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  • S S Douglas

    Hands down, the worse piece of software I have had the displeasure of using is Lotus Notes. It has no redeeming qualities.


    I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:

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    Vikram A Punathambekar
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    Oh, wait, isn't this becoming a bit predictive? :doh: :laugh:

    Cheers, Vikram.


    The cold will freeze our stares We won't care...

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    • S S Douglas

      Hands down, the worse piece of software I have had the displeasure of using is Lotus Notes. It has no redeeming qualities.


      I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:

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      Vikram A Punathambekar
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      Do you have WinRAR? I am at work and just remembered about ZapNotes.

      š Cheers, Vikram.


      I don't know and you don't either.    Militant Agnostic

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        brahmma wrote:

        4. GTalk, and all desktop applications by google.

        :laugh::laugh:, why you hate them?


        Press: 1500 to 2,200 messages in just 6 days? How's that possible sir? **Dr.Brad :**Well,I just replied to everything Graus did and then argued with Negus for a bit.

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        Rajesh R Subramanian
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        Becuase they lack the very spirit. Google is the best when it comes to Internet search. That doesn't mean they should poke their nose into everything. *I have modified the post to exempt google earth from the blacklist*


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        Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero ப்ரம்மா

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        • L loket

          Lotus Notes, a UI and usability nightmare. X|

          /M


          - Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things.

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          Mike Dimmick
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          I've never used Notes, but once when on temporary contract to another company I was forced to use Novell GroupWise. Coming back to Outlook and Exchange was a huge relief.

          Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder

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          • R Rajesh R Subramanian

            Hey, wait... What was that piece of shit named? Millennium edition?


            [Frozen Thoughts] | [My Life - My Prayer]
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            Anton Afanasyev
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            How many times do I have to correct this... Mistake Edition, Mistake, not Millenium :laugh:


            :badger:

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            • V Vikram A Punathambekar

              Here ya go![^]

              Cheers, Vikram.


              The cold will freeze our stares We won't care...

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              Rajesh R Subramanian
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              Why does this Lotus Notes stop your breath? I have never tried it (hope I won't ever have to try it after these many are scared of it). But just asking this out of my curiosity, take a shot, please tell me what is so bad in it.


              [Frozen Thoughts] | [My Life - My Prayer]
              Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero ப்ரம்மா

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                Worst ever must be MS Millennium edition ... Just take the following into consideration: The following are new Error messages that are included in Windows Millennium Edition: 1.Smash forehead on keyboard to continue. 2.Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue. 3.Press any key to continue or any other key to quit. 4.Press any key except... no, No, NO, NOT THAT ONE! 5.Press Ctrl-Alt-Del now for IQ test. 6.Close your eyes and press escape three times. 7.Bad command or file name! Go stand in the corner. 8.This will end your Windows session. Do you want to play another game? 9.Windows message: "Error saving file! Format drive now? (Y/Y)" 10.This is a message from God Gates: "Rebooting the world. Please log off." 11.To "shut down" your system, type "WIN." 12.BREAKFAST.SYS halted... Cereal port not responding.


                The only programmers that are better than C programmers are those who code in 1's and 0's..... :) :) Programm3r
                My Blog: ^_^

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                Programm3r
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                So why the (1) :confused::confused:


                The only programmers that are better than C programmers are those who code in 1's and 0's..... :) :) Programm3r
                My Blog: ^_^

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                • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                  Do you have WinRAR? I am at work and just remembered about ZapNotes.

                  š Cheers, Vikram.


                  I don't know and you don't either.    Militant Agnostic

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                  S Douglas
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                  Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:

                  Do you have WinRAR?

                  Not at work, but I've figured out how to combat the ever crashing Notes issue. Just go kill all the dumby processes that Notes spawns. X| We are as predictable as Notes is useless. :rolleyes:


                  I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:

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                  • B Bradml

                    Ok what is the worst piece of software you have ever worked with and why: (It can be any software or code that you have personally worked with) Not limited to something you have developed, can be an OS


                    Brad Australian - Captain See Sharp on "Religion" any half intelligent person can come to the conclusion that pink unicorns do not exist.

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                    swjam
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                    Personally, I'm happy with most of MS products I have ever used save one Microsoft Visio. Having said that, only other thing I can say about MS is given their vast resources, I think they should be able to do better.

                    I am a SysAdmin, I battle my own daemons.

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                    • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                      Why does this Lotus Notes stop your breath? I have never tried it (hope I won't ever have to try it after these many are scared of it). But just asking this out of my curiosity, take a shot, please tell me what is so bad in it.


                      [Frozen Thoughts] | [My Life - My Prayer]
                      Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero ப்ரம்மா

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                      S Douglas
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                      brahmma wrote:

                      please tell me what is so bad in it.

                      I will save a full rant for another day. Here are just a few reasons I detest Notes.

                      • Randomly takes the focus (a process that takes a minute or two)
                      • The UI, UGGGG is just absolutely terrible (it’s easier to list what’s good rather than what is bad, and there isn’t anything good about the overall UI).
                      • SLOOOOOWW, on my machine after clicking the “New Memo” it’s a full five minutes before I start to actually compose an email.
                      • The Search function flat out doesn’t work.
                      • The entire app freezes every time I click on an email (doesn’t matter if the preview pane is open or not). Sad but funny enough it does this even if I’m clicking on an email that is already selected.
                      • Want to copy and paste a subject line, good luck it doesn’t work.
                      • It likes to crash when logging into it, because it spawns a bunch of dumby process it requries you to log off windows before you can log in to it.

