tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279854.post720146330479536854..comments2008-01-26T02:09:18.989-05:00Stan Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13819463953609361042noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279854.post-61923152217216611532008-01-26T02:09:00.000-05:002008-01-26T02:09:00.000-05:00Directly, Bill? Not a lot -- unless he's in the habit of visiting the websites of the businesses he deals with (or wishes to deal with); or happens to be a small business principal who needs to have a high degree of interaction with his customers, employees and suppliers.<BR/><BR/>Lotus Notes and Domino has always been an excellent platform for knowledge bases, collaboration, communication and process control. But like a lot of platforms, you had to bend your expectations to the way the platform worked. That was particularly irksome when it came to building web applications (as opposed to apps that worked in the context of the dedicated Notes client).<BR/><BR/>Web users have expectations that are influenced by the other sites they visit. Unfortunately, the default scheme for Domino web applications has been stuck on the 1999-vintage web site layout for some time. There have been a few of us who have engaged in full-contact righteous hacking to bend Domino to our will, and the results have been (in many cases) spectacular -- but those results have usually depended on large, difficult-to-maintain code bases with limited portability. Server-side JavaScript, done properly, can change all that.<BR/><BR/>Given an actual product release (of Domino 8.5, Foundations and Bluehouse), a wee bit of time for some forward-thinking developers to create a few libraries, and a bit of shoe leather, even something as seemingly far from the IT world as a mediaeval/renaissance armoury might find the technology relevant. No doubt a customer, completely unaware of the underlying tech, would appreciate it. (Gotta pimp. Gotta shill. Gotta apologize for it -- but this is way freakin' kewl stuff.)Stan Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13819463953609361042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279854.post-57523856062463046272008-01-25T12:15:00.000-05:002008-01-25T12:15:00.000-05:00So what does that mean for the guy picking out a pc at futureshop?STAGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06198646624631167489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279854.post-62724994918949652882008-01-23T11:25:00.000-05:002008-01-23T11:25:00.000-05:00I plan to do a whole post dedicated to all the goodness coming in XPages. It's unbelievable. <B>I'm</B> actually excited about doing Domino web development. Did you just feel that? Yeah, the Earth tilted off its axis for a second.<BR/><BR/>If you're excited by the tidbits you've gotten so far you better hold onto your knickers because it's a LOT better than you even thought.Charles Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606895130887441753noreply@blogger.com