News Flash: Lotus Notes can still be Cool!

With all this Google Wave hoo-ha it's very nice to be reminded that Lotus Notes can still be very, very cool. Nathan Freeman at Lotus911 has posted a video showing "Bones" a Kiosk-style Notes App for Doctors that surfaces a Notes App (with the Eclipse Client) on a touch-screen with built-in PC. The PC is running a Notes Client but some Eclipse XML-tweaking has allowed all of the Notes navigation baggage to be hidden. The application runs off a Foundation server (for the individual clinic/surgery) which can then replicate back to a central medical records DB. The whole thing seems to be compliant with a whole bunch of important medical communications standards.

However, the coolest part is the UI which just has to be seen to be believed. Check out the video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnYIYHjm1qo&feature=player_embedded

and Nathan's comments about it here:

http://www.lotus911.com/nathan/escape.nsf/d6plinks/NTFN-7SUP3M

Warning: Some over-sensitive YouTube viewers (or possibly someone having a joke at Nathan's expense :) have flagged this video as "Adults-only". I can only assume this is because the screen-shots show a cartoon picture of a naked body (this is so Doctor's can indicate visually the site of any medical issue). I assure you the video is totally SFW - but you will need to Sign-in with your gmail/Google Apps account or else get a YouTube account.