[Lotus Notes Sucks: Example 49]
NotesMedic
Problem
When (not if) Lotus Notes crashes, you have to restart your computer if you want to restart Lotus Notes. To be fair, there are many programs that get so screwed up after a crash that nothing but a restart can fix the problem. But here's where it gets interesting. Cassetica offers freeware to individual users to "get rid of the reboots needed after a Notes crash."
Free. It doesn't cost anything.
Think about it: There is a free program that obviates the need for quitting all your applications and shutting down your computer just to restart Lotus Notes.
Analysis
Cassetica charges US$1,500 for NotesMedic Pro and US$2,500 for the enterprise level of NotesMedic. The fact that a company makes money from a product that shouldn't even exist makes us ask, "Why haven't the owners of Lotus Notes put Cassetica out of business by incorporating the feature of NotesMedic directly into Lotus Notes?"
NotesMedic is not the only product out there. There is also ZapNotes. And KillNotes. There are at least three products that have no reason to exist.
User Interface Guideline Violations
- Forcing the user to deal with stupidity.
Conclusion
Lotus Notes sucks.