On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 12:38:21PM +0100, Hilmar Berger wrote: > > Imagine a "big red" button in the "right upper" corner. When > > you hit it all other clients at the local site pop up a > > modal (yes ;-), all-red page with large yellow letters: > > ... > Sounds nice, but wouldn't it be easier to pick up the phone or just shout > "Emergency!" ? Picking up the phone is point-to-point while I need broadcast. I can shout "Emergency!" all day long in my exam room and no one (besides the patient) will hear me.
> After all, you have to make sure that the other persons > receive the call - what if they are not looking on the screen (examining a > patient, drawing blood,...) or are just rebooting/logging in/... Too bad. It's nothing to be relied upon. The client is typically running 99% of the time. And it neednt't be a silent message either. > Keep it sweet and simple means also do not duplicate things that already > exist and are better/sufficiently done by other means. Better perhaps, sufficiently is the question. Duplication means redundancy (backup strategy, that is) which in case of emergency communications has always been the norm. Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346 _______________________________________________ Gnumed-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumed-devel
