Your #1 tech-related pet peeve?

[Erendiox]

When people insist on shutting down their machines instead of just putting them to sleep. Especially with laptops. Someone will often come to me saying they have a problem, pull out their machine, and have to go through the entire boot process to show it to me. 🙄

Also, for some reason "iTouch" really bugs me…

 

[Tinmania]

I hate seeing browsers with third party tool bars. Especially those who have like five of them stacked on top of each other.

Oh GOD do I hate that! They never seem to know just how they got there.


Michael

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When people touch the screen to point to something and leave fingerprints all over the place.

Or, worse, start tapping a pen on MY screen to point to something. Bonus peeve when they get all upset when I tell them to please not do that.


Michael

 

[MattG]

My pet peeve is when folks say they're "computer illiterate"

That's another big one for me too. I find people like this very difficult to teach because they have this preconceived notion that they're not going to be able to understand it, and if that's the kind of attitude you have towards technology, then you're not going to understand it. It's like they've already made up their minds that it's not going to sink it, without even trying to learn it first.

 

[citizenzen]

Using a web browser for email.

That's what email clients are for.

BL.

Agreed.

I absolutely refuse to use Gmail in my browser.

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Technical graphic design pet peeves:

people who adjust their color like this ...

C: 56.053%
M: 32.367%
Y: 0.025%
K: 1.001%


Or their leading like this ...

11.3482 pt


Or their font-size like this ...

63.628 pt

 

[Tomorrow]

"Forward slash."

 

[AustinIllini]

Any bloatware on phones, PCs, etc. Also, any program that changes your browser's default search engine and home page.

 

[The Doctor11]

Lazy app developers.

 

[sdilley14]

People asking very basic questions (on Facebook, message boards, etc.) that could be easily answered with a quick Google search.

Ex. I had a Facebook friend post a status updated today..."Any idea what linkedIN is all about?". Lol, really? Why not just Google it, check out the LinkedIn website, etc.?

 

[rdowns]

People who complain about idiots and their posts in their timelines who continue to follow said idiots and what they post.

 

[And]

Two spaces in-between sentences, rather than one. Like this.

Double-clicking hyperlinks, as already mentioned.

iTunes. I'm not a fan of. Music organised in folders and VLC for me.

 

[TheAppleFairy]

Two spaces in-between sentences, rather than one. Like this.

Double-clicking hyperlinks, as already mentioned.

iTunes. I'm not a fan of. Music organised in folders and VLC for me.

Two spaces annoys your or not using two spaces? I always thought it was supposed to be two spaces, and one after a comma.

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I just put two spaces in and it looks like this forum edits out one after the end of a sentence.

 

[Tomorrow]

Two spaces annoys your or not using two spaces? I always thought it was supposed to be two spaces, and one after a comma.

When I took typing all those years ago, they taught us two spaces at the end of a sentence or a colon, and one space after a comma or semicolon.

Yes, I understand how typesetting and spacing has changed since the days of the typewriter and fixed-width fonts, but some habits just aren't going to be broken.

 

[Tinmania]

Two spaces annoys your or not using two spaces? I always thought it was supposed to be two spaces, and one after a comma.

The reason was because most typewriters back in the day used non-proportional type. Likewise for early computers and their "word processing" applications (before WYSIWYG). Because of that, thin letters like "i" had a lot of space around them. Ergo, a single space after a sentence didn't stand out as much so it was customary to use two. Note "was" and not "is." You really shouldn't do that anymore. While it is not a huge peeve of mine I still find it annoying (and remove them from anything I am editing).


Michael

 

[Darth.Titan]

Two spaces annoys your or not using two spaces? I always thought it was supposed to be two spaces, and one after a comma.

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I just put two spaces in and it looks like this forum edits out one after the end of a sentence.

Actually, the forum has nothing to do with it. In HTML, consecutive spaces are ignored by browsers, as well as carriage returns and tabs. If you want two consecutive spaces or more, you have to hard-code them with   

 

[MattG]

When I took typing all those years ago, they taught us two spaces at the end of a sentence or a colon, and one space after a comma or semicolon.

Yes, I understand how typesetting and spacing has changed since the days of the typewriter and fixed-width fonts, but some habits just aren't going to be broken.

