What's new in HCL Nomad for web browsers

• There is now only one executable for Nomad server on Domino that works on all supported versions of Domino rather than multiple executables per Domino version.
  Important: Review the required configuration changes when upgrading to the new version in Nomad server on Domino Configuration options for the Nomad server on Domino.

The SAML configuration that used to be specified in nomad-config.yml must be migrated to idpcat.nsf. This cannot be migrated automatically because of the key exchange that occurs during the SAML configuration process with Domino and the IDP. For more details, see Configure SAML authentication for Nomad server on Domino.

If Domino HTTP is configured to use an OIDC provider for federated login, that mechanism can be used with Nomad for federated login to retrieve the Notes ID file too (requires the Domino servers running HTTP and the ID Vault to be at least Domino 14.0.0 FP2).

Drag and drop is no longer limited to Chrome and Edge.

• Custom Application Builder: Create a new application with fundamental components such as a view, form, and action bars created automatically. For more information, see Custom Application Builder.
• Import Restyle settings: Import Restyle settings from a previously restyled database. For more information, see Importing Restyle settings.

Support for a new Formula Function @ScanBarcode. For more information, see Designer Formula @Functions.

When a frameset, page, form, view or folder is selected, Design > Preview opens the element in the main Nomad window with a new header that allows the element to be viewed in desktop, phone or tablet sizes and with varying orientations. This allows a designer to test the responsiveness of their design without launching on a real device.

The Workspace layout is updated to a more recent version (already utilized by the Notes client for multiple releases). This includes a new tile layout, updated fonts, updated database icons, folders on the left, and customizable backgrounds.

Drag and drop support for dragging mails between folders is extended to add addresses on the Select Addresses dialog, files into a rich text field, selected text within a rich text field, and folders in the Inbox view. Drag and drop support remains limited to the Chrome or Edge browsers.

When using a Chrome or Edge browser, the user may give permission for Nomad to access operating system fonts which will then be used for font rendering purposes as long as the font supports regular, bold, italic, and bold+italic.

If Nomad Shared Login is disabled, users now have an additional option to Log in as different user on the Notes ID Password dialog that is shown on each startup if NSL is disabled.

• When restyling selected design elements in an application, Subforms are now a separate option.
• The restyle dialog now displays the name and date/time of the most recent restyle (if any).
• Keeping applications restyled:
  • When editing an application that has been restyled, adding new forms, table style views, or framesets create them with restyled properties.
  • When adding buttons, sections, or tables to a form (or page or subform) to a restyled application, they are added as if they are already restyled.
• General Modernization updates:
  • The default icon is now the current Notes icon, when creating a new, blank database.
  • A new option Create Custom is now available when creating a new application. It creates a new database with a standard frameset and outline as well as a default view. The user can set the theme for the application and design their own icon. As this new application is considered restyled, new elements added to the application apply restyle styling in most instances.

File attachments are now supported in Firefox, so file attachments are now supported by all supported browsers.

The color picker has been replaced with a more functional color picker.

The Access Control List dialog is now available.

• Designer: There are two new actions available in Designer when viewing the design element lists: Restyle and Restyle Fonts. These actions are visible after a database has been restyled once using the Restyle Wizard.
  • Restyle invokes the "Restyle" function on the design elements selected in the list. The Restyle options from the previous full Restyle operation are used in this context.
  • Restyle Fonts invokes the "Restyle" function but only updates the fonts using the settings selected from the previous full Restyle. This action leaves all other design attributes on the selected design elements untouched. Both actions are available for Framesets, Pages, Forms Views, Folders, Outlines, Subforms, Fields and Columns​.
• When restyling a copy, select Make a new copy, so that I can test restyle from scratch to start from a fresh copy, removing the old copy you had been working on. For more information, see Making a copy of an application in Restyle.
• Choose whether or not About Application document and Using Application document elements should be restyled. Previously, About and Using documents were automatically restyled. The current default is to restyle them (checked), but they can be deselected if desired.
• Shared, private on first use, and private views and folders that are stored in the database will also be restyled.
• Restyled action icons may be selected for applications that are not restyled. Previously, restyled applications received updated action icons. For more information, see Updating icons with Restyle.
• A new Flat button style is available for buttons on forms, pages, and documents. This style is similar to a Rounded button, but draws the focus around the button in an updated style. The Flat button style is available for all applications. If the application has been restyled, a new button will automatically be created with the Flat style, with a color that matches the application color, and a contrasting text color. If the application has not been restyled, the button will be blue with white text, as shown below.

Use HCL Nomad Web to design Notes databases. For more information, see Designer.

Sending mail offline via a local mail.box is now supported. For more information, see Offline mode.

Nomad server on Domino supports HTTP connections in addition to the previously supported HTTPS connections. For more information, see the section on "Connect to reverse proxy through HTTP protocol" in the Nomad administrator documentation.

Nomad server on Domino supports adding optional HTTP headers to the response.

Nomad server on Domino supports the Let's Encrypt flows for certificate handling. For more information, see the section on "Support Let’s Encrypt HTTP-01 challenge requests" in the Nomad administrator documentation.

