Your #1 tech-related pet peeve?

[ppcg4mac]

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.

At the school I go to, my teacher does this. he says its easier for him (I've seen him google yahoo before, and vice-versa too)

Makes me want to scream at times.

One of my biggest is people who think that because you help them once you are their dedicated IT staff.

And one in general is people who think they know everything, and will fight that they are right, even after you have pointed out their error. I go to school with a kid like this, makes me want to rip my hair out.

 

[roadbloc]

When features I use get swallowed up in updates. Makes me mad.

 

[twietee]

I also was taught that when writing numbers, zero through ten should be spelled out and above ten the numerals can be written.

Interesting, in Germany it's one to twelve then 13, 14 and so on (which makes sense, imho even in English).

 

[sand_man]

People who don't use a download manager and then lament the 8gb download that restarts after reaching 99% completed...

 

[TheAppleFairy]

Interesting, in Germany it's one to twelve then 13, 14 and so on (which makes sense, imho even in English).

Interesting, I am not sure why that makes any more sense than what I was taught. I also wonder if other American schools teach the same way. I imagine there is a lot of personal preference that could go into something like that.

 

[Parkin Pig]

I despair at some, nay, the majority of online forums, where we constantly see posts proclaiming '..and anyone who disagrees with my opinion is clearly a moron'. The internet has provided an audience for people who nobody wants to listen to.

Disproportionate exaggeration for dramatic effect. For example:

It destroys me to see people consistently double-click hyperlinks. I simply can't stand it.

If I was hit by a truck, that would probably destroy me. If I saw someone double-clicking a hyperlink it may or may not cause me mild irritation, depending on how my day was going.

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

^This

When features I use get swallowed up in updates. Makes me mad.

^ Definitely this, and also poorly implemented replacements when users complain. For example, Apple reinstating 'save as' in Preview with the keyboard shortcut of cmd+alt+shift+s, out of line with the standard cmd+shift+s.

Autosave and versions. I want to decide the point at which I save a document, and I'm not keen on technology that attempts to train me to stop using my brain and take care. Automatic headlights in a car are an example of this - I would normally put my lights on well before the car decides it's dark enough. And before anyone calls me a Luddite, I'm not saying I want to go back to a typewriter and snail-mail, but I don't want to lose my sense of responsibility and consequence. People seem less willing to take responsibility for their own actions nowadays, but I'm more than happy to learn my lesson if I screw up.

 

[maflynn]

What gets me at work is I get a paged on a severity 1 ticket (the highest severity) because someone forgot their security questions and could not reset their password. Extra credit when that page occurs off hours, like 7:00pm

 

[TheAppleFairy]

What gets me at work is I get a paged on a severity 1 ticket (the highest severity) because someone forgot their security questions and could not reset their password. Extra credit when that page occurs off hours, like 7:00pm

I have a rule with those security questions. No capital letters, no spaces, no numbers. Just single words only, no abbreviations.

People might be putting in the correct answers but changing how they entered it.

What street did you grow up on? Main Street, main, Main ST, etc.

 

[maflynn]

I have a rule with those security questions. No capital letters, no spaces, no numbers. Just single words only, no abbreviations.

People might be putting in the correct answers but changing how they entered it.

What street did you grow up on? Main Street, main, Main ST, etc.

We can't see their security questions, but I agree punctuation and capitalization can and has caused problems.

 

[S.B.G]

My thing is technology that doesn't work as intended.

 

[TheAppleFairy]

We can't see their security questions, but I agree punctuation and capitalization can and has caused problems.

Yeah I know if it's done right nobody should be able to see the security questions. That's just my personal rule for when I have to fill them out. Having such rules so I don't forget my answers or mistype them, I need a good pool of questions to pick from. "What is your favorite movie?" is not a good question, because that is something that could change over time.

 

[iBreatheApple]

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".

I was also taught that way. One, two... nine, ten, 11, 12, and so on. I too cannot stand the misuse of the Ys and Ts. That said, there have been a few times that I'm just typing so fast on something fairly meaningless (ie. Facebook) that I've accidentally done this and am humiliated by it. I'm not as judgmental when I see these mistakes on the internet anymore. There are, however, those people that just don't know the damn word "too". I think that one bothers me more than any of the grammatical errors people tend to make. "Me to."

But lets not get OT or anything.

 

[twietee]

Interesting, I am not sure why that makes any more sense than what I was taught. I also wonder if other American schools teach the same way. I imagine there is a lot of personal preference that could go into something like that.

Well, in German 13 is literally written threeten (and the follow ups) leaving twelve the last number where the word isn't the result of a combination of two. Those (13+) have also inevitable more characters because of that so it also makes sense not to spell them. It's kind of the same in English, isn't it? Although 'twelve' may be two and eleven mingeling... still the obvious combos are those ending on -teen; thirteen being the first. Hope that makes some sense...

 

[TheAppleFairy]

I was also taught that way. One, two... nine, ten, 11, 12, and so on. I too cannot stand the misuse of the Ys and Ts. That said, there have been a few times that I'm just typing so fast on something fairly meaningless (ie. Facebook) that I've accidentally done this and am humiliated by it. I'm not as judgmental when I see these mistakes on the internet anymore. There are, however, those people that just don't know the damn word "too". I think that one bothers me more than any of the grammatical errors people tend to make. "Me to."

