May I 'hijack' this thread slightly to include the most annoying programming on the net?
When you fill in a contact information form and the programmer has provided a drop down list of states, it actually takes more clicks than it would just entering the 2 character state abbreviation. Also, since NC is never in the top half of the list so you also have to scroll down. Seems to me that the programmer / web site designer is so enamored with the "cool" drop down feature that he never thought about the user. Further, when you have to put in a zip code, why not do the extra little bit of coding to look up the state? There, my rant is over and I feel ever so much better! <g> On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 9:27 AM, James Rankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You may be right that it has improved. Looking at > http://lotusnotessucks.4t.com, a lot of the probl;ems have been crossed > off the author's list > > Luckily I haven't been involved in a company with Notes since 2006, and I > am positively overjoyed to be working with Exchange all the time! > > 2008/6/6 Michael B. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Ed Brill loves it. >> >> >> >> Actually, it's greatly improved from where it used to be. However, I still >> think Exchange/Outlook are far superior in most ways. >> >> >> >> After all, can 280 million seats be wrong? J >> >> >> >> **cough** >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> Michael B. Smith >> >> MCSE/Exchange MVP >> >> http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/> >> >> >> >> *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> *Sent:* Friday, June 06, 2008 9:16 AM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: 10 most annoying programs on the Internet >> >> >> >> http://www.ihatelotusnotes.com/?p=7 >> >> >> >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2006/feb/09/guardianweeklytechnologysection >> >> Indeed, no-one likes Lotus Notes. It is the Symantec of mail - indeed, if >> it even classifies as email, being a database program in the beginning. >> >> 2008/6/6 Ziots, Edward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> Notes Sucks, IBM sucks. Period.. >> >> >> But I am with Dave Lum on this one. When the thinking gets that >> retarded, its time to find greener pastures. >> >> Z >> >> Edward E. Ziots >> Network Engineer >> Lifespan Organization >> MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA >> Phone: 401-639-3505 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 9:01 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: 10 most annoying programs on the Internet >> >> Been there, done that - Textron outsourced IT to CSC and we went from >> Exchange/Outlook to Domino/Notes. That should have been my 1st clue, but >> I hung on for two more years before deciding that was the *least* of the >> stupid crap in the pipeline.... >> >> Dave "If the company sucks, leave!" Lum >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Chris Blair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 12:00 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: 10 most annoying programs on the Internet >> >> We were bought out and the new owners have Notes. I have no say on the >> matter. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Tim Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 1:57 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: 10 most annoying programs on the Internet >> >> Did someone from IBM take your CEO golfing and buy him a hat? You have >> my deepest sympathies! >> >> >> ...Tim >> >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Chris Blair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 11:54 AM >> > To: NT System Admin Issues >> > Subject: RE: 10 most annoying programs on the Internet >> > >> > Oh boy! We are "Migrating" to Notes next month from Exchange 2003. I >> > prefer to call it a downgrade, but management doesn't see the humor in >> > that statement. >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 1:16 PM >> > To: NT System Admin Issues >> > Subject: Re: 10 most annoying programs on the Internet >> > >> > On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 6:09 PM, Greg Mulholland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > wrote: >> > > Yeah i 'wowed' at that too.. life would be worth living without >> > Outlook. >> > >> > As a stand-alone email client, Outlook has some issues, some of >> > which can be quite maddening. >> > >> > But as Mr. Schaefer points out, Outlook is far from the worst >> > offender. Notes has held a top spot in the Bad User Interface >> > Hall-Of-Shame for at least a decade now, and it never seems to get any >> > better. 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