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Tarale 2710 Affected by 'Princess Bitch-Face Syndrome' ++++!! Persona non grata Since: 11-17-05 From: Adelaide, Australia Last post: 6430 days Last view: 6430 days |
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What really ANNOYS you about computers?
My current biggest annoyance is a lack of documentation, particularly on websites. Websites for open-source projects that lack lists of features, so you have to play the mystery-meat game and download it to see Plugins that require other plugins, but forget to mention so on their site and make you delve through support forums to find the answer.... My second favorite annoyance is THIS BUG IN WINDOWS which pisses me off to no end, as I spend quite some time every day explaining it to clients, and explaining why we can't magically "fix" it as Microsoft themselves have only provided a workaround (the same one we provide on a many-times-a-day basis). Some clients also think that cause we're in the Help Desk we have some magic batphone to Microsoft to get this stuff fixed.... grrr.... (I once told a client that I'll talk to Bill Gates next time I meet up with him at a function and they genuinely thought I would....) What's been annoying YOU lately? |
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emcee Red Super Koopa Since: 11-20-05 Last post: 6431 days Last view: 6430 days |
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That bug in Windows that's been since 95, wherein tooltips for icons in the tray appear behind the taskbar. And other times they just refuse to come up at all. I hate that.
Also, when I'm on a website and I see a link, that looks completely normal, as if just to another web page, similar to the one I'm on, with no indication otherwise. I click it and my entire browser freezes up and for a few seconds I wondering whats going on, and I suddenly realise what I've done seconds before I see the Adobe Acrobat Reader splash screen appear. And by that time its too late, I might as well go make a sandwich or something while I wait for my browser to unfreeze and load a pdf that always seems to turn out to not be what I was looking for after all. |
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Tarale 2710 Affected by 'Princess Bitch-Face Syndrome' ++++!! Persona non grata Since: 11-17-05 From: Adelaide, Australia Last post: 6430 days Last view: 6430 days |
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OOOH... Adobe Reader's another of my annoyances.
Now, when it's just standardly loading a PDF it's fine. It's when Adobe Reader decides it needs an update that really REALLY annoys me, because not only will it freeze up the entire browser, but the whole OS. And you have no indication of WHY because it hides the fucking update screen BEHIND EVERY OTHER OPEN WINDOW. After some struggling and Alt-Tabbing, you find it and your problem goes away, but I find it horrific that one application -- and a minor one at that -- can bring down a whole system.... and it's not even old boxes, it'll bring down anything from my 3Ghz machine at work to an old Pentium.... |
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BMF54123 Since: 11-18-05 From: MOOGLES Last post: 6431 days Last view: 6430 days |
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Adobe Reader has to be one of the most unstable pieces of trash ever written. It's not so bad in recent versions, but older ones (under the "Acrobat Reader" label) tended to lock up my browser almost every time I opened a PDF, or spew random errors if I scrolled too fast.
Related annoyance: files that are in PDF format, but really don't need to be (usually readme files and other documentation). I usually end up switching to my Athlon just to read PDFs because they're so infuriatingly slow on my K6-III. I also despise Flash advertisements. Not only do they slow things to a crawl, they're also really, REALLY annoying, especially the ones that talk/make stupid sounds without even touching them. I remember one particular ad on mail.com that made a soft "click-click" sound, and it had me panicking for a few minutes because I thought it was a hard drive going bad! (The ad had a picture of a hand holding a prescription drug benefit card or something, and the hand would shake the card a couple of times every few seconds, making that "click-click" sound. Why the hell would a card make a CLICKING sound? ) !@#$%^&* arrrgh... |
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FreeDOS + Giant Red Koopa Legion: freedos = fritos Since: 11-17-05 From: Seattle Last post: 6430 days Last view: 6430 days |
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People still use Adobe's PDF software? Man that stuff is so large, slow, unstable; I just use KPDF Let's see. Nothing comes to mind in particular, but BMF reminded me that I hate any Web site that thinks Flash is cool and should be used. |
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Ailure Mr. Shine I just want peace... Since: 11-17-05 From: Sweden Last post: 6431 days Last view: 6430 days |
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Originally posted by TaraleROFL The network in Windows have been kind of buggy, and wierd. If there's an error, it dosen't outright tell you what the error is. |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 6431 days Last view: 6431 days |
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Ah yes, I do hate clicking a link not realizing it's a PDF. That damn reader comes up after about 5 minutes of loading, with like a banner ad or something on it (wtf), and leaves a bunch of processes hogging up memory long after you close it.
