as a means of coping with excel I tend to record shitloads of macros, which do the changing ribbons and clicking boxes for me. I recommend it. (though excel is often not smart enough to deal with minimally changing the input data to the macros and they just don't work, but recording a new macro on occasion is still better than death by 1000 clicks every. single. time.)
The bottom line of all of this is that the entire set of tabs could be replaced by a single bar containing full-size icons, and that doing so would improve discoverability, would make it easier to learn the interface, and would reduce the number of clicks for most common tasks (because you wouldn't need to change to a different tab). If you think you need to elevate that many "commonly used" controls to the user's attention, you're doing it wrong.
Well, one would hope that for situations when such proof of receipt is required, similar conditions (such as going in in person) would still apply, even if the original summons/documentation was sent electronically. That said, I think a friend of mine received a court summons in regular mail while overseas. Can't remember the details though. If that doesnt require registered mail, what does?
I agree normal mail has no proof of receipt, but the onus is still on you to check for it and to make ammends when you don't receive the mail. It's a lot more effort than being able to check mail from anywhere anytime.
Yes, with electronic message delivery the ability to check if someone actually received the communication can be designed in, but I don't see how that's a bad thing, unless you regularly use the excuse that you were on holiday to pay bills late?? Instant receipt doesn't necessarily mean that you have the ability to respond to whatever the government requires of you immediately (eg if you are on holiday) but at least you would be aware of it prior to not appearing in court or whatever (ok getting drastic with examples here but you get the point).
I like the idea because I hate snail mail and the point I was trying to make in my original reply is that it is no more secure or reliable, and the onus is still on the individual to check the mailbox, and electronic delivery doesn't really change that.
Segwaying... the only issue I have with the idea is that it lends itself to the requirement for a unique government ID for everyone.
The onus is already on you to have to check your mail regularly, and checking something electronically is a lot easier.
The government sending snail mail does not usually help you - if you change address (up to *you* to change your address in 10000 different places), go on holiday (up to you to have someone physically check for you), get your mail stolen (up to you to pay for a PO box). I've never received registered mail from the government (a good thing I guess) but I've had plenty of notices (eg failure to vote while overseas) and important documents (drivers license) sent out in the regular mail. In fact my DL was sent to my old postal address because they didn't check the back of the form where you make your postal address change.
after having 3G on my iPad for a couple months now, all I can say is I wish I could pop a 3G SIM card into my laptop!
I don't use my laptop away from home *that* much, but when I do it'd be neat (and with pre-paid data SIMs you have flexibility of payment options, so it'd be about $10/month as for the iPad (or could share the SIM with the iPad)).
I could tether to my phone (always with me) but the 3G on my phone sucks (different carrier).
"Anything that gets people to raise the awareness of what they post on sites like Facebook. I'm just waiting for the day one of my family members publicly posts their address or phone number without thinking."
And that's different to your address and phone number (including mobiles if you choose) appearing in the phone book that everyone has a copy of IN THEIR HOUSE (or available on the internet)?
I don't disagree with keeping all such info separate, but it's not really difficult for someone who wants to find out about you doing so.
Except that you no longer lose demerits (from a max of 12), you gain them (from zero up to 12) (at least in West Aust). People still talk of losing them though, mostly old people.
My soon-to-be wife can't get started in the morning without caffeine; she has a dependency on it. That being said, if we suddenly found ourselves low on money, she isn't going to sell our DVD player just so she can go to Starbucks.
For some reason I assumed "extreme cave diving" was like base jumping, free falling down into the depths of a huge chasm. Took me quite a few comments to realise it meant diving as in scuba diving...
My problem with it is that it's hard to determine the difference between useful flash and useless flash.
Until I installed click-to-flash (best plug in EVER) I never knew how many sites use flash to display.. wait for it... HEADINGS! That's right, why use html for TEXT (or god forbid an IMAGE like a jpeg or even gif if you want to have a fancy font) when you can use FLASH? Seriously!
