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Glamcookie - Feb 27, 2008 5:34:56 am PST #4974 of 25501
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

As sucky as Outlook is, Lotus Notes is worse. Incredibly non-intuitive.

I just wanted to second this. We used to be on Lotus Notes and were so thrilled when we moved to Outlook. Notes sucks ass!


§ ita § - Feb 27, 2008 8:43:50 am PST #4975 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Whyever in Access does it sometimes prompt me twice for the same parameter for a query? It seems to only care about the last value entered.

I thought it was because I was querying a complex table with strange linkages or stuff, but it doesn't seem to be that, or even related to the complexity of the query itself.

It's very annoying.


Liese S. - Feb 27, 2008 9:48:27 am PST #4976 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Best thing about Notes was the actual notes part. Still haven't found a notepad utility I liked as well as Notes. I'm currently using an unsupported version of Daytimer software from 2000. I know it'll die at some point, but I can never get it back because they lost lots of customers, like me, when they used to support it.


§ ita § - Feb 27, 2008 9:56:34 am PST #4977 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Notes back on OS/2 was a cool adventure--I liked the DB applications. Still prefer it as an environment for that sort of thing to Access. But it made a lousy transition to internet email. Its calendaring isn't bad, though. And I liked its integration with my blackberry at my last job, but that might have been implementation choices at the back end and not product-specific functionality.


DCJensen - Feb 27, 2008 6:34:09 pm PST #4978 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.

Whyever in Access does it sometimes prompt me twice for the same parameter for a query?

Because it is evil. It's the Access of Evil.


Vortex - Feb 27, 2008 6:48:20 pm PST #4979 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

random question how many MB in a GB?


amych - Feb 27, 2008 6:48:57 pm PST #4980 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

1024


DCJensen - Feb 27, 2008 6:53:13 pm PST #4981 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.

unless you are a hard drive manufacturer.

ETA then it tends to be 1000.


§ ita § - Feb 27, 2008 8:21:03 pm PST #4982 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It's more complicated than that.


DCJensen - Feb 28, 2008 5:27:14 am PST #4983 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.

t mumble

...didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition...