Mitch Cohen has
a great blog post in which he calls for IBM to be more transparent with the options that are available for configuration in the plug
in_customization.ini. I completely agree with his post - we now have a very easy method to push out these properties to our user population, but now we just need to know what they are! And knowing is half the battle!
So, I know Mitch was asking a rhetorical question (or was he?), but I would like answer his question and provide you some common settings (along with some commentary) that I would use either in a Notes Client Policy or a packaged Sametime Connect installation kit:
com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.community/host=im.bleedyellow.com (this is rather obvious, but make it easy on the users....)
com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.community/port=80 (if you tunnel the traffic, then specify port 80 - this way when someone is at a client they may still be able to use Sametime without reconfiguring their port)
com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.chatwindow/showuserleft=true (lets you know if the person you're chatting with has left the chat)
com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.chatwindow/useTabs=true (please, don't let users have 15 Sametime chat windows open at the same time)
com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.chatwindow/horizontalTabs=true (I have no clue who likes vertical tabs, so I would default it to horizontal)
com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.alertmanager/pref_event_0_option_1=false (First of all, yes this option is VERY easy to figure out!! event zero option one niner! Anyway, this is used to prevent the Sametime window from popping to the foreground with each new chat. And, yes, I know people who actually like this functionality!)
com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.alertmanager/pref_event_0_option_2=true (Yes, another easy one that's easy to figure out. This one will flash the taskbar when you receive a new chat)
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*I* like vertical tabs, Chris. Does that make me weird? (That was a rhetorical question, BTW) :)