I want my OLD inbox back!
We know that the UI guys at Lotus spent countless hours trying to make the Lotus Notes inbox as usable as possible, and, bluntly, as much like that “other” product as they could.
And, frankly, kudos to them. From a strictly personal point of view, I like the new look and feel.
Not everyone does.
As Lee and I were rolling out the new client this winter, there were two “what happened to” complaints that we heard over and over. The first was the “what happened to my bookmark bar” question (actually, usually phrased as in “what happened to the icons I used to have on the left side of my screen?”). You can get it back – we addressed that one HERE.
The OTHER complaint was about the inbox. It was a two-fer: what happened to the red text and what happened to the checkmarks.
The guys at Lotus probably got tired of the whole “your unread documents will be red, meaning the color red, not read” conversations.
So, the default for the 8.5.1 mail template is unread messages are in Bold Black, and the checkmark column is gone.
Well, Virginia, you can have those back too!
First, the checkmarks.
Go to File > Preferences > Basic Notes Client Configuration
At the bottom of the “Additional Options” window in the middle of the dialogue is an option that says “Show checkmarks in margin for selected documents.” Click that on, and you’ve got your checkmarks back:
Meanwhile, while you’re there, you can get your red text back also, if you want that.
This time go to Files > Preferences > Fonts and Colors.
Select “Plain Red Text” from the drop down, and click OK:
Simple enough, right?
MANY of the new features in 8.5.1 are optional – I’m not aware of ANYTHING that has been taken away from prior versions.
What else are you missing?
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Loving your website – just found it when the office went to Lotus 8.5. Just wondering with your in-box fixes if you know how to get the color off of the document selected in the inbox. Used to be, there was a thick black box around the document – now there is a blue filled box which turns the text inside white regardless of the read status. Any chance I’m missing something that is really easy to get rid of? I miss my black unfilled/clear box!
Hi Terry,
Thanks for the comment. You can get your black unfilled/clear box on your selected document by going to File > Preferences > Basic Notes Client Configuration, In “Additional Options” field scroll all the way to the bottom – Check off “Show Check Marks in Margin for Selected Documents” Then click OK. This will give you back the black box you were looking for versus the Blue Filled box.