Lotus Domino Administrator 8.5 Help - Client installation

WHAT'S NEW IN IBM LOTUS DOMINO 8.5?

Client installation - new features
This topic describes new IBM® Lotus® Notes® client installation enhancements and related new client features enabled with the install.

You can now push administrative trust defaults to a new deploy.nsf in the install media kit using an Export option in the server's Domino Directory to provide additional trust capabilities during an install.
Customized data directory specification is now available during Notes multi-user install and upgrade for supported Citrix and Windows platforms.
An add-on installer toolkit is now available for creating custom install kits for deploying third-party features to an existing Notes install.
A validation tool is now available for testing changes made to a customized Notes install kit before running the installation executable.
The Symphony feature in the Notes installation panel is now available when installing on the Apple® Mac OS X® platform.
The Activities feature in the Notes installation panel has been renamed Connections.
Silently installing Notes requires new options when installing Domino Designer, Domino Administrator, and/or Lotus Symphony features.
The Start Configuring Widgets wizard dialog (click Getting Started with Widgets in the Notes toolbar or My Widgets sidebar panel) contains a new option -- Features and Plugins. This option launches a new wizard sequence designed to simplify the process of creating a Notes client plug-in deployment widget, a process currently documented in the "Deploying client plug-ins with widgets and the widget catalog" section of Domino Administrator help. The wizard guides you through the widget definition process, prompting for the updatesite in which that target plug-in resides. After selecting the plug-in you want, entering the name, image url, and description for the widget, and reviewing the manifest used for the widget, the wizard will created the widget and install the plug-in. You can then export or publish the widget to the catalog.
The Notes Widgets preference panel (File > Preferences > Widgets) now has a browse button for the widgets catalog server and database fields, simplifying the task of specifying the target server on which the widgets catalog resides.
You can now create a customized data directory when installing or upgrading Notes multi-user on a Windows or Citrix platform.
The "Activities" option on the Notes install panel has been renamed "Connections." However, the feature name remains "Activities" in the installed Notes sidebar panel.
The "WebSphere Portal composite application support for Notes" tool, also known as "Notes SCI" has been retired and removed from the Notes install kits (apps\ca8_SCI.exe and xvf ca8_SCI.tar) and replaced with the Expeditor NCI tool.
A new topic describing the process of updating a deployed Notes feature and plug-in has been added.
The Linux platform Notes install kit contains a new ntsspreld.sh script that, when installed and enabled, reduces Notes client auto-start time after the first operating system startup.
Notes 8.5 introduces support for file server roaming and IBM® Lotus® Domino® server roaming for the standard configuration user. A new Roaming preference panel is available for Notes users configured for file server-based roaming.
New help topics have been added to more fully describe how to remove certain features to reduce the Notes install kit size.
Notes 8.5 introduces support for Widgets and Live Text on the Apple® Mac OS® platform; previously it was available on the supported Windows and Linux platforms only.
Notes 8.5 supports installation and use on Mac OS. See release notes or tech notes for system requirements and operating system version support.
Notes 8.5 supports installation and use on Citrix®. See release notes or tech notes for system requirements and operating system version support. This capability was initially made available in release 8.0.1.
Notes 8.5 installation on Linux is available as an RPM or DEB install kit. The ISMP install kit is no longer available.
Description of how to use a centrally managed widgets catalog and widgets to install and deploy stand-alone and third party features and plug-ins to an existing install are now documented in this guide. This method is now suggested for deploying new features, and automatically provisioning feature updates, to users and supersedes the previously suggested Eclipse update manager (EUM) method.
The Widgets and Live Text code has been moved from Notes (and the Notes install kit) to the IBM® Lotus® Expeditor® layer. End user and power use documentation has been moved to Notes client help.
The Notes basic configuration Allclient install kit is no longer available, however the Notes-only basic configuration install kit remains available. Customers looking to install or upgrade to the Domino Designer 8.5 or Domino Administrator 8.5 clients must use the Notes standard configuration Allclient install kit. This is applicable to the Windows client platform as there is no Notes basic configuration Allclient install kit for the Mac OS or Linux platforms.