IT Bugbears

[wobbegong]

Users?

You beat me to it.

 

[thunderlizard]

Getting the latest release of an open source library, only to find that

void DoSomething(string anInput)

has been deprecated, in favour of

void DoSomething(InputMode anInputMode, EnterpriseFactoryManagerFactory emfm, 
               AlmostCompletelyUndocumentedThing acut, string anInput)

 

[SimonMac]

You beat me to it.

Sorry

 

[2BIT]

apps that crash when you lose your connection to a VPN, only one I know does this but it is so phenomenally annoying that it makes me hate the world

 

[Jog On]

Internet explorer - when clientco forces this as the only option

 

[stek]

Citrix

 

[doodab]

Having keyboard focus stolen while I am typing, usually by something I started 5 mins ago that has taken that long to get going.

Anti virus / anti malware software that causes my computer to grind to a halt, contributing to the problem above.

Not having lots of RAM and a speedy hard disk / SSD on client laptop.

 

[xoggoth]

American Dates

American spelling generally. Since doing HTML I can never spell centre or colour properly.

 

[Spacecadet]

Citrix

When implemented well Citrix can be really good.
The problem is that it is very very rarely implemented well

 

[NotAllThere]

...
[/list][*]A pet peeve at the moment - apps that assume you want the German version just because your computer is set to a German speaking time zone. I have to assume that some of these would fling Japanese at me if I were in Tokyo, and I can't read Japanese.
[*]Ditto with web apps who assume the local language based on your IP address.
[/list]

I'm sure there's more...

Websites 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.

Vista. (On one client's laptop).