{"id":15007,"date":"2021-06-30T17:30:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T16:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/?p=15007"},"modified":"2021-06-30T17:30:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T16:30:59","slug":"farewell-firstclass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/farewell-firstclass\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell FirstClass"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today is the day. North Lanarkshire is retiring our communication application FirstClass. Uses in schools for e-mail, file storage and discussion forums.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I remember <\/span>starting in North Lanarkshire<\/span><\/a> in October 2008. I saw FirstClass for the first time. Even then it’s UI looked a little outdated. Over the years I can to appreciate some of it qualities. Excellent usability on a very poor mobile signal. Compared to other email solutions it feels very lightweight, in a good way.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I learnt a little of its other features, some of which were good, some a bit clunky (the web publishing).<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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At the end of my time at the computer centre, FirstClass developed a web frontend. This was a more modern UI, but I only saw that <\/span>briefly<\/span><\/span>. NLC continued to use the desktop application.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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While I was an ICT dev officer I spent a lot of time in firstClass. After returning to the classroom I continued to use it every day. It will be strange not to open it up anymore.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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