Language support for Catalan (ca), Czech (cs), Hungarian (hu), Slovenian (sl) and Thai (th).

Information boxes are used to show Application Properties, Document Properties, Database Properties, Text Properties, Workspace Properties, etc. Rather than being a free floating dialog as the information box is in HCL Notes, the information box is shown docked on the right side.

• User-supplied themes.

  Restyle can now utilize user-supplied themes stored in a shared database. For more information, see Customizing themes with Restyle.

• Users can import an application icon. For more information, see the bullet on the fourth tab - Create icon in Domino Restyle for Notes applications in the Notes documentation.
• Shared fields and shared columns are now restyled. For more information, see Restyle Limitations in the Notes documentation.
• Users can optionally apply updated icons for action buttons and view column icons. For more information, see the third tab - Confirm settings segment of the Domino Restyle for Notes applications topic in the Notes documentation.
• Restyle only selected portions of the application. For more information, see the third tab - Confirm settings segment of the Domino Restyle for Notes applications topic in the Notes documentation.
• Restyle can now utilize user-supplied typography. For more information, see Customize typography with Restyle.

There are many improvements to the Find Dialog including adding an X of Y adornment.

• Restyled fields.

  Fields on forms are now restyled, depending on their type and properties. For example, a text or number field will render in the same way as an OS edit control, replacing the small open and close brackets with a native edit control. Dialog lists that do not allow multiple values are converted to OS comboboxes, while dialog lists that do allow multiple values are not. Updating the look of these fields gives an updated look to the form.

• User-defined application colors.

  You can now create your own application colors to be used when restyling applications with the Restyle feature. For more information, see Defining application colors with Restyle.

• Create an application icon.

  To create an icon, select File > Application > Restyle. In the dialog, you can customize the illustration, shape, and color of the icon.

• Choose a custom color (previously, app authors could pick from a fixed color list).
• Convert an existing database to use the standardized layout.

• HCL Nomad now has improved support for Domino Policies. Policy settings are applied at initial setup and each time the application is restarted.
  Note: Not all policy settings have been tested with HCL Nomad clients.

• Navigators in the application are restyled.
• Applications can choose to change their launch property to a standardized frameset. For more information, see Launch property features.

Nomad server on Domino now runs on Domino 12.0.2 in addition to 12.0.1.

Domino Restyle updates an application's UI elements with a color-coordinated, cleaner look and feel. With Restyle, only UI elements are updated; no code is modified. To access the Restyle option, select File > Application > Restyle for a selected application or workspace icon. Designer access to the application is required to use Restyle.

Tabs associated with databases and documents in those databases have been redesigned. This includes grouping tabs per database and updated appearance of tab components.

Nomad Roaming allows users to maintain a consistent workspace across your HCL Nomad clients. Workspace backups can be stored in a central Analyze database on the Domino server, restored every time a Nomad client starts, and can sync two Nomad clients as they are running. For more information, see panagenda's Nomad documentation.

Notes links (links using the notes:// protocol) can now be handled by Nomad if you register Nomad to be the protocol handler in the operating system. To assist in this enablement, Nomad includes instructions and relevant files in a sub-directory. For more information, see Notes links.

Replication is now fully supported with browsers of the required level. For more information, see System requirements.

Users may continue working in local replicas without interruption if the connection is lost.

Application (app) switcher is an optional, configurable dropdown menu displayed on the left of HCL Nomad for web browsers' navigation bar. Each app switcher menu entry shows an application icon followed by the application’s name. Clicking on an app switcher menu entry navigates to the corresponding application address in a new browser tab.

For more information, see Configuring application switcher in the Nomad Administrator documentation.

You can preserve multiple users’ data when Nomad for web browsers is being accessed on a shared computer.

For administrators, see Shared usage (Nomad for web browsers) in the Nomad Administrator documentation.

For more information, see NotesGPS (LotusScript) in the Domino Designer documentation.

This feature will be generally available in a future release, as it relies on a Google Chrome feature that has not been generally released. To enable this feature, follow the steps in Replication.

This feature enables Nomad users to authenticate through a SAML IdP rather than the Nomad server. For information, see Configuring SAML authentication in the HCL SafeLinx documentation.

With Nomad federated login, users do not need to enter their Notes ID passwords during initial configuration of Nomad for web browsers. They are presented with a login page from a SAML IdP to authenticate and download their IDs from the ID Vault. For more information, see Nomad federated login in the Domino documentation.

With panagenda MarvelClient Web Migration, a user's Workspace and Recent Applications can automatically migrate to Nomad Web during the client's initial setup. For more information on enabling this feature, see panagenda MarvelClient Web Migration in the Nomad Administrator documentation.

• Visual updates and improved keyboard usage in the top Navigation Bar.
• Visual updates to the Application Tab Bar.

For more information, see HCL Nomad and panagenda MarvelClient in the Administrator documentation.

For more information, see System requirements.

In addition to the regular keyboard, alternate keyboards, Mac long press, Mac Option notation, and Input Method Editors (IMEs) are now supported. Previously, certain characters could only be entered via copy + paste.

Additionally, related actions (show images, load remote images, handle internet cross certificates) are now supported.