Lesee, computer things that annoy me...
Yeah, computers can be pretty annoying. But the biggest annoyance is when things just plain refuse to work for no apparent reason whatsoever, especially when it happens at random. Yargh. |
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neotransotaku Sledge Brother Liberated from school...until MLK day Since: 11-17-05 From: In Hearst Field Annex... Last post: 6433 days Last view: 6430 days |
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Accidentally pressing F1 instead of F2 in Windows Explorer. (And BTW that troubleshooter is totally useless.)
Disable the help service. Error message thought but at least help won't be loaded... Anyways for me, documentation is one of my biggest annoyances, I want to use GTK, but there is a bunch of stuff that hasn't been documented Windows has yet to piss me off but I find its lack of case sensitive names to be a drag Win+E opening explorer with folder list displayed That's it for now... |
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Tarale 2710 Affected by 'Princess Bitch-Face Syndrome' ++++!! Persona non grata Since: 11-17-05 From: Adelaide, Australia Last post: 6430 days Last view: 6430 days |
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Originally posted by HyperMackerel Yep, this is one that gets me a lot cause it compounds my previously mentioned irritation with USB Removable Disks. Most of the things that really REALLY annoy me are the things I find difficult to explain to clients when supporting. The stuff that really has no logical explanation when they go "why is it happening" or "what caused this problem?" My pet USB bug definitely falls into this category, and it's almost always followed up with the question "why is there no fix?" The USB thing compounds my pet problem making it even harder to try to explain to a client who is already infuriated by the whole affair. One thing that also annoys me and is work related is MICROSOFT ACCESS DATABASES. There are hundreds of thousands of them here, and everybody assumes that cause I'm in Help Desk, I know Access (and every stupid Access app out there) like the back of my hand. YOU WROTE IT!! YOU WORK IT OUT YOURSELF! |
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Boom.dk Since: 11-18-05 From: Denmark Last post: 6449 days Last view: 6430 days |
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The thing with Windows counting same device numerous times has a function. For example, I have 2 joypads that are exactly the same. The only way Windows can see the difference is by which USB port they are inserted to.
But if you want to remove non-present devices: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
...and View/Show/Whatever -> Show hidden devices in Device Manager (edited by Boom.dk on 03-23-06 07:32 AM) |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 6431 days Last view: 6431 days |
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That makes sense, but if they're identical, it's really not even possible to try to detect whether the one that's plugged in is #1 or #2. Why not just consider both to be #1 unless they're both plugged in at the same time?
Oh yes and I forgot the biggest consitent thing about Windows that annoys me: Everything stops to wait for a program to access the hard disk. Originally posted by neotransotaku Ah, nice. I didn't realize that was a service. |
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Boom.dk Since: 11-18-05 From: Denmark Last post: 6449 days Last view: 6430 days |
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Originally posted by HyperMackerel Well, if it registered a gamepad on both ports, it doesn't matter which port you plug it into. The first you plug in will always be #1... I think. |
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FreeDOS + Giant Red Koopa Legion: freedos = fritos Since: 11-17-05 From: Seattle Last post: 6430 days Last view: 6430 days |
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USB ports are unique... but Windows' behavior does seem quite idiodic. Never had a problem with Linux... then again, it's an operating system that loads an unloads drivers automatically when needed, and only within a couple seconds (*cough* burn on Windows taking 10 minutes to recognise a freaking iPod *cough*).
