As a reply to a question in the IBM Lotus Notes/Domono 8.5 forum, Jean-Yves Riverin posted a collection of interesting articles, technotes and presentations regarding database performance.
Thanks for sharing, Jean-Yves!

I wanted to debug Lotusscript on my VM Linux Box. The OS is Ubuntu 9.10 and the client is Notes 8.5.1.
When I switch on the debugger and step into the script, the debugger loses focus on every step, regardless if you use the mouse or F8.

Anyone else having the same problem? Not sure if it Continue reading →

Prior to 8.5.1 you could add file resources to your application. To have a better overwiew, you could rename your file resources and add slashes to the filename.

In DDE 8.51 this seems no longer to be possible. When you try to rename the recource directly in the view, a friendly message tells you that you Continue reading →

When you install Lotus Notes on a PC or laptop and the installation is inteded to be used by more than one user, each subsequent user’s personal data (contacts, bookmarks, notes.ini, and so on) are installed under “C:\Documents and Settings”, and there was no option to change that.
With Lotus Notes 8.51 you will be able Continue reading →

As of version 8.5.1 the Lotus Notes client is now able to recognize that a Domino server is enabled for DAOS.
This significantly improves connection speed for users of mail and other databases on the server.
I’ve tested this new feature with a 250MB attachment.  The first time I attached the file to a new document, it Continue reading →