Well said. "We may change the terms of service at any time" is a clause that lets companies get away with whatever they want.
I recently noticed, purely by accident but thankfully in time, a bait-and-switch type terms and conditions change for the Woolworths/QANTAS frequent flyer program card. When signing up for the program I checked there was no selling of data to third party sources for advertising etc. Then they changed the conditions to add just that! I immediately rang and cancelled my account (I hate being sent advertising in the mail, not to mention the disgusting waste of resources it represents). But with no actual notification of such changes, via mail, email or otherwise, (I just happened to look at their website on that day) most people would not even know and would probably be shocked to realise the change of terms to include such a bastardly clause after the fact.
Is this not an instance where you should type out your presentation in the speaker notes and have those printed alongside each slide for the "take home" version? ie a report with pictures, rather than pictures of your report. That way you can still have effective slides and an effective presentation to those in attendance, and have adequate information for those who missed out. Or are you just too lazy to write the report, even though you are effectively giving it as a presentation?
It also gives me a headache because my eyes try to focus on things in the 'background' that are out of focus and my brain can't figure out why. Eye strain ensures. At least in 2D, you just focus on what's fuzzy and you know it is in the background. Perhaps that comes from years of training (watching 2D pictures) but it's enough for me.
Me too. I watched a fair bit of it without the glasses as it was so much BRIGHTER in general, and this was at one of the premier IMAX cinemas in my city. The 3D added nothing to the story in the hatch locations, and since the rest was CG it made little difference to me then either.
All in all I thought the 3D was boring, and really just another annoyance in a long list for probably the worst movie I've ever seen, but that discussion is a slippery slope so I'll restrain myself:D
well that at least is the most credible explanation I've ever heard for the noise. my car instead prevents you from locking the drivers door without the key (unless you are inside with the door closed). prevents locking keys in in a far less annoying manner:D
I'm not sure why you said I was missing the point - I totally agree with you! The warnings are more annoying and distractive than helpful. That's what I said in my other post. This thread was criticising the guy who disabled the warning because he didn't want to wear his seatbelt, which really had nothing to do with the warning except to show that it doesn't even work in the intended way (which is to make people wear their seat belts).
You, sir, are proof as to why these systems don't work ANYWAY. You won't put your belt on for the right reasons (safety education) let alone the wrong reasons (annoying beeping).
I think you SHOULD most definitely wear your seat belt!! I do always wear a seat belt and not because my car beeps - I do so because I feel the safety is worth it. My common sense tells me a seat belt can save me a lot of grief. Unfortunately my experience also tells me so, because I have been personally in an accident where a seatbelt would have saved me lot of pain and damage (though I wanted to put it on, I could not find the seat belt, it was tucked under the seat I think, unfort I was drunk and put my trust in the driver (who was not drunk, but was a douchebag)) FYI we were driving less than 2 km between two friends' houses.
Oooh it can be done? One reason I'm loathe to even consider buying a new car is the horrid torrent of beeps and sweeps and bleeps that seem to come at you from all angles. I drove my sister's car and it beeped at me to put the seatbelt on on the passenger side, because I had put my bag (with laptop) on the passenger seat!! And a lot of new cars beep when you open the door with the keys in - SO WHAT? I do this constantly (when security is not an issue, eg if you're sitting in the car waiting for someone, it's the best place to leave your keys!!)
So yes, if these beeps can be disabled I may actually buy a new car one day. For now I'll stick to my old and blessedly silent car. I've only accidently left the lights on (flat battery) once in four years - a small price to pay for peace and quiet!!
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as a means of coping with excel I tend to record shitloads of macros, which do the changing ribbons and clicking boxes for me. I recommend it. (though excel is often not smart enough to deal with minimally changing the input data to the macros and they just don't work, but recording a new macro on occasion is still better than death by 1000 clicks every. single. time.)
