During the day I have the dubious pleasure of working with Lotus Notes. I reckon I was bad in a previous life and given a choice between coming back as a cockroach or working with Lotus Notes. Next time I'm picking the cockroach.
Everybody should work with Lotus Notes at least once. It's a perfect example of how really and truly shit software evolves and is somehow embraced, while all the time those responsible for it stick their heads in the sand singing "la la la can't hear you" every time someone points out a glaring defect. "It'll be better in version 6!" "It'll be better in version 7!" "It'll be better in version 8!" "Wait till you see 8.5!" And still it's crap. You get the idea.
Sometimes I wonder if it's really just a sick joke and IBM are perfectly aware of exactly what they're doing. The sheer amount of sales bumpf and "give this leaflet to your CEO" waffle on their main Notes page suggests that may be the case.
A good suggested approach for when you're designing software is to ask yourself "how would Lotus Notes do this?" and then do the opposite. It may not work out all of the time, but there's a pretty damn good chance you'll hit the target often enough.
DirectQ update for today is next, with one long-awaited feature putting in an appearance. Stay tuned.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Crap Software Alert!
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..I currently don't have the client installed on my current workstation, but use their "Web interface" iNotes version daily at work. No matter what browser I run it under it generates script error message pop ups galore constantly.
-xaGe-
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