Recent Blog Posts
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One big, big flaw in the iPad. Unbelievable Apple didn’t make this right.
Tue, Aug 31st 2010 3:27a Julian Buss I'm playing with an iPad, and while I was reading a book in the iBook app, I discovered an unbelievable design flaw. You know, iBook has such an eye candy... the wooden bookshelf, the animation when y ... [read] Keywords: apple
51
searchlotus.com works again and tells you what’s new in Google for all things Lotus Notes and Domino
Thu, Aug 26th 2010 4:30a Julian Buss I just fixed a glitch, so if you want to look what's new in Google for Lotus Notes and Domino related websites, you can look in searchlotus.com again. And furthermore, you can do a combined search in ... [read] Keywords: domino
lotus
notes
google
88
Google suggests... (I play along as well)
Fri, Aug 20th 2010 10:26a Julian Buss vowe started playing this game (and as expected, choosed something with negative emphasis for Notes for publishing on his homepage), and Bob continued it. I can add some, too: The only thing ... [read] Keywords: lotus
notes
google
69
Interesting question: free time lookup for a user on a different server in the same domain, but without direct connection
Wed, Aug 4th 2010 7:30a Julian Buss A customer has multiple Domino servers with one server acting as a hub: Server A Hub Server Server B Server A can connect to the hub, but not to server B. Server B can connect to the hub, but not ... [read] Keywords: domino
server
162
Thoughts about Damien’s CouchDB, his new company couch.io, trends and Lotus Notes
Tue, Jul 27th 2010 6:27a Julian Buss Most of you know Damien Katz, ex Loti and the inventor of CouchDB. I just look at the progress of CouchDB from time to time, and I have some thoughts I want to share: If you look at CouchDB, you'll ... [read] Keywords: lotus
notes
92
Bug with encrypted documents and LotusScript NotesDocument.isEncrypted property - what do you think?
Fri, Jul 23rd 2010 4:24a Julian Buss I found something by accident: let a collegue send you an encrypted mail. Then write a LotusScript agent like this: --- Dim session As New NotesSession MessageBox "Selected document is encrypted: "+ ... [read] Keywords: agent
lotusscript
bug
development
Amazon.com Widgets
72
Gone fishing.
Fri, Jul 9th 2010 11:23a Julian Buss It was quiet in my blog the last days. This was because I'm busy polishing the next release of our CRM suite. BTW that's a work I like: not implementing new big features, but making existing features ... [read] Keywords:
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Recent updates at xpageswiki.com
Thu, Jun 10th 2010 4:24p Julian Buss Here are the updates of april and may: 27. May 10: Added info about typed input fields 11. May 10: Referencing the domino/html directory in URLs 11 May 10: Alternate method to display an icon in a vi ... [read] Keywords: domino
xpages
109
Apple WWDC: the good and the bad
Mon, Jun 7th 2010 4:25p Julian Buss I guess you already read everything about Apple's WWDC event. Steve announced the new iPhone 4 and the new video calling feature. Both are good news. The new iPhone is a class of it's own - again. A ... [read] Keywords: apple
iphone
mac
289
Why Flash is oldschool and HTML5 is the raising star. Cool Demo.
Fri, Jun 4th 2010 4:24a Julian Buss You know that Apple don't like Flash anymore and doesn't include it in the iPad. Personally, I never liked Flash in the first place because it needs a non-standard plugin in the browser, and I can nev ... [read] Keywords: apple
development
364
Lotus Notes is getting faster and faster - report from 8.5.2 CD5
Wed, Jun 2nd 2010 8:24a Julian Buss Disclaimer: this is beta and there are no guarantees that the features described here will be in the final product that IBM ships. Some weeks ago a customer of ours complained about the performance i ... [read] Keywords: ibm
lotus
notes
78
PageIcon in Composite Application: where is the mistake?
Mon, May 31st 2010 6:29a Julian Buss I want to change the page icon (com.ibm.portal.PageIcon) in a composite application. But. It. Simply. Does. Not. Work. Here are the steps, please enlighten me what's wrong: 1.) In 8.5.1: opened com ... [read] Keywords: ibm
application
applications
135
European Song Contest: Unbelievable!
Sun, May 30th 2010 6:27a Julian Buss Unbelievable. Simply u n b e l i e v a b l e. It's about 30 years ago since Germany won the European Song Contest. I have only fade memories about the artist named "Nicole" who won past then. After ... [read] Keywords:
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Optimized an agent’s runtime from 30 minutes to less than 30 seconds
Tue, May 25th 2010 12:27p Julian Buss I had that agent in one application... the app contains about 300.000 documents, and some of them needs to be checked multiple times a day for events (for example, if they are expired). The agent doin ... [read] Keywords: agent
application
development
225
What causes big ft indexes? Why is a ft index as big as the database?
