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Not All IM Clients Are Created Equal

I've used several instant messaging clients up to now, but I'm recently getting some experience with Lotus Sametime.  Somehow it feels like someone on the product side over there thought, "Hey, if we bill this as an 'Enterprise' client, we can ignore any UI goodness whatsoever!  It doesn't have to look good because it's 'Enterprise!'"

I think they should rename it "Lotus VB6time" because, well... see for yourself.

Sametime - now with additional VB6!

I can see the sales droid selling this now, invoking adjectives like "minimalist" and "rugged."  It doesn't matter what it looks like as long as it works, right?  Right?

posted on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 4:19 PM | Filed Under [ GeekSpeak ]

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Gravatar # re: Not All IM Clients Are Created Equal
by Carl Tyler at 10/10/2007 6:10 PM
Have you thought about using the latest version? That is Sametime 7.0 or earlier you're showing. Sametime 7.5.x is very different and has been out for over a year now.

See my comments from over 2 years ago: http://www.iminstant.com/iminstant/iminstant.nsf/d6plinks/CTYR-6BTNQ5
Gravatar # re: Not All IM Clients Are Created Equal
by Travis Illig at 10/11/2007 7:36 AM
Unfortunately, this is the version I'm sanctioned to use. I will see if I'm allowed to upgrade; anything is better than this.
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