In other news, there actually *is* a company that still uses Lotus Notes
By Eddie Lopez. Wednesday, 14. January 2009, 03:22:35
I could probably make up for taking most of last year off of this blog by just posting about Lotus Notes for the next 365 days, but for now -I'll offer a small sampler of things that are bothering me- the calendar presentation, and the iPhone web app.
First, here's a screenshot of part of Lotus Note's calendar display. Not pictured (well mostly not) is the "5 week" view that we're all familiar with: It's got your work week there with all your events displayed. It starts on Monday and ends on Friday, with the configurable option to show Saturday and Sunday. In both cases, Wednesday is smack dab in the middle of the calendar.
Contrast this "Wednesday centric" calendar view with what is immediately on the left of it. Here Thursday is in the middle of the calendar.
I can't tell you the number of times I quickly look over to that small calendar to find a date real quick and end up off by one.
Consistency in your interface is key!
But that's just an appetizer of Lotus' bucket of strange- let's look at the iPhone app!...
First, here's a screenshot of part of Lotus Note's calendar display. Not pictured (well mostly not) is the "5 week" view that we're all familiar with: It's got your work week there with all your events displayed. It starts on Monday and ends on Friday, with the configurable option to show Saturday and Sunday. In both cases, Wednesday is smack dab in the middle of the calendar.
Contrast this "Wednesday centric" calendar view with what is immediately on the left of it. Here Thursday is in the middle of the calendar.
I can't tell you the number of times I quickly look over to that small calendar to find a date real quick and end up off by one.
Consistency in your interface is key!
But that's just an appetizer of Lotus' bucket of strange- let's look at the iPhone app!...
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