Lotus oh Lotus!

I never thought I would say this that I actually like a MS product. But compared to Lotus notes by IBM, MS Exhcange seems like a much better choice. I just cant get used to Lotus notes.

Its totally non-intuitive, and they have given shortcuts that go way out of tradition or practicality. Here is something to illustrate my point - F5 - the usual key for doing a refresh, works everywhere else on windows. Now, that try that on Lotus notes and it will react with derision and will display its disgust at you - the immortal incoherent, imbecile user- by locking you out! To do anything more, you will have to enter your password. Its almost like a trap!!

Another example - delete - I still cant figure out how delete works. There seems to be a difference between doing a delete via the menu and simply pressing the delete button! Why? Why? Gaaawwwdd !

Find - another feature i seem to understand. Its never a fool-proof way to search....it seems to miss out always. Search for 'abc' and sometimes, and this is the key bit that i dont understand - sometimes, it will simply refuse to find a mail which has the word 'abc' in it. Maybe it depends on its mood.


Hate it!