Also I thought of a Windows annoyance: Want to install software? Go find it yourself, get it, run the setup application, Click Next, I Agree, Next, Next, Reconfigure some stupid defaults, Next, Next, I'm Sure, Next, Next, Finish, Reboot, Possibly another (few) step(s) and another (few) reboot(s) And that's why I don't use Windows. (well among other reasons, including lack of stability and lack of security) (edited by FreeDOS + on 03-23-06 05:05 PM) |
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neotransotaku Sledge Brother Liberated from school...until MLK day Since: 11-17-05 From: In Hearst Field Annex... Last post: 6433 days Last view: 6430 days |
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Originally posted by FreeDOS + that's a little bit exaggerating don't you think? most programs don't have such a detailed installation processes nor does it have to reset the computer it seems all the microsoft related ones like office and visual studio do... |
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Tarale 2710 Affected by 'Princess Bitch-Face Syndrome' ++++!! Persona non grata Since: 11-17-05 From: Adelaide, Australia Last post: 6430 days Last view: 6430 days |
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That said, you certainly don't seem to have to jump through as many hoops to install something on OS X (with the exception of some installations such as Microsoft Office).
Often, an install of a program on OS X may consist of dragging the application to your Applications folder, being prompted for an Administrator password, and waiting for the little progress bar to complete. No reboot required afterwards either. That said, OS X annoys me too in its own ways. The Finder is stupid. At least, MY Finder is. It changes view on me. I don't like column view, but it KEEPS COMING BACK TO HAUNT ME and for the life of me I can't work out how to make it go away!! |
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Cellar Dweller + Red Koopa Since: 11-18-05 From: Arkansas Last post: 6440 days Last view: 6431 days |
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Originally posted by neotransotaku Sadly, the best way to understand the less documented parts seems to be to refer to the GTK source code. At least that seems to be the only way I could understand the underdocumented stuff. Here is a couple of annoyances:
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Ailure Mr. Shine I just want peace... Since: 11-17-05 From: Sweden Last post: 6431 days Last view: 6430 days |
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Originally posted by HyperMackerelIf I was you, I wouldn't even try to touch thoose but use something else that works as good. Worst thing with the registry is that moving programs from computer to computer get's much harder with programs dpeendant on stuff from there. |
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FreeDOS + Giant Red Koopa Legion: freedos = fritos Since: 11-17-05 From: Seattle Last post: 6430 days Last view: 6430 days |
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Originally posted by Cellar Dweller + It's a hack in of itself; Linux wasn't made to run binaries from different architectures (in your case x86 on x86_64, I'm assuming unless you mean PPC32 on PPC64 or other archs). Generally the issue comes up with people expecting that IA32 (normal x86, to prevent confusion) proprietary binaries (eg, Macromedia Flash) would run on x86_64 since MS Windows provides such capability. In the Free Software world, it's either just recompile it on the other arch or fix the source if necessary; when you mix proprietary applications into the mix, it gets bad. |
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Cellar Dweller + Red Koopa Since: 11-18-05 From: Arkansas Last post: 6440 days Last view: 6431 days |
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Actually, it was a GPLd emulator that had so many hard coded assumptions about the sizes of data types (as well as a 32 bit only dynamic recompiler that proved difficult to remove) that I gave up trying to fix it and set up a chroot jail.
I don't miss Flash much. It is not worth wating 2 hours for a silly 15 minute animation, and almost all the other Flash files are ads. |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 6431 days Last view: 6431 days |
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Originally posted by AilureOriginally posted by HyperMackerelIf I was you, I wouldn't even try to touch thoose but use something else that works as good. Worst thing with the registry is that moving programs from computer to computer get's much harder with programs dpeendant on stuff from there. Not much good when I need to read/write other settings that are already in the registry. |
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