Paying Homage to the Lotus Notes User Interface
Category Notes Interface
I think it's been mentioned before that the main interface for the iPhone, possibly the most popular smart phone of all time, looks very similar to the Notes Workspace. I think you can have 8 pages of applications. The icons for the applications are movable within the page and to other pages - just like the Notes Workspace. Sure it would be nice if in the Notes client you could have a full graphic for the database "box" but the concept between the iPhone home screen and the Notes workspace is very similar.
Alan even posted once that the iPhone's selection model is very similar to the selection model in the Notes Client. And don't get me started on the fact that iTunes itself looks VERY similar to a somewhat typical Notes Application. Views (Library) and Folders (Playlists) on the left, and documents (Music, Movies) on the right in the main screen. They even have Twisties!
So the great designers at Apple seem to emulate the Notes interface more then once. They can't be the only ones...
This weekend I went to the web to check the weather from my local TV station. It looks like they recently completely re-did their weather section. And what does it look like? The Lotus Notes Workspace! I don't know why but you can even move the little "boxes" around.... Just like Notes!!!
I wonder if there are other examples of websites or programs that pay homage to the great interface that is Lotus Notes?
I think it's been mentioned before that the main interface for the iPhone, possibly the most popular smart phone of all time, looks very similar to the Notes Workspace. I think you can have 8 pages of applications. The icons for the applications are movable within the page and to other pages - just like the Notes Workspace. Sure it would be nice if in the Notes client you could have a full graphic for the database "box" but the concept between the iPhone home screen and the Notes workspace is very similar.
Alan even posted once that the iPhone's selection model is very similar to the selection model in the Notes Client. And don't get me started on the fact that iTunes itself looks VERY similar to a somewhat typical Notes Application. Views (Library) and Folders (Playlists) on the left, and documents (Music, Movies) on the right in the main screen. They even have Twisties!
So the great designers at Apple seem to emulate the Notes interface more then once. They can't be the only ones...
This weekend I went to the web to check the weather from my local TV station. It looks like they recently completely re-did their weather section. And what does it look like? The Lotus Notes Workspace! I don't know why but you can even move the little "boxes" around.... Just like Notes!!!
I wonder if there are other examples of websites or programs that pay homage to the great interface that is Lotus Notes?
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Comments
Posted by Richard Schwartz At 09:05:48 AM On 12/22/2008 | - Website - |
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The only people that don't seem to see the importance of the Workspace is IBM as far as I can tell.
Posted by Carl Tyler At 07:58:21 AM On 12/22/2008 | - Website - |