Dan,
I apologize - I should have responded to your original question! My organization is in the process of implementing the Lotus Domino version of ECL. It works ok (and is better than nothing), but has the following limitations:
- The Java client on the handheld does not display data very well - it tends to cut off long strings of data
- The Java client does not have "active links" which allow you to click on a field, say a phone number, and dial it directly. The user has to copy/paste phone numbers into the Phone application.
- The browser version does not have issues 1&2, but the cache gets purged every 12 hours by default. If a user tries to access it when the cache is gone, a misleading error occurs stating "access denied".
We are working on scheduling the data push to eliminate Issue#3, and if it works, we'll be fairly happy. Otherwise, for a free application, I think it's a great tool. If you have some Java developers in house it could really open doors to other possibilities.