Wed, May 19th 2010 5:24a Julian Buss I have an issue that puzzles me for a long time: in one application I have a fulltext index that is nearly as big as the whole database: - db size: 3,8GB - ftindex size: 3,2GB - DAOS on - number of d ... [read] Keywords: application
database
115
Speed up performance when you do mutiple document.removeFromFolder() or document.putInFolder()
Mon, May 10th 2010 11:24a Julian Buss this should be a no-brainer for all LotusScript experts, but I just came across it and thought I can share it: I have an agent which runs through all documents of a view, and removes each document fro ... [read] Keywords: agent
lotusscript
development
153
ServiceCommunicator r e l e a s e d today.
Tue, May 4th 2010 8:25a Julian Buss This the follow up to yesterday's teaser. As some people know we worked on a new product for some months. There was an early beta at the end of 2009, and then we had our hands full with other projec ... [read] Keywords: xpages
181
Done. Ready for Release.
Mon, May 3rd 2010 4:25p Julian Buss I am glad. It's done. Ok, software is never really "done". There is always more work to do. And I'm sure in some dark corners there still will be some glichtes waiting to be discovered. And there is ... [read] Keywords: xpages
147
Do I want an iPad? I can think of several problems...
Fri, Apr 30th 2010 6:24a Julian Buss I'm sure the moment I have an iPad in my hands I will love it. But will I buy it? I'm not quite sure about that. Here are some possible problems: 1.) Music I have an iMac and a Macbook as workin ... [read] Keywords: mac
macbook
139
A highlight for me in 8.5.2 regarding Xpages validators
Fri, Apr 23rd 2010 10:28a Julian Buss I'm very happy the devs listened to me :-) Look what you can do now on control level: And on an event's level: That makes validators much more flexible to use! And it solves the "save as draft" ... [read] Keywords: xpages
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Need help from people with browser language != english and != german
Wed, Apr 21st 2010 9:27a Julian Buss We're in the final testing stage of our new product and tried our best to test the app with with "emulated" international visitors. But: there is no replacement for the real thing. Therefore, I'd l ... [read] Keywords: xpages
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Interesting increase in getting XPages know-how - visitor graph of xpageswiki.com
Fri, Apr 9th 2010 11:28a Julian Buss This is a graph of visits of xpageswiki.com. I think this shows that the common interest in XPages Know-How is increasing. This could mean that the XPages technology starts to get into the companie ... [read] Keywords: xpages
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How to use Sametime stlinks Livenames in XPages with partial updates
Tue, Apr 6th 2010 9:27a Julian Buss We're developing a nice phonebook application for a customer with XPages. The customer wants to have Sametime Livenames in the views, so that a user can see who is online. Pretty easy you might thin ... [read] Keywords: sametime
xpages application
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Recent updates to xpageswiki.com
Wed, Mar 31st 2010 9:24a Julian Buss Here is a list of new or updated content this month: 31. Mar 10: How to hide a view when a search returned nothing and show a message 31. Mar 10: Formatted output of numbers 29. Mar 10: added info ab ... [read] Keywords: xpages
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You know that you need a break from doing XPages when...
Tue, Mar 23rd 2010 5:25a Julian Buss ...you're working on a classic Notes form containing HTML stuff and you're looking for the "source" tab in Designer :-) (Just happened to me... it took some seconds for me to realize that there is n ... [read] Keywords: notes
xpages
91
Message to Internet Explorer 6 users in our upcoming web application
Sun, Mar 21st 2010 2:28p Julian Buss [read] Keywords: xpages application
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Quick tip: how to interrupt a Notes operation on the Mac (like STRG+BREAK)
Fri, Mar 19th 2010 5:25a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: notes
mac
109
How to implement an iCalendar feed to emebed into your Notes calendar with XPages
Fri, Mar 19th 2010 5:25a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: notes
xpages application
properties
68
Quick tip: trigger partial update from client side javascript
Thu, Mar 18th 2010 5:25a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: xpages javascript
79
Finally! Internet Explorer catches up. SVG, CSS 3, fast JavaScript Engine.
Wed, Mar 17th 2010 10:25a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: xpages css
development
javascript
135
Received my first donation for xNamepicker from OpenNTF!
