I think that Notes developers are at a crossroads.
A lot of people are viewing XPages as a panacea for Notes/Domino UI development. While no doubt a big leap forward (relative to what we have) I can't help but feel that we are already lagging behind what can be done using other tools. Flex is a good example of that.
The strength of Notes has always been the backend services (security, replication, data store), no one has ever switched to Notes because of its kick-ass UI.
I wish that IBM would add some additional points of integration to those backend services. Something like Service Data Objects could be used to move data between the UI and backend. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_Data_Objects).
If the Notes client had a WebKit browser built-in then this combined approach would allow Notes/Domino to evolve into something more like Adobe AIR (http://www.adobe.com/products/air/) only BETTER.
I think that Notes developers are at a crossroads.
A lot of people are viewing XPages as a panacea for Notes/Domino UI development. While no doubt a big leap forward (relative to what we have) I can't help but feel that we are already lagging behind what can be done using other tools. Flex is a good example of that.
The strength of Notes has always been the backend services (security, replication, data store), no one has ever switched to Notes because of its kick-ass UI.
I wish that IBM would add some additional points of integration to those backend services. Something like Service Data Objects could be used to move data between the UI and backend. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_Data_Objects).
If the Notes client had a WebKit browser built-in then this combined approach would allow Notes/Domino to evolve into something more like Adobe AIR (http://www.adobe.com/products/air/) only BETTER.