For many years now, the FT Search Manager has been presenting search results in table format, like a Notes View;
This is useful because it allows additional functionality like re-sorting results by column, then 'Jumping To' results starting with a specific string;
It also allows re-searching by Facet, as show here with a Date facet;
However some users rightly complained that they found the spacing on large screens difficult to navigate, and when we looked at common web search engines, they had a point. Those search engines all truncate result widths at 100 characters or less.
Therefore we've allowed users to (optionally) select a different result format. Like all the other options, Administrators can default it to their preference then prevent it being changed, or let users decide.
This then displays results truncated in a 'list' format, with the UI being customisable as usual;
Re-sorting results by column and facet-based searching is no longer possible, but you can still perform other functions, like selecting & processing results (and you can define your own processing options also);
For more information, demos & downloads, please visit the FT Search Manager page.
To complete our iNotes Mobile Search product - giving mobile users full access to all of their historical mail data - we've added user search options.
Administrators can still default and/or hide whatever settings they want, but this allows users more control over their mobile search environment.
This makes it even easier for them to find any mail (including archives) when on the road.
1. Mobile Home (with new Search icon)
2. Search Interface
3. Search Options
4. Searching
5. Results
For more information, please visit http://www.ionetsoftware.com/inotes.
To better demonstrate our iNotes Mobile search product (shown below), we've added a YouTube video to the product page here http://www.ionetsoftware.com/inotes.
The function of this tool is to expose ALL Notes Mail & Archives to the iNotes Mobile Client, thereby enhancing Mobile Mail capabilities for either iNotes or Traveler Clients.
To see this in action, please visit the link above.
1. iNotes Mobile Home, with new Search icon
2. iNotes Mobile Search UI
3. iNotes Mobile Searching
4. iNotes Mobile Results
The Problem
In the standard iNotes environment, Mobile Clients (e.g. using a Smartphone) have no search capability at all, and Full Clients (using a Browser) can only search the mail file that's currently in use.
Therefore to find and use an existing email with the Mobile Client, you have to start at the latest email, and scroll backwards until you find it. To find an email in an archive database, you have to open that archive individually, and then start scrolling backwards through the pages.
This is impractical for normal use, and the email is too easily missed.
The Solution
The FT Search Manager now allows users to search their active Mail, AND all server-based Archives (regardless of actual server), at the same time, using either the iNotes Mobile or iNotes Full Client.
This makes iNotes much more useful, because users can quickly and easily find any email they want, regardless of its date or location, use it (e.g. Reply / Forward), then return directly to the search results, or to the mail file.
The search environment is configured automatically for each user - requiring no Administrator intervention - and the iNotes search environment itself installs with a single click.
1. iNotes Mobile Home, with new Search icon
2. iNotes Mobile Search UI
3. iNotes Mobile Searching
4. iNotes Mobile Results
Full iNotes Searching is also available, allowing search of Mail and all server-based Archives;
1. iNotes Full Client Search UI
2. iNotes Full Client Search Results
To test this in your own environment, just add our demo database to your iNotes server, then install iNotes searching using the Setup Wizard.
For more information, please visit http://www.ionetsoftware.com/search.
