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12. Desktop Plugins

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Enable OAuth for Connections Desktop Plugin (onPrem)

(we should have a category "Desktop Plugin" for ideas) The Connections Desktop Plugin authenticates "separately" with the connections server. OAuth is already supported by Connections mobile both in on-prem and cloud scenarios. This is similarly...
over 5 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

Desktop plugin should support LongPathsEnabled under Win10

Customer is using Windows 10, and has the LongPathsEnabled REGKEYenable. In OS, they are able to create long paths. Therefore customer requests to add support Win10 extended paths using LongPathsEnabled.
over 5 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

Desktop plug-in does not indicate that a file has been locked

Once a file has been locked, there is no warning for the user. Actually, there is no way how to check whether a file is locked or unlocked - there is no status message and the pop-up menu shows both the lock and unlock options - at least in Mac OS...
over 4 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

Preview of images not working with uppercase JPG extensions with Connections Desktop Plug-ins

If an image file gets uploaded with uppercase file type extension (.JPG/.PNG) through Connections Desktop Plug-ins preview of images are not available.The issue was reported for the preview displayed in the activity stream. For example, if an user...
over 4 years ago in 07. Docs/File Viewer / 12. Desktop Plugins 1 Under Consideration

Show folders a file is shared with in the Desktop connecor "Sharing Details" window too.

Currently if a file is shared with one or more personal folders this is shown on the sharing tab in the Browser view but not shown on the "Sharing Details" option when using the Windows Explorer Desktop Connector (only shares with people or commun...
about 5 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

Uninstall option to remove all personal preferences in IBM Connections Plugin for Microsoft Desktop

Once installed and set preferences like NA DC, then installation does not remove them, resulting being unable to change DC after reinstallation. It is quite natural for users to be selectable whether user personal information / preferences shall b...
over 5 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

Desktop Plugin - predefined list of communities

We would like to have a setting to roll-out a predefined fixed list of communities for specific users when installing the desktop plugin. So the users do not have to add communities.
almost 6 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

Track Read events by Connections Desktop Plugin in Metrics

Regarding documentation at https://ds_infolib.hcltechsw.com/ldd/lcwiki.nsf/dx/IBM_Connections_4.0_Metrics_Frequently_Asked_Questions ... Read events originate from Connections Desktop Plugin are currently NOT tracked by Metrics (limitation confirm...
over 2 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 1 Under Consideration

Ask user to confirm that he is aware that he is uploading to an externally accessible community when using the plugins to upload a file to an external community

There is no differentiation between internal/external communities in the plugins. Therefor users can easily place documents in external communities without realizing they do so. Ideally a user should be prompted (popup with OK/CANCEL) when droppin...
almost 5 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

Error message shown every few minutes in IBM Connections-Desktop-Plug-ins for Windows

In remote sites (e.g. VPN) we have this issue: We were able to configure the plug-in and it works fine, but every few minutes a popup is shown with the error "IBM Connections Server for lappnet sync is currently unavailable". - The notification ...
about 5 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration
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