[Lotus Notes Sucks: Example 70]
Stupid Error Messages, Part 5
Problem
Lotus Notes never ceases to appall me. More stupid error messages:
I also received this message today:
and
Analysis
This is just too stupid to comment on. Well, maybe not.
The first message doesn't mean anything and the second is probably some sort of object-oriented problem. Does the secretary need to know about objects ("instantiated") to use Lotus Notes?
"No Archive Policies setup for this mailfile" is hilarious because "setup" is a noun. As a noun, the message doesn't make any grammatical sense. The pinhead who wrote this useless error message probably meant, "There are no archive policies set up for this mail file." You see, "setup" is a noun, while "set up" is a verb. Also, "mailfile" is two words.
Pathetic.
User Interface Guideline Violations
- Interrupting the user's work flow with a pointless dialog box.
- Forcing the user to do more work than necessary.
- Forcing the user to deal with stupidity.
Conclusion
Lotus Notes sucks.