The bottom line of all of this is that the entire set of tabs could be replaced by a single bar containing full-size icons, and that doing so would improve discoverability, would make it easier to learn the interface, and would reduce the number of clicks for most common tasks (because you wouldn't need to change to a different tab). If you think you need to elevate that many "commonly used" controls to the user's attention, you're doing it wrong.
but then it would look like OS X...
printers with wifi (or 3G)... yes! ;D sometimes you just can't beat dead tree, and I'd like to be able to print from phone or ipad more easily
but I get where you're going :p
hand held wifi printers for travel etc would be good, but I guess thats not going to give you corporate-service-plan type monies
Well, one would hope that for situations when such proof of receipt is required, similar conditions (such as going in in person) would still apply, even if the original summons/documentation was sent electronically. That said, I think a friend of mine received a court summons in regular mail while overseas. Can't remember the details though. If that doesnt require registered mail, what does?
I agree normal mail has no proof of receipt, but the onus is still on you to check for it and to make ammends when you don't receive the mail. It's a lot more effort than being able to check mail from anywhere anytime.
Yes, with electronic message delivery the ability to check if someone actually received the communication can be designed in, but I don't see how that's a bad thing, unless you regularly use the excuse that you were on holiday to pay bills late?? Instant receipt doesn't necessarily mean that you have the ability to respond to whatever the government requires of you immediately (eg if you are on holiday) but at least you would be aware of it prior to not appearing in court or whatever (ok getting drastic with examples here but you get the point).
I like the idea because I hate snail mail and the point I was trying to make in my original reply is that it is no more secure or reliable, and the onus is still on the individual to check the mailbox, and electronic delivery doesn't really change that.
Segwaying... the only issue I have with the idea is that it lends itself to the requirement for a unique government ID for everyone.
The onus is already on you to have to check your mail regularly, and checking something electronically is a lot easier.
The government sending snail mail does not usually help you - if you change address (up to *you* to change your address in 10000 different places), go on holiday (up to you to have someone physically check for you), get your mail stolen (up to you to pay for a PO box). I've never received registered mail from the government (a good thing I guess) but I've had plenty of notices (eg failure to vote while overseas) and important documents (drivers license) sent out in the regular mail. In fact my DL was sent to my old postal address because they didn't check the back of the form where you make your postal address change.
after having 3G on my iPad for a couple months now, all I can say is I wish I could pop a 3G SIM card into my laptop!
I don't use my laptop away from home *that* much, but when I do it'd be neat (and with pre-paid data SIMs you have flexibility of payment options, so it'd be about $10/month as for the iPad (or could share the SIM with the iPad)).
I could tether to my phone (always with me) but the 3G on my phone sucks (different carrier).
haha nice.
"Anything that gets people to raise the awareness of what they post on sites like Facebook. I'm just waiting for the day one of my family members publicly posts their address or phone number without thinking."
And that's different to your address and phone number (including mobiles if you choose) appearing in the phone book that everyone has a copy of IN THEIR HOUSE (or available on the internet)?
I don't disagree with keeping all such info separate, but it's not really difficult for someone who wants to find out about you doing so.
Except that you no longer lose demerits (from a max of 12), you gain them (from zero up to 12) (at least in West Aust). People still talk of losing them though, mostly old people.
My soon-to-be wife can't get started in the morning without caffeine; she has a dependency on it. That being said, if we suddenly found ourselves low on money, she isn't going to sell our DVD player just so she can go to Starbucks.
I would! mmmm coffeee
For some reason I assumed "extreme cave diving" was like base jumping, free falling down into the depths of a huge chasm. Took me quite a few comments to realise it meant diving as in scuba diving...
My problem with it is that it's hard to determine the difference between useful flash and useless flash.
Until I installed click-to-flash (best plug in EVER) I never knew how many sites use flash to display.. wait for it... HEADINGS! That's right, why use html for TEXT (or god forbid an IMAGE like a jpeg or even gif if you want to have a fancy font) when you can use FLASH? Seriously!
hahahahahhaha best post of the day.
