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#petpeeve

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This has become my biggest #petpeeve these days: Using your phone speaker to do anything in a public place. Not only is it incredibly rude to those around you, but it can also put one at risk to social engineering attacks.

#PetPeeve: I hate that "Music" is one of the standard home folders on desktop computers. I love music, but I want it to be "Audio" -- not all audio is music (plus "audio" pairs better with "video"). When was this default established, in #MacOS X 10.0, #WinNT, earlier? (I think NextStep or BeOS might have had a "Sounds" folder.) Now, seemingly every #desktop uses this default: #Windows, #Mac, #FreeDesktop environments (#GNOME, #KDE), are there any exceptions? Like the #DesktopMetaphor itself, we're stuck with it, even though it chafes.

#GUI #UserInterface #Legacy #OldManYellsAtCloud
#UnreasonableExpectations

The number of people who really don't (and probably don't want to) understand modern normal lift controls is mindboggling to me.

The lifts here are advanced in the sense that if you called one for going up, and someone enters with you and manages to press a downwards floor first, it still goes up. It also clearly shows on the outside that it wants to go up, like you ordered it to.

It's great, but it seems to be too complex for most people.

New #PetPeeve
When you ask people on the internet something and they reply with "here's what [some LLM] says".
Like, ok, thanks for providing info that might be completely made up and wrong while sounding convincing. Only use an #LLM for the first step, then vet and verify what it spews out before believing it or passing it on to others, to make sure you're not spreading misinformation.
But at least thanks for being honest about your source so we can treat the info accordingly.
#AI

A #PetPeeve of mine is when people say "sneaked" instead of "snuck". I know they are both correct and yes, "sneaked" is older than "snuck" ..
But it just doesn't sound right in my ears.

My mind places it in the same category as saying "I sitted down" instead of "I sat down" for some reason..

Whoever invented the "when user tries to open the program, focus an existing window if present instead of opening a new one" #ui paradigm should really be given a stern talking to. Especially as a lot of programs implement it in a way which makes it impossible to open multiple window.

- Sincerely, everyone who's trying to multitask

#uidesign#ux#gnome

I'm happy to be on independently owned social media!

the technology is great, and the people who aren't are easy to block.

My pet peeve is people who will post a LOT, and always with the same hashtags, and just say something like "one or more of these might apply". If you can't take time to set the hash tags to your posts, why should I spend time reading / viewing them? Instant "mute", so when I click through hashtags, only relevant posts show up.

I'm going to form the church of "interactive UI elements must not change their effects between first display and the user reacting", with the simple commandment "if it is not final, it is not interactive", anyone else want in?

Maybe I'd get more traction if I manage to demonstrate this for a security exploit somewhere and not just a bloody annoyance.

My all-time biggest pet peeve: Someone who lives far away calls me out of the blue and says they are in town and can we get together tonight or tomorrow?

I know I'm a hermit but that doesn't mean I don't ever have plans. And if you REALLY wanted to see me, you'd have told me you were coming in advance so we could make sure to find time to see each other.

Expecting me to drop everything at a moment's notice (not for an emergency) makes me NOT want to do that for you. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Pet peeve: sales people who are trained to completely run over people with their scripted pitch. If you want to sell something — anything —relationship building is key.

If you come to my door selling something that I politely decline, the best response is, “thank you for your time, I hope you’ll consider us if your needs change.” If you want to ensure you’ll NEVER get my business, you’ll talk over me, disrespect my time, and refuse to listen when I clearly say no. #SalesTraining #PetPeeve

FD: This is a whiny post about a #petPeeve #firstWorldProblem.
We like to read Carolyn Hax's live chats, but we don't like to give the Washington Post money, so we read the chats via archive.today.
Except archive.today only allows archives to be refreshed every 5–6 hours or something, and most weeks some a*hole with no patience tells it to archive the chat before it's finished, so often we can't read the whole thing until long after it's finished.
I told you it was whiny, you were warned.