• RLB (unregistered)

    This is not the frist time I've been in the right-but-wrong time zone. At least one server thinks I'm somewhere in Africa. That time zone is correct now, but in a few weeks' time I'll have DST and they won't.

  • (nodebb)

    It worked great until some website wanted to know specifically what "my" email address is, and I couldn't remotely remember which of 300 variant email addresses I had signed up for their services with.

    Lyle, have a look at password managers. This is exactly the problem they solve.

  • (nodebb)

    At least the image upload gave a specific error. Usually I just get generic "Something failed, try again later".

  • Ternary King (unregistered)
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  • (nodebb) in reply to Barry Margolin

    At least the image upload gave a specific error. Usually I just get generic "Something failed, try again later".

    If the site is designed correctly, that would indicate that the error was something that you can in no way fix, workaround, or anything like that, apart from by just waiting.

  • MG (unregistered)

    Maybe Google understands that some people may live in one location, but their daily schedule for remote work (or whatnot) is based in another time zone?

  • MG (unregistered) in reply to MG

    Okay, I re-read it and somehow missed the fact that the offered only one time zone. A gentle reminder that I'm an idiot, sometimes.

  • Darren (unregistered) in reply to Barry Margolin

    Most of the garbage I have to support doesn't even go to that level of details. Best I usually get is 'There was an error'. Ok. Great. Thanks for that. Really (long list of profanity removed) helpful.

    I don't expect a bespoke error for everything that may occur - though developers should know the most common reasons and write appropriate messages for them - and I'm well aware that error message scare the normal users, but at least give us an option to see something technical so we've got at least some faint hope of being able know where to start looking to fix it (assuming that it is something we can fix).

    Useless error message are a plague within the industry and developers should be ashamed for writing such drivel.

  • (nodebb) in reply to jkshapiro

    Lyle, have a look at password managers. This is exactly the problem they solve.

    Unless it's a stupid vendor that requires that you set up your account with the mobile app, and now you lose your desktop access to uniquely generated passwords and automatic storage of them in your password manager.

    All. Too. Often. Please, let me sign up for your service with a real keyboard and password manager. Please.

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