But lets not get OT or anything.

The funny thing is I if someone types ur instead of your or you're it doesn't bother me as much. Maybe having taken shorthand in the past I just see it as a shortcut. You're right about too as well.

 

[iBreatheApple]

If I was hit by a truck, that would probably destroy me. If I saw someone double-clicking a hyperlink it may or may not cause me mild irritation, depending on how my day was going.

Let's not do this. Yes, it's an exaggerated expression. I am fairly certain 100% of the people in this forum understand. If we're acting morally superior, why does something so silly that has no affect on your life cause you mild irritation?

 

[TheAppleFairy]

Well, in German 13 is literally written threeten (and the follow ups) leaving twelve the last number where the word isn't the result of a combination of two. Those (13+) have also inevitable more characters because of that so it also makes sense not to spell them. It's kind of the same in English, isn't it? Although 'twelve' may be two and eleven mingeling... still the obvious combos are those ending on -teen; thirteen being the first. Hope that makes some sense...

That makes plenty of sense, thanks for the clarification. That doesn't exactly hold true in English, it seems 11 and 12 fall into a vortex.

EDIT: The more I think of it, we don't really hit that type of rule until we hit 21 in english, because 11, 12 and the teens.

 

[Tinmania]

Well, in German 13 is literally written threeten (and the follow ups) leaving twelve the last number where the word isn't the result of a combination of two. Those (13+) have also inevitable more characters because of that so it also makes sense not to spell them. It's kind of the same in English, isn't it? Although 'twelve' may be two and eleven mingeling... still the obvious combos are those ending on -teen; thirteen being the first. Hope that makes some sense...

In the US we use XIII for 13. Well, for Super Bowls at least.



Michael

 

[Apple fanboy]

In the US we use XIII for 13. Well, for Super Bowls at least.



Michael

Hate to burst your bubble but the US didn't come up with that numbering. They are called Roman Numerals. They come from Roman times.

 

[rhett7660]

Hate to burst your bubble but the US didn't come up with that numbering. They are called Roman Numerals. They come from Roman times.

Not really tech, but since this was brought up, I hate seeing clocks that show 4 as IIII not IV. Especially on those clocks that are expensive or are supposed to be older/antique/made to look like they came from waaaaay back when.

 

[Tinmania]

Hate to burst your bubble but the US didn't come up with that numbering. They are called Roman Numerals. They come from Roman times.

I can't believe you actually posted that.




Michael

 

[Apple Hobo]

This is tough.

#1 for today:
I hate all the Javascript pop-up crap on websites these days.
• Floating bottom tool bars that block text as I scroll down a page.
• Floating top menu bars that move down as I scroll.
• Floating "share" bars with all the idiotic social media links.
• Full page pop-ups that blackout the page and ask me to register an account, which usually pop up after I've begun reading an article or something. If you don't require a paid subscription, stop asking me to register an account! I have over 100 usernames/passwords; isn't that enough?

Thankfully, there's Kill Bottom Bar and, of course, AdBlock.

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

Yahoo! Answers is absolutely awful, and I wish I could exclude it from my search results. The other answer services aren't much better. I alway see questions like, "how many grams are in a kilogram?" or "Help! What's 25% of $100.00?" Why would anyone ask and wait for another person to answer these sorts of questions?

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I also hate white text on a black backround, as well as forums that allow giant, obnoxious signature blocks (usually full of awful animated GIFs) or avatars. Oh, and let's not forget the butchering of the apostrophe if we're talking about grammar.

That is all for now.

 

[twietee]

Finger tipping my screen is probably number one of mine, too. Besided that all kind if ads, but most of all the ones with sound. So annoying, especially while listening to music.

 

[sviato]

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I can't believe you actually posted that.

Michael

I laughed too.

Mine are:
- when people try to tell you why your mobile OS isn't good for you...it works for me and I'm not trying to get you to use it
- pointless toolbars in browsers
- when something doesn't work, often because a setting was changed, some people assume they have a virus (parents lol)
- when people press unnecessarily hard on keyboard keys or touchscreens
- when I set Firefox to open everything in a new tab instead of window but pop-ups still open in windows
- when the Copy function on iPhone doesn't always work and I end up pasting something I copied before then have to shake my phone to undo it (how is there no other way yet? I don't want to shake my phone like an idiot)

 

[dec.]

I find "this is nothing new", "this has been done before", "I can't see where this is something new" etc. posts extremely annoying on tech-related sites, in 99% of the cases the articles don't claim that it's something groundbreaking-ultra-innovative-never-heard-of-before-new but yet people leave those moronic comments.

Ok, smartphones have been done before - so no more news about smartphones please, thanks. Tablets? It's all been done, nothing new, please stop writing about them. Playstation 4? As the number already says, it's been done before, 3 times. Nothing new. Don't write about it.. @#$QRTE21.12342391#!#@$T.

 

[cambookpro]

- Bing being our default browser at school at not being able to change it
- People referring to things as their 'daily driver'... just annoys me for some reason
- iCloud generally not working.
- POWERPOINT.