Well said. "We may change the terms of service at any time" is a clause that lets companies get away with whatever they want.
I recently noticed, purely by accident but thankfully in time, a bait-and-switch type terms and conditions change for the Woolworths/QANTAS frequent flyer program card. When signing up for the program I checked there was no selling of data to third party sources for advertising etc. Then they changed the conditions to add just that! I immediately rang and cancelled my account (I hate being sent advertising in the mail, not to mention the disgusting waste of resources it represents). But with no actual notification of such changes, via mail, email or otherwise, (I just happened to look at their website on that day) most people would not even know and would probably be shocked to realise the change of terms to include such a bastardly clause after the fact.
ha yeah it was pretty dead-pan humour (not that that's a bad thing...)
You know people who don't own a digital camera? Really? I don't know anyone who _doesn't_!
Is this not an instance where you should type out your presentation in the speaker notes and have those printed alongside each slide for the "take home" version? ie a report with pictures, rather than pictures of your report. That way you can still have effective slides and an effective presentation to those in attendance, and have adequate information for those who missed out. Or are you just too lazy to write the report, even though you are effectively giving it as a presentation?
Good description.
It also gives me a headache because my eyes try to focus on things in the 'background' that are out of focus and my brain can't figure out why. Eye strain ensures. At least in 2D, you just focus on what's fuzzy and you know it is in the background. Perhaps that comes from years of training (watching 2D pictures) but it's enough for me.
Me too. I watched a fair bit of it without the glasses as it was so much BRIGHTER in general, and this was at one of the premier IMAX cinemas in my city. The 3D added nothing to the story in the hatch locations, and since the rest was CG it made little difference to me then either.
All in all I thought the 3D was boring, and really just another annoyance in a long list for probably the worst movie I've ever seen, but that discussion is a slippery slope so I'll restrain myself :D
well that at least is the most credible explanation I've ever heard for the noise. my car instead prevents you from locking the drivers door without the key (unless you are inside with the door closed). prevents locking keys in in a far less annoying manner :D
Is it not the law where you live to have to wear a seatbelt in your car?!
I'm not sure why you said I was missing the point - I totally agree with you! The warnings are more annoying and distractive than helpful. That's what I said in my other post. This thread was criticising the guy who disabled the warning because he didn't want to wear his seatbelt, which really had nothing to do with the warning except to show that it doesn't even work in the intended way (which is to make people wear their seat belts).
You, sir, are proof as to why these systems don't work ANYWAY. You won't put your belt on for the right reasons (safety education) let alone the wrong reasons (annoying beeping).
I think you SHOULD most definitely wear your seat belt!! I do always wear a seat belt and not because my car beeps - I do so because I feel the safety is worth it. My common sense tells me a seat belt can save me a lot of grief. Unfortunately my experience also tells me so, because I have been personally in an accident where a seatbelt would have saved me lot of pain and damage (though I wanted to put it on, I could not find the seat belt, it was tucked under the seat I think, unfort I was drunk and put my trust in the driver (who was not drunk, but was a douchebag)) FYI we were driving less than 2 km between two friends' houses.
Oooh it can be done? One reason I'm loathe to even consider buying a new car is the horrid torrent of beeps and sweeps and bleeps that seem to come at you from all angles. I drove my sister's car and it beeped at me to put the seatbelt on on the passenger side, because I had put my bag (with laptop) on the passenger seat!! And a lot of new cars beep when you open the door with the keys in - SO WHAT? I do this constantly (when security is not an issue, eg if you're sitting in the car waiting for someone, it's the best place to leave your keys!!)
So yes, if these beeps can be disabled I may actually buy a new car one day. For now I'll stick to my old and blessedly silent car. I've only accidently left the lights on (flat battery) once in four years - a small price to pay for peace and quiet!!
for sure... I know I am an outlier but it's hard to base your opinion on anything other than your own experience :D
The insight you can give from years of teaching experience is very valuable!
I'd never be turned off math, but I did lose respect for that teacher.