Adopting HCL Nomad: Pitfalls and best practices

Getting Notes applications in your web browser has never been easier. From adding HCL Nomad to your HCL Domino server, through to tweaking your apps for to show their best side in Nomad. Christoph and Tim have 20 minutes that are not to be missed, and will leave you heading for your Domino server to add Nomad as soon as you can.

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1. Copenhagen & Stockholm, October 2025 WELCOME We build bridges between people & technology!
2. Tim Clark - HCL Christoph Adler - panagenda Pitfalls and best practices Adopting HCL Nomad
4. Agenda • How to install Nomad Web • What’s new • Easy user adoption • What does and doesn’t work • Troubleshooting and Giveaways
5. How to install
6. Do I need to install at all?
7. How to install Nomad Web
8. How to install Nomad Web
9. What’s new
10. What’s new since we last met 1.0.17 (Sep 25) • Display clarity on high resolution displays • Reworked Nomad server on Domino login 1.0.16 (Jun 25) • LotusScript access to C API • Spell Check • COM Helper for Microsoft Edge 1.0.15 IF1 (Mar 25) • Bug fixes 1.0.15 (Mar 25) • Restyle in all Nomad languages • Designer in all Nomad languages • Sametime Integration • View Attachments • COM Helper for Google Chrome 1.0.14 (Dec-24) • Initial Setup Improvements • Content-Security-Policy updates
11. Easy user adoption
12. Easy user adoption Essentials
13. Easy user adoption There is no need to start with an empty Nomad Web
14. Easy user adoption Seamless Nomad Web Migration – Notes to Nomad Web
15. Easy user adoption Seamless Nomad Web Migration – Notes to Nomad Web
16. Easy user adoption Seamless Nomad Web Migration – Notes to Nomad Web
17. Easy user adoption Use the FREE MarvelClient Essentials • Nomad Application Restrictions • Nomad Web Migration • Notes.ini Management • Nomad Analytics Essentials
18. What does and doesn’t work
19. What does and doesn’t work Long-Term / Environment Restrictions (All Platforms) • Unsupported Java/Scripting: ▪ JavaAgents, XPages, LotusScript → Java Bridge (LS2J). ▪ Web Services, USELSX, and dynamic client extensions (e.g., LSXLC, LSXODBC, DLLs). • Unsupported Client Features: Notes Standard Client extensions (e.g., Recent Contacts, SwiftFile) and Notes roaming user capabilities. • Mail/Archiving: "Forward as attachments" and Archiving are not supported. • Platform Specific: ▪ Mobile (iOS/Android): No support for On Demand VPN; limited LotusScript/Formula commands (especially COM/OLE). ▪ Web Browsers: No Safari support (lacks SharedArrayBuffer); No Mobile Browser support. Resources require CORS headers. Short-Term / Not Yet Implemented (All Platforms) • Policy & Setup: Policy changes apply on next launch; Passthru server setup is not supported initially (iOS/Android). • Mail/UI: ▪ No Notification popups (new mail, alarms). ▪ NotesRichTextItem methods Converttohtml and GetHTMLreferences are unsupported. • Mobile (iOS/Android): ▪ No Notes Workspace or Scheduled Replication. ▪ No Create menu or custom drop-down actions. ▪ @Command([FilePrint]) is not supported. Web Browser Specific (Additional) • Designer: Cannot create or edit Java Agents, Web Services, Navigators, or Java Libraries. • Printing: Limited support; browser print must be accessed via Nomad's menu/shortcut; View printing is not supported. • COM Helper: Only supported on Chrome on Windows and requires virtual file system calls (session.FileOpBegin/FileOpEnd) for file access due to security concerns. • Known Browser Issues: Copy/paste limitations with Firefox, Chrome, and Edge; WebGL rendering issues on some systems. For a complete list https://hclsw.co/nomad-limits
21. Check with iDNA from panagenda • It will tell you if your apps are ready for Nomad (Web and Mobile) • Simple answers for possibly complex problem What does and doesn’t work https://www.panagenda.com/idna-applications/
22. Troubleshooting
23. The browser changes (almost) everything
24. Always stay on the latest release!
25. Troubleshooting Locate log files → Problem report npr = Nomad Problem Report wasm = WebAssembly
26. Troubleshooting What’s in the problem report root - browser_console_*.txt data - log.nsf - notes.ini - TECHNICAL_SUPPORT\console.log panagenda - actions.xml - log.xml - logs\ → last 5 starts - temp\config.xml - temp\*.xml
27. Troubleshooting Access browser console
28. Troubleshooting Download browsers .har file • Har = HTTP Archive file • JSON-formattet log file − Web browser activity − Requests − Responses − Timing info for website interactions − etc.
29. Troubleshooting Get the full “Nomad Troubleshooting” - Story here:
30. Q & A