 | Lotus Notes/Domino | Typical tool for Notes | Ytria actionBarEZ | Ytria advantage to you |
| Apply the same action bar presentation on several (or all) design elements | One by one (must open each) | No other tool exists | All design elements or selection | Saves you time setting up your action bars and monitoring them
Saves you time AND headaches |
See all your shared actions | Can see code type, Bar/Menu, Web/notes/mobile (R6 only)
Alphabetic order only (R6)
Custom listing order (other) | Just a list of shared actions.
Given in custom order | See Code type, Bar/Menu, Web/notes/mobile and hidden flags with a color scheme
Custom listing order (move by Drag and drop) | You save time analyzing your shared actions and properties with a free tool |
See utilization of shared actions (links) | Can only see that it is linked to a shared action.
Must click each element to know where it is used | Just that it is linked to a shared action or that the link has been lost | Yes, detailed (who’s with who and where) and whether if link has been lost | Saves you time analyzing where shared actions are used and where they are linked to |
| Re-organize your shared actions | Yes before R6, not in R6 anymore (alphabetic order) | No other tool exists | Yes, drag and drop ability | Saves you time in setting up and monitoring your shared actions |
| Change properties of several actions | R6 only.
One design element at a time.
Propose as new value for all selection the one of last action selected | No other tool exists | Yes, across design elements | Saves you time when applying properties to several actions (even if they are in different design elements) |
See actions configuration | One design elements at a time
R6 only: see Bar/Menu | Still by design element, drown in all, you don’t see them “face to face” | Across design elements for an easy side by side comparison
See Code type, Bar/Menu, Web/notes/mobile and Hidden flags | Saves you time with a free tool to monitor your actions |
| Copy/move actions in a single design element | Drag and drop for move only (R6 only) | Command driven (Example: Move action up or down through a menu) | Yes, drag and drop ability | Greater flexibility, you control all actions and where they are used in a design element with a drag and drop of your mouse |
| Copy/move actions across multiple design elements | Must open each design element one by one | Copy from a design “template” only | Yes, drag and drop ability | You control all actions and where they are used in each and every design element using your mouse
More control and saves you time |
| Create shared action from existing actions | Must open the design elements, copy to shared, delete the action and insert the new shared action | Command driven (example: Make Action Shared) | Yes, drag and drop ability
Links are automatically created | You save time creating shared actions |
| Link an existing action to a shared action | Must delete the action and insert the shared action | No other tool exists | Yes | Saves you time linking actions to shared ones |
| Force update of action properties from shared actions linked to | R7 only: must make a modification in action configuration and resave your design element | No other tool exists | Yes | You save time when updating your action properties all at once |