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Originally posted by Jog On View PostInternet explorer 6- when clientco forces this as the only optionOriginally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Minimal requirements but expect an exact estimate, then as the requirements grow and change you are still expected to deliver.Comment
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostAmerican spelling generally. Since doing HTML I can never spell centre or colour properly.
A prime example is "referer" in Apache logs.
Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostWebsites that offer you French or German, just because your IP address is in Switzerland, when you KNOW for sure they have an English version of the site.
You can of course use the settings dialogue in Google to select the language of your choice, but that means accepting a cookie, and there's been plenty of debate about the lifetime settings of Google cookies.
Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostVista. (On one client's laptop).
And another entry for the list. Fired up Firefox and it finds a new version of NoScript. But that addons dialogue sits firmly in front of my Safari window and I can't ignore it. I hate stuff which demands that I break off what I am doing. I shall start calling this behaviour "ME. ME. ME. software".Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Adobe Updater.
The way Windows decides that installing 26 updates is far more important than me being able to shut down my laptop when I'm already late for my flight home on a Friday afternoon. "Please do not switch off or unplug your computer" - **** off!Comment
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No IT, means no IT Contractors, No IT Contractors means no CUK Forums, no CUK Forums means no Russel.
Does that count as a Bugbear?Originally posted by Stevie Wonder BoyI can't see any way to do it can you please advise?
I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.Comment
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Originally posted by Sysman View PostBad spelling, even in American English, which is so entrenched that it will probably never get fixed.
A prime example is "referer" in Apache logs.Comment
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Originally posted by Sysman View Post- Ditto with web apps who assume the local language based on your IP address.
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Using windows OS. I look for the dashboard, there is none. I edit a e-mail in outlook and I want to refer to an older e-mail as I type but the outlook screen is frozen until I send the e-mail I'm working on!!! What backward thinking."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostThat's actually a speeling mistoke originally perpetrated by that fine Englishman Sir Tim Berners-Lee during his time at CERN in Switzerland, when he defined the HTTP protocol; it's been retained ever since (although with a self-deprecating "[sic]" in HTTP 1.1) for the sake of backwards compatibility. No American English involved, and no, it won't get fixed
Some of my bugbears:
SOAP - The slightest mistake, and you get a huge screed of gibberish error text that gives not the faintest clue to what is wrong or where.
Java - ditto, a two hundred-line stack dump each time (which at least gives a hint of where something went wrong but little else)
Why can't anal language and interface designers realise that informative, categoric error messages for humans are far more important in time saving and reliability than their obsessive desire for technical purity, consistency and other such abstract nonsense?Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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