Tag Archives: Hall of Shame
iCal View menu
Here’s iCal’s View menu. What’s so confusing about it? You really need to see how it interacts with the iCal main window to understand. We’re going to be focusing on the group starting with “Hide Calendar List.” The iCal main … Continue reading
Two strikes…
Apple’s sample code includes an annoying disclaimer at the top of each file. I can understand the need for a disclaimer, but this code takes it to an obnoxious level: every .h file or .m file you open, you can’t … Continue reading
Delete drive
Thoroughly disguisted by the clutter on my desktop, I decided to delete all of it. I selected everything, deselected a few things I wanted to keep, and hit command-delete (the keyboard shortcut for Move to Trash). Yes, WxFPP_EN is indeed … Continue reading
A moldy corner in Mac OS X Leopard
Audio MIDI Setup is a pretty moldy corner, really. Click to see it in motion: Even the question and button names at the end are worded in a way that conflicts with generally accepted Mac standards.
Nice to see that data was put to good use!
About a year ago, I filled out a customer comment card for Red Robin. It gets me some email newsletters, but few enough that it doesn’t really bother me. I saw no real increase in spam, so I don’t think … Continue reading
When the best is not recommended.
A lovely quote from the Visual Studio 2005 documentation (found through searching index for /W4): Level 4 displays all level 3 warnings plus informational warnings, which in most cases can be safely ignored. This option should be used only to … Continue reading
Radio buttons? We use check boxes around here, and we like ‘em just fine!
I decided to take Microsoft up on their offer of a free toaster. A few screens in to the installer, I see this: Cool! So I get to click some of these options, right? I click Use recommended settings: That’s … Continue reading
Do you want the free toaster, the free toaster or the free toaster?
Microsoft offers a variety of exciting offers through “Windows Genuine Advantage Offers.” I’m leaning towards the toaster.
Stacks: An unmitigated disaster
Subtitle: The Ugliest Thing You Have Ever Seen in the Mac GUI I think I can get off my horse now. This says everything I want to on the subject, only much more elegantly. And with, like, pictures and stuff.
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Tagged Hall of Shame, Mac OS X, Mac OS X Leopard, macosxstacks, userinterface
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