                      -- modified at 7:13 Wednesday 14th March, 2007 -- modified at 7:58 Wednesday 14th March, 2007


                      I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:

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                      • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                        But you are only allowed to list one here - which is it? :)

                        Cheers, Vikram.


                        The cold will freeze our stares We won't care...

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                        Chris Maunder
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                        His name is Peterchen. Not Peter Chen.

                        cheers, Chris Maunder

                        CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                        • B Bradml

                          Ok what is the worst piece of software you have ever worked with and why: (It can be any software or code that you have personally worked with) Not limited to something you have developed, can be an OS


                          Brad Australian - Captain See Sharp on "Religion" any half intelligent person can come to the conclusion that pink unicorns do not exist.

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                          Stuart Dootson
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                          SAP - I hates it.

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                            SAP - I hates it.

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                            Bradml
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                            Have you tried Sage Accpac[^]? I have seen it in action a couple of times and it is fantastic.


                            Brad Australian - Bradml on "MVP Status" If this was posted in a programming board please rate my answer

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                            • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                              Why does this Lotus Notes stop your breath? I have never tried it (hope I won't ever have to try it after these many are scared of it). But just asking this out of my curiosity, take a shot, please tell me what is so bad in it.


                              [Frozen Thoughts] | [My Life - My Prayer]
                              Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero ப்ரம்மா

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                              Vikram A Punathambekar
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                              Anyway, here[^] ya go. Just another example: a typical error message you might get when you're doing something as innocuous as, say, opening a mail, would be Variant is Not Set. :confused: What do you think is the keystroke to check for new mail? Surely F5 should refresh your mailbox? No, it will log you off. X| I assure you, there are many, many other such examples. Consider yourself blessed that you've never had to use Notes. :rose:

                              Cheers, Vikram.


                              The cold will freeze our stares We won't care...

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                                His name is Peterchen. Not Peter Chen.

                                cheers, Chris Maunder

                                CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                                Vikram A Punathambekar
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                                I've been around long enough to know that. It's a sort of running joke between us that I call him Mr. Chen. And his name is NOT Peterchen.

                                Cheers, Vikram.


                                The cold will freeze our stares We won't care...

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                                  Lotus Notes, a UI and usability nightmare. X|

                                  /M


                                  - Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things.

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                                  Agree, Lotus Notes is #1 for poor design, unusability, ewww!

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                                  • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                                    Anyway, here[^] ya go. Just another example: a typical error message you might get when you're doing something as innocuous as, say, opening a mail, would be Variant is Not Set. :confused: What do you think is the keystroke to check for new mail? Surely F5 should refresh your mailbox? No, it will log you off. X| I assure you, there are many, many other such examples. Consider yourself blessed that you've never had to use Notes. :rose:

                                    Cheers, Vikram.


                                    The cold will freeze our stares We won't care...

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                                    Rajesh R Subramanian
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                                    It looks like a complete nightmare :omg: The spellchecker finds an email address as a misspelt word. :wtf: An error says: Too many windows-you must close one to continue. I am blessed indeed not to have used it.


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                                    • B Bradml

                                      Ok what is the worst piece of software you have ever worked with and why: (It can be any software or code that you have personally worked with) Not limited to something you have developed, can be an OS


                                      Brad Australian - Captain See Sharp on "Religion" any half intelligent person can come to the conclusion that pink unicorns do not exist.

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                                      Brady Kelly
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                                      I've never really had to use very bad software, but one example that comes to mind is a real estate sales and tracking package, Cyber Agent or something, that when you opened the built-in 'word processor', the caption of your document window was the VB5 default, "Form1".

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                                      • S S Douglas

                                        brahmma wrote:

                                        please tell me what is so bad in it.

                                        I will save a full rant for another day. Here are just a few reasons I detest Notes.

                                        • Randomly takes the focus (a process that takes a minute or two)
                                        • The UI, UGGGG is just absolutely terrible (it’s easier to list what’s good rather than what is bad, and there isn’t anything good about the overall UI).
                                        • SLOOOOOWW, on my machine after clicking the “New Memo” it’s a full five minutes before I start to actually compose an email.
                                        • The Search function flat out doesn’t work.
                                        • The entire app freezes every time I click on an email (doesn’t matter if the preview pane is open or not). Sad but funny enough it does this even if I’m clicking on an email that is already selected.
                                        • Want to copy and paste a subject line, good luck it doesn’t work.
                                        • It likes to crash when logging into it, because it spawns a bunch of dumby process it requries you to log off windows before you can log in to it.

                                        -- modified at 7:13 Wednesday 14th March, 2007 -- modified at 7:58 Wednesday 14th March, 2007


                                        I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:

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                                        Rajesh R Subramanian
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                                        S Douglas wrote:

                                        It likes to crash when logging into it, because it spawns a bunch of dumby process it requries you to log off before you can log back in.

                                        :laugh::laugh:


                                        [Frozen Thoughts] | [My Life - My Prayer]
                                        Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero ப்ரம்மா

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                                        • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                                          S Douglas wrote:

                                          It likes to crash when logging into it, because it spawns a bunch of dumby process it requries you to log off before you can log back in.

                                          :laugh::laugh:


                                          [Frozen Thoughts] | [My Life - My Prayer]
                                          Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero ப்ரம்மா

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                                          Sorry, poorly worded, it makes you log out of windows to kill the dumby processes notes spawns.


                                          I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:

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