Chapter 7: iNotes and Sametime-Chatting from the Web

In this chapter we will learn about Sametime from iNotes.

Using Sametime in iNotes

Let's talk a little bit about iNotes. iNotes is the Lotus Notes web client. It works with browsers like Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari. To get started using iNotes, you will need to login with a user ID and password that your e-mail administrator has given you. Your company or organization may have a central website for you to use to login, like webmail.companyname.com, so that the login URL is easy to remember. Some possible uses for iNotes and Sametime include:

• Beza uses a netbook and doesn't want to install either the Notes client or Sametime Connect client. Sametime in iNotes allows him to contact his friends and colleagues.
• Maja primarily works from a kiosk. She can use iNotes and Sametime to access her e-mail and her company's directory.
• Tatiana is traveling without her laptop. She'd like to connect with her team members. She's stopped at an internet cafe where she's able to login to iNotes and Sametime.

When you first login to iNotes you should see your inbox displayed. iNotes has several modes: Full Mode, Lite Mode, and Ultralite Mode. Each of these modes has specific features. We're going to focus on Full Mode as that is the version that allows you to login to Sametime. The following figure shows an iNotes Mail inbox. If you are using the Home tab or Welcome page as it was previously called, your opening page may display a slightly different view when you open iNotes.

If you're used to using Notes as your e-mail client, you'll notice a very strong similarity to the Notes 8.x mail client, so you should already be pretty comfortable with the display on the screen.