• (cs) in reply to Arancaytar
    Arancaytar:
    Seeahmess? What is this see-a-mess?

    But seriously, it sounds like all they needed was something like this.

    That and a course in website design, of course, and perhaps some basics to drill in the idea that computers are meant to make work /easier/, not harder.

    If ordinary Joe User has the idea that computers are meant to make work harder, not easier, then that's /our/ fault in the first place. Using a computer should be like driving a car: shouldn't have to know or care how it works under the hood in order to get from A to B like you wanted.

  • (cs) in reply to DaveK
    DaveK:
    Arancaytar:
    Seeahmess? What is this see-a-mess?

    But seriously, it sounds like all they needed was something like this.

    That and a course in website design, of course, and perhaps some basics to drill in the idea that computers are meant to make work /easier/, not harder.

    If ordinary Joe User has the idea that computers are meant to make work harder, not easier, then that's /our/ fault in the first place. Using a computer should be like driving a car: shouldn't have to know or care how it works under the hood in order to get from A to B like you wanted.

    Ohohoh. Like, using a car doesn't require you to know when you should switch gears. Or type of gasoline you need. So maybe a user don't have to know how to build a car engine, but he definitely should know how to use his text processor. And what those funny buttons at the top of the screen do.
  • (cs) in reply to Sgt. Preston
    If "they" is a both a singular pronoun and a plural pronoun, why does no one say "they does", "they is", or "they has" when using it as a singular?
    I has no idea. You is asking a very good question there.
  • ThingGuy McGuyThing (unregistered) in reply to Random832
    Random832:
    If "they" is a both a singular pronoun and a plural pronoun, why does no one say "they does", "they is", or "they has" when using it as a singular?
    I has no idea. You is asking a very good question there.

    For the record, there is a good reason for "you are" - "You" was originally a plural pronoun (thou was the singular). "You" conveyed a sense of respect, much like "vous" in french today, and eventually people got so polite that the singular dropped out of usage (okay, that last bit is pure speculation)

  • iToad (unregistered) in reply to Kev
    Kev:
    ImaSwitch:
    When a user is ready to publish his blog post, she simply goes to “set post status” and selects “published” from the drop down list.

    The real WTF is the gender change of the user in question in the instructions.

    I see that type of writing all the time - better than the "he/she"; "his/her"; "s/he"; "(s)he" alternatives that get used.

    I use "it".

  • ROFLMAO (unregistered) in reply to Yaos

    what's funny is that, from the description, I know EXACTLY what software he's talking about. Too funny

  • Pecos Bill (unregistered) in reply to Xepol
    Xepol:

    That's why you don't ask, you just do. Push a new improved system into place and document how to use it as part of a "service maintenance release to address critical security issues".

    I'm not so sure there is a security issue with the URL. Bad design? Definitely. There's already a cookie set indicating admin rights. (Presumably, only an admin can change to another user's page or it is a security hole two miles wide.) It does, however, give too many rights to the admin.

  • Pecos Bill (unregistered) in reply to digislave
    digislave:
    The worst part is they both insist on showing up to technical meetings. Neither can stay on topic, and neither should even be speaking.. of course God thinks he knows all and needs to control everything, Satan is always playing the devil's advocate.. we haven't come out of a meeting having accomplished anything productive yet.

    You must work in government otherwise your company is heading for a rude awakening soon.

  • someguy (unregistered)

    You would be really really afraid to find out just how utterly common this kind of bad design is. In industries like Government and Banking and National Security.

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