Friday, August 19, 2011

Fud Buster Friday #64: Quickr is Dead?


This is from what I saw and heard at Lotusphere 2011.





















That is true collaboration.


  1. Quickr is not compatible with 8.5.2 yet. The efforts continue but it increases yells around "Quickr is dead" thing.

    It's a niche product and there is a lack of community resources around its customisation and extension. I spent hours and days to accomplish simple things. We are so close to quit Quickr in our LUG site.

    I, personally wait for a more usable API (even better if integrated with XPages) for Quickr.

    It's not from administration point of view. The deficiency is weighted on development and customization parts.

  2. Serdar, I doubt highly that a lack of being on 8.5.2 is what prompts this line of thought. Heck what software anywhere runs across everything exactly level? OCS? Exchange? SP? Nope, you MUST upgrade EVERYTHING or it won't work, at least we have flexibility.
    Agreed there are issues on dev side but you know Luis and I am sure he welcomes your discussions on this.

  3. @serdar, my team is actively working on updating the Domino support. Unfortunately, the Domino team made some changes to some of the APIs that Quickr uses which means that we have to change core elements of our code and re-test everything to make sure we are not introducing regressions. At this point, I've asked my team to skip support for Domino 8.5.2 and go straight to Domino 8.5.3 which I believe is due out anytime soon (I don't want to ship support for Domino 8.5.2 and then 2 weeks later have Domino 8.5.3 ship and then get asked why Quickr doesn't run on that :) ).

    Feel free to reach out to me if you need more info.

  4. Serdar, I can't relate the two issues: "Domino compatibility" and "development". I agree with Keith that there is a flexibility when upgrading.

    Regarding development and community, then one of the things I like is the community. There are many many partners out there creating great solutions for Quickr. Granted that its not easy to get a grasp of things and it takes some time to get familiar with the dev method, but its absolutely dueable.

    If you need something special for your LUG site, then why not ask a partner for donating stuff in exchange for a logo.

  5. Sorry for the lag...

    First, I have been misunderstood about something.

    I meant that incompatibility between QuickrD and latest release of Domino affected the perception of the product's continuation, in addition to the dereleasing of Entry edition.

    @Keith, I don't see this as a flexibility. But I get your point. You are evaluating Quickr as a standalone product talking other software. Looking from this perspective, it's OK.

    @Luis, I am with you. Releasing 8.5.2 support does not make sense one month before 8.5.3. I wish it didn't happen so, but I totally trust your judgement. Waiting for the good news about new release. I will contact you...

    @Jan, I didn't related those issues. But these are adding up and altering the 'perception' about the product. Keith blogged a wrong perception of 'Quickr is Dead' issue and I commented my concerns on why it may be so.

    Regarding the community, with all my respect, I am a part of the community 'contributing into Quickr content'. You can see my blog. I spent lots of time for Quickr customization (not billing time, completely LUG time :) ). I am sure the advanced development can be learnt. However lack of resources is a fact.

    About LUG site, it didn't happen so far. Nobody (partner or else) asked for help about it. In the Turkish market, partners' approach is different (long story). There are people from LUGTR asking help but they don't know Quickr. That's why we may switch to XPages soon.

    Sorry for the long answer.

  6. On Lotusphere 2012 Lialis will be there with a Quickr iPad solution, with which it is possible to download, upload and synchronize Quickr files directly to your iPad, iPhone or Blackberry. Managers run from meeting to meeting, with their iPad they are now able to access up-to-date information.

    There is much interest for this product which proofs to me that Quickr is not dead, people just mis some functionalities.

    Check it out for yourself, there is a free download for one person:

  7. Lialis, We look forward to seeing it in action. Not everyone is Apple ready though.
    Yes, Quickr is alive and well contrary to what the competition says.