I have to say that the latest release has resolved quite a number of issues especially with the Designer stability. Lotus and IBM have put time and effort into getting this much more polished and I’d say this is the best release so far. Given the free availability of the designer client – there is no excuse for not downloading and using this to see what others have been raving about in the area of RAD. I’m hoping to get some time to look at the XPages features and other changes that have been included. The speed of startup of the client and the designer is really great especially if you are in and out of this program regularly.
You can find an exhausting list of changes here
Anyway – this one is definitely a keeping and should be worth the effort for upgrading for anyone who wants to see what all the fuss is about.