Chris Linfoot | Passport is back and XP is dead

Tuesday, 4. March 2008

Passport is back and XP is dead

I think my earlier issue may be solved. It seems that I had only managed to download the IBM Lotus Notes Client 8.0.1 and not the IBM Lotus Notes, Designer and Administrator 8.0.1 Clients before my access to Passport online was revoked.

Never fear.

Passport is back.

It seems it's been taking a shower, and now it is clean, refreshed and sporting a new feature named "download step by step".

This is very welcome. The old download finder was extremely difficult to use. Just try searching for the Russian language pack for Domino server 7.0.2 on Windows, for example, and see how long it takes you to find it (hint: it does exist).

Here's the rub.

Download step by step may not help with that search either and, if your clients are on Windows XP, you may also find it difficult to make a selection here.

My only language option is English - how does that help with language packs?
We have an impressive array of operating systems to help narrow our search, and it includes not one but three Vista variants, but there's no Windows XP.

Well, I selected English and Windows Vista Business and I found what I was looking for - IBM Lotus Notes, Designer and Administrator 8.0.1 Clients for Windows XP and Vista English (C19U0EN).

That's a (nearly) half gigabyte download, so I've a few minutes left to wait before I can confirm that it has addressed the earlier issue.

Half a gig! And the IBM Lotus Notes Client 8.0.1 for Windows XP and Vista English (C19U1EN), which I had already downloaded, weighs in at 448 megabytes!

Heck, the server's only 490MB.

Nobody mention Bloated Goats.

I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it.

Category: Notes 8
Technorati: IBM Lotus Notes Passport+Advantage Windows XP Vista

Comments :

1. Lars Berntrop-Bos04/03/2008 12:15:27

so if we evaluate: Eclipse = Notes standard - Notes Basic

then Eclipse = 462 - 183 = 279 MB

2. Ed Brill04/03/2008 12:40:38
Homepage: http://www.edbrill.com

well, Eclipse + Composite Apps Editor and plumbing + sidebar plug-ins + Lotus Symphony = 279 MB. I think OpenOffice is an 80+ MB download, so you see what some of that is.

3. Ben Rose04/03/2008 12:55:24

Count the number of files on a Notes 8 Eclipse install. Then compare it to a clean Windows 2003 install

My Notes8 folder contains over 17,000 files

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