As the author is a Mac based web designer ({Link} I think he was talking about Domino :-(
The mis-match between 'Lotus Notes' and their requirements screams "use a different platform !" But hey, we've all had to do 'relational' models in Notes/Domino.
As a Notes/Domino developer I know that if the client wants a Notes only solution that it will take a half to a third of the time of a Domino solution. But Notes is old hat; they all want browser based solutions which is a good thing when the Notes/Domino development market has shrivelled.
I remember a lead article in Byte magazine circa 1997 'Notes vs Web'. Notes delivered everything the 'web' was still only aspiring to do. Back then they weren't comparing Notes RPC vs Ajax or Agents vs web services (but they aren't so hot - "Put a fork in it" {Link} ). ISTR the article acknowledged the gap between the user experience offered by a 'rich client' and the browser.
Imagine what the client would be like if IBM/Lotus had been focusing on that for the last 8 years... oops! I think I've just shot myself in the foot :-)
I still love the .NSF object datastore and the security model as a platform for document centric workflow applications even though the UI has aged badly. A bit like me and the missus...
As the author is a Mac based web designer ({Link} I think he was talking about Domino :-(
The mis-match between 'Lotus Notes' and their requirements screams "use a different platform !" But hey, we've all had to do 'relational' models in Notes/Domino.
As a Notes/Domino developer I know that if the client wants a Notes only solution that it will take a half to a third of the time of a Domino solution. But Notes is old hat; they all want browser based solutions which is a good thing when the Notes/Domino development market has shrivelled.
I remember a lead article in Byte magazine circa 1997 'Notes vs Web'. Notes delivered everything the 'web' was still only aspiring to do. Back then they weren't comparing Notes RPC vs Ajax or Agents vs web services (but they aren't so hot - "Put a fork in it" {Link} ). ISTR the article acknowledged the gap between the user experience offered by a 'rich client' and the browser.
Imagine what the client would be like if IBM/Lotus had been focusing on that for the last 8 years... oops! I think I've just shot myself in the foot :-)
I still love the .NSF object datastore and the security model as a platform for document centric workflow applications even though the UI has aged badly. A bit like me and the missus...