I will never kick this one. It doesn't bother me to see it either way, but I was taught that way in typing class as well, and it's just burned way too deep into my brain to ever kick the habit of using two spaces.

 

[TheAppleFairy]

Actually, the forum has nothing to do with it. In HTML, consecutive spaces are ignored by browsers, as well as carriage returns and tabs. If you want two consecutive spaces or more, you have to hard-code them with   

Sad thing is I know that, but had a brain fart. Thanks. 😛

 

[Apple fanboy]

People moaning about yellow screens who no nothing about colour temperatures and calibration. If I had a £ for every my XXXXX has a slight yellow screen should I take it back thread I would be rich!

 

[TheAppleFairy]

The reason was because most typewriters back in the day used non-proportional type. Likewise for early computers and their "word processing" applications (before WYSIWYG). Because of that, thin letters like "i" had a lot of space around them. Ergo, a single space after a sentence didn't stand out as much so it was customary to use two. Note "was" and not "is." You really shouldn't do that anymore. While it is not a huge peeve of mine I still find it annoying (and remove them from anything I am editing).



Michael

I actually read about that right after I made that comment. This site calls that a myth, and as we know they can't put anything on the internet that's not true. 😀

I guess it really doesn't matter anyway, but I will most likely still do two spaces.

 

[Tinmania]

I actually read about that right after I made that comment. This site calls that a myth, and as we know they can't put anything on the internet that's not true. 😀

I guess it really doesn't matter anyway, but I will most likely still do two spaces.

A myth? That is hysterical. There are style guides that predate the internet that explain it lol.


Michael

 

[TheAppleFairy]

A myth? That is hysterical. There are style guides that predate the internet that explain it lol.


Michael

Yeah I don't know either way the real reason behind it, and whether one or two spaces are correct. I personally don't think it matters. I also was taught that when writing numbers, zero through ten should be spelled out and above ten the numerals can be written. If this thread is turning into writing style, I"ll adjust to my grammar pet peeve. I can't stand the misuse of "then" and "than", "you're" and "your", and "there", "their" and "they're".

 

[Tinmania]

Yeah I don't know either way the real reason behind it, and whether one or two spaces are correct. I personally don't think it matters. I also was taught that when writing numbers, zero through ten should be spelled out and above ten the numerals can be written. If this thread is turning into writing style, I"ll adjust to my grammar pet peeve. I can't stand the misuse of "then" and "than", "you're" and "your", and "there", "their" and "they're".

Let's not forget the classic "its" vs. "it's!"




Michael

 

[citizenzen]

I actually read about that right after I made that comment. This site calls that a myth, and as we know they can't put anything on the internet that's not true. 😀

I guess it really doesn't matter anyway, but I will most likely still do two spaces.

Interesting article.

As a print graphic designer this subject is right up my alley. The truth is that sometimes I use one space after a period and sometimes two. The real key isn't the number of spaces, it's the visual space created by those spaces. I use the number of spaces necessary to create a sufficient break between sentences.

Typographically speaking I have (at least) two other pet peeves.

One is the indent at the beginning of a paragraph. I hate it when it's too big ...

.......................Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, ut sit ipsum volutpat ornare ante risus, nullam pellentesque adipiscing vel velit, sem tempor nihil, dolor libero pede, turpis felis. Integer velit vel congue, malesuada justo turpis leo in, etiam luctus. Et nunc, laoreet pretium. Adipiscing magnis sed urna venenatis adipiscing ipsum, sed commodi nibh sem amet enim, praesent magna sapien vivamus porttitor, eget sed in ut morbi, magna malesuada cubilia scelerisque sociis tortor diam. Pulvinar amet ultrices odio.

Ugh.

And margins. If your page margin is ever less than 1/2", you're doing it wrong.

 

[dec.]

People who don't know that you can actually look stuff up on the internet are probably my #1. These days when someone asks me something like that, I just reply "one second, I'll google that for you".

 

[Astroboy907]

You people need to see this. It is absolutely true. Anyone with "computer illiterate" family will understand.

From XKCD

 

[iBreatheApple]

I caught a colleague googling google so she could then use google to search the web. I explained she could just type directly in the search box (labeled google) to find stuff.

Guess what... I actually saw another student do this today at University! 😱