Fri, Mar 12th 2010 3:25a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: xpages facebook
openntf
56
Entwicklercamp 2010 Fazit
Thu, Mar 11th 2010 4:28a Julian Buss [read] Keywords:
224
Charts on the Notes Client with XPages
Wed, Mar 10th 2010 5:32a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: notes
notes client
xpages dojo
45
Entwicklercamp 2010: Download meiner Session-Präsentation und Demo
Tue, Mar 9th 2010 1:28p Julian Buss [read] Keywords:
84
You know that you are on a geeky conference if...
Mon, Mar 8th 2010 9:24a Julian Buss [read] Keywords:
18
Meet me at Entwicklercamp, Germany 8.-10. March
Thu, Mar 4th 2010 7:24a Julian Buss [read] Keywords:
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Treffen Sie mich auf dem Entwicklercamp in Gelsenkirchen, 8. - 10. März
Thu, Mar 4th 2010 7:24a Julian Buss [read] Keywords:
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XPages: how to remember the view position between page changes
Mon, Mar 1st 2010 8:33a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: xpages
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Opening times of car dealers - how is it in your country? (why german car dealers doesn’t want to sell anything...)
Sat, Feb 20th 2010 4:31p Julian Buss [read] Keywords:
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Sorry Ed, we are not allowed to meet in Hamburg at Lotusphere Nachlese
Fri, Feb 19th 2010 11:27a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Recent updates to xpageswiki.com
Tue, Feb 16th 2010 6:29a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: richtext
xpages wiki
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follow up to: sorted ftsearch results in XPages (with code!)
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:10a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: xpages development
15
XPages: how do I subscribe to the full refresh event?
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:10a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: xpages dojo
51
SORTED view in XPages after a fulltext search
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:10a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: xpages
16
My wishlist to Notes 9 and Designer 9
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:10a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: notes
15
Schlechte Erfahrung beim Playmobil Kundendienst
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:10a Julian Buss [read] Keywords:
15
Why is the weather forecast so bad?
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:10a Julian Buss [read] Keywords:
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new on searchlotus.com: filter the web news (via Ajax, but without XPages...)
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:10a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: xpages ajax
development
google
16
How to use document.write() in HTML loaded via Ajax (and why regular expressions are that beautiful...)
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:10a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: notes
ajax
development
10
Mac vs PC rap videos
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:10a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: mac
29
new (experimental) service: a list of changed or new pages in the web related to Lotus Notes and Domino
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:10a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: domino
lotus
notes
planetlotus
12
XPages on the client: how to open different composite app pages on Notes 8.5.1 and older clients?
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:10a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: notes
xpages application
development
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using searchlotus.com is faster than searching in the designer help
Mon, Dec 21st 2009 4:57a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: designer
lotusscript
development
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searchlotus.com: search the Lotus universe, or only stuff regarding support, development etc. (Beta)
Wed, Dec 16th 2009 6:59a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: lotus
development
google
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Why I love Lotus Notes as development platform... (or, how to use JavaScript in the client to run something on PostOpen, but not in the PostOpen event)
Thu, Dec 10th 2009 8:56a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: javascript
lotus
notes
development
mac
9
Recent updates to xpageswiki.com
Tue, Dec 8th 2009 3:56a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: notes
xpages development
wiki
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Microsoft Office on the Mac integrated into Lotus Notes
Mon, Dec 7th 2009 9:56a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: lotus
notes
apple
development
interface
mac
microsoft
office
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It works! Video demo: Apple iWork Pages integrated into Lotus Notes!
Fri, Dec 4th 2009 11:59a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: lotus
notes
apple
development
22
Why do categorized views expand automatically on view update?
Tue, Dec 1st 2009 3:59a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: notes
development
15
I found a way to automate Apple Pages and other iWork apps from Notes
Wed, Nov 25th 2009 12:03p Julian Buss [read] Keywords: notes
apple
development
integration
office
22
xNamepicker is the first entry in the new OpenNTF GPL Catalog!
Tue, Nov 24th 2009 10:59a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: development
openntf
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How do you build workflows in Notes? Which product do you recommend?
Mon, Nov 16th 2009 4:59a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: lotus
notes
workflow
14
Most recent Domino Designer Help
Wed, Nov 4th 2009 2:57a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: designer
domino
ibm
development
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One example why working with composite apps is so hard, only due to lack of documentation
Tue, Nov 3rd 2009 7:58a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: composite
ibm
notes
applications
17
Boy, I LOVE the search feature in Designer 8.5.1!
Tue, Nov 3rd 2009 5:57a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: designer
domino
development
5
Do you like the music in this video?
Fri, Oct 30th 2009 6:02a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: mac
14
I am back using Firefox. Why Safari does not work for me.
Sat, Oct 24th 2009 4:03p Julian Buss [read] Keywords: firefox
mac
25
Web 2.0 namepicker for XPages ready for release! Online Demo!
