for Lotus Domino that supports mobile client access - has a number of new features for both Administrators and Users in the latest release, 8.5.3. Today I'm reviewing the new messaging options on Nokia/Symbian.For Nokia/Symbian users the Mail client on the mobile device is the built-in default messaging application. Until now, this has meant rendering messages on the device has been a simplified text version of incoming mail. While the mail client has not changed in 8.5.3 on the device, IBM/Lotus have gotten their hooks into the Nokia messaging application and changed the rendering behaviour for messages to HTML by default.
This means a better reading experience, and for me (Nokia E7 running Symbian Anna) I can now scroll, and pinch-to-zoom on messages within the Lotus Traveler messaging section on the device. The extended messaging menu features are still the same, with full options for details/reply/forward/file/etc available from either a "hold" touch on the message list, or by touching the "Options" button with a message open.
Tip of the Day: I previously had the Traveler settings on the device retrieving only 2K of data per message, I upped this to 5K and now receive most messages in full "rich text", rather than just the text content. Either way, the messages will still be rendered using the new message interface, rather than the default Nokia Messaging basic-text.
Once the Traveler "installer" on my device detected the new version on my Traveler server it notified me and just a few clicks and a download later the new features were available. This should be a seamless and pain-free upgrade for your users.
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