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most notably Lotus Notes Some people, when confronted with a calendaring problem, think "I know, I'll use Lotus Notes". Now they have two problems

by omh 16y ago

lsb 16y ago
Some people, when confronted with a calendaring problem, think "I know, I'll use Lotus Notes". Now their subordinates have two problems.
- JanezStupar 16y ago
  In my experience calendaring in Lotus Notes is excellent. As long as you are willing to leave your "but Outlook does it like that" attitude behind.
  - scott_s 16y ago
    Sometimes I'll open a calendar notice in Notes, and it will tell me that this notice contains updates to a scheduled event that has unprocessed updates, and would I like to process those updates? That's broken. Updating events I do not own, but am participating in, should be passive. Yes, it happens in my data in Notes, but even at the conceptual level, I don't own those events. If there is a change, my calendar should be automatically updated, and then I should be informed about it. Instead, I get informed about it, and if I neglect to open that notice, the change does not get processed. Viewing the note in the preview pane is not enough - even thought I've checked the option to consider mails "read" when they appear in the preview pane.
gadders 16y ago
I used to work for Lotus and was a Notes developer. But funny is funny. Seriously I'd say it's no better or worse than any other group scheduling app like Outlook. TBH, email isn't really a source of competitive advantage for a company. It's on a par with a phone service or electricity. Just outsource it to google already.
- omh 16y ago
  I'd say it's no better or worse than any other group scheduling app like Outlook I'm a Notes/Domino admin for a small company and I'd have to disagree. The number of bugs, and the way that they interact, is just ridiculous in Notes. The latest versions aren't nearly as appalling as the old ones, but they're still terrible. Absolutely agree about the "competitive advantage" though. E-Mail/calendaring should just be outsourced, or simple drop-in software that doesn't need too much attention.

most notably Lotus Notes Some people, when confronted with a calendaring problem, think "I know, I'll use Lotus Notes". Now they have two problems

by omh 16y ago

most notably Lotus Notes Some people, when confronted with a calendaring problem, think "I know, I'll use Lotus Notes". Now they have two problems

lsb 16y ago

Some people, when confronted with a calendaring problem, think "I know, I'll use Lotus Notes". Now their subordinates have two problems.

JanezStupar 16y ago
In my experience calendaring in Lotus Notes is excellent. As long as you are willing to leave your "but Outlook does it like that" attitude behind.
- scott_s 16y ago
  Sometimes I'll open a calendar notice in Notes, and it will tell me that this notice contains updates to a scheduled event that has unprocessed updates, and would I like to process those updates? That's broken. Updating events I do not own, but am participating in, should be passive. Yes, it happens in my data in Notes, but even at the conceptual level, I don't own those events. If there is a change, my calendar should be automatically updated, and then I should be informed about it. Instead, I get informed about it, and if I neglect to open that notice, the change does not get processed. Viewing the note in the preview pane is not enough - even thought I've checked the option to consider mails "read" when they appear in the preview pane.

gadders 16y ago

I used to work for Lotus and was a Notes developer. But funny is funny. Seriously I'd say it's no better or worse than any other group scheduling app like Outlook. TBH, email isn't really a source of competitive advantage for a company. It's on a par with a phone service or electricity. Just outsource it to google already.

omh 16y ago
I'd say it's no better or worse than any other group scheduling app like Outlook I'm a Notes/Domino admin for a small company and I'd have to disagree. The number of bugs, and the way that they interact, is just ridiculous in Notes. The latest versions aren't nearly as appalling as the old ones, but they're still terrible. Absolutely agree about the "competitive advantage" though. E-Mail/calendaring should just be outsourced, or simple drop-in software that doesn't need too much attention.