Fri, Oct 23rd 2009 8:58a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: notes
xpages web 2.0
8
On vacation
Sun, Oct 4th 2009 11:54a Julian Buss [read] Keywords:
9
Was kostet ein Kabel im Versand, Supermarkt, Media-Kette und Fachhändler...?
Sun, Oct 4th 2009 11:54a Julian Buss [read] Keywords:
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Why only the toughest and strongest developers are able to work with Composite Applications, and how that could be solved
Wed, Sep 16th 2009 9:58a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: composite
applications
5
What does this code say?
Mon, Sep 14th 2009 3:56a Julian Buss [read] Keywords:
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Asking all iTunes users: how do you solve this common usecase?
Fri, Sep 11th 2009 2:58a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: iphone
mac
12
Why I am very satisfied with Notes 8.5.1 - Part 3
Tue, Sep 1st 2009 5:55a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: notes
network
server
8
Why I am very satisfied with Notes 8.5.1 - Part 2
Mon, Aug 24th 2009 3:56a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: lotus
notes
roaming
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Why I am very satisfied with Notes 8.5.1 - Part 1
Fri, Aug 21st 2009 1:57p Julian Buss [read] Keywords: notes
7
What still sucks on my Macs... big time!
Wed, Aug 19th 2009 6:53a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: mac
24
Calling XPage gurus: submit button to submit only ONE datasource instead of ALL datasources
Tue, Aug 18th 2009 6:56a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: xpages
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Caution with a XPages file upload control and partial refresh
Tue, Aug 18th 2009 5:55a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: xpages
11
Internetausdrucker ist der neue Warmduscher
Tue, Aug 18th 2009 2:53a Julian Buss [read] Keywords:
12
New in our Service Communicator XPages application: displaying Trouble Tickets, getting Tickets via Webservice from any external system
Wed, Aug 12th 2009 10:53a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: xpages application
development
24
No need for self excuses anymore! Today is Yellow Day! Congratulations to Lotus and the Lotus Community!
Tue, Aug 11th 2009 3:52a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: lotus
community
29
Watch out for proxy config when coding a webservice consumer
Thu, Jul 30th 2009 4:58p Julian Buss [read] Keywords: agent
development
14
I. Need. Help. From a CSS/Dojo pro.
Tue, Jul 28th 2009 8:56a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: xpages css
dojo
firefox
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DbColumn and DbLookup with result as guaranteed array and with a cache
Thu, Jul 23rd 2009 3:57a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: dblookup
xpages
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Partial refresh and Firefox 3.5, Safari, Opera on 8.5.0
Wed, Jul 22nd 2009 3:57a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: domino
xpages firefox
server
10
XPages: don’t use a PNG as favicon or Domino will crash
Mon, Jul 20th 2009 6:03p Julian Buss [read] Keywords: domino
xpages
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Finally! Public beta of my new XPages application "Service Communicator"
Mon, Jul 20th 2009 5:02a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: xpages application
password
9
What our secret XPages application is about
Tue, Jul 14th 2009 3:00p Julian Buss [read] Keywords: xpages application
7
Secret XPages app - anyone want to join the private beta?
Wed, Jul 8th 2009 4:02a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: xpages application
8
Ich bin immer wieder sprachlos, was es für bekloppte Menschen gibt...
Sun, Jul 5th 2009 7:01p Julian Buss [read] Keywords:
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How can I create a multi-language login form for the web? Anyone how did this before?
Sun, Jul 5th 2009 5:58p Julian Buss [read] Keywords: xpages server
10
How important is 100% valid HTML really?
Sun, Jul 5th 2009 4:56p Julian Buss [read] Keywords: xpages application
ideajam
11
Secret XPages app preview 5: replying to a content
Wed, Jul 1st 2009 5:56p Julian Buss [read] Keywords: xpages
9
Secret XPages app sneek preview 4: creating a true multilanguage software
Tue, Jun 30th 2009 6:58p Julian Buss [read] Keywords: xpages application
5
Secret XPages app sneek preview 3: how is your mood?
Thu, Jun 25th 2009 3:57p Julian Buss [read] Keywords: xpages application
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Secret XPages app sneek preview 2: "follow me" logic and how it works
Wed, Jun 24th 2009 10:01a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: xpages application
14
Boy, the Dojo API reference really sucks, big big big time!
Tue, Jun 23rd 2009 3:56a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: xpages dojo
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About to reveal my new secret XPages application...
Mon, Jun 22nd 2009 5:52a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: xpages application
development
9
XPages: am I the only one fighting with validation on every partial update?
Wed, May 27th 2009 11:54a Julian Buss [read] Keywords: xpages