Re:Reminds me of why I hate banking websites
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I take it you use it? Okay, here's an example.
Log in, go to "My accounts" and pick a credit card account. At this point, you may notice the payment button says "button class=", and if you look at the source, you'll see that's the value for an input element.
But we aren't done there. Click on "View My Account History" on the right, which is mysteriously a form submit button rather than a link. Now, enter in some dates for the history range, and push return to submit the form.
You're now at the Account Summary page, NOT seeing your account history. Why? Because the link to that page was actually a form submit button, and it shared the same form as what you were actually trying to do, and because it was first, it went to the summary page, totally ignoring the fact that you were filling out a form to go somewhere else.
Every time they "upgrade" the site, they break more standard web conventions; it just looks different.
Re:Reminds me of why I hate banking websites
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Because it's useful pretty much everywhere else.
It also helps to see if I've been to a site at some point in the past.
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Bank web sites suck. All of them. Especially USAA's, if you have the displeasure of using that one.
Tip to would-be bank websites: disable the autocomplete feature on the "Amount of funds to transfer" field. Nothing sucks like a web browser adding an extra 0 to your transfer. For that matter, disable autocomplete on all fields relating to money.
And yet, your post was closer to correct than many people who don't share your disabilities.
So what's the excuse for the people who don't have the language handicaps that you do? The people whose online communication skills are nowhere near that of your post?
And just for those who would want to correct mp assessment....
Hey, if your post gets long, just drop some vulgar words at the end so people will go back and read it.
Aside from that, if someone decides to use an obscure word, it's usually to try to sound intelligent, which fails miserably when they don't take the time to look up how it's correctly spelled.
Secretaries aren't expected to code. Coders are expected to speak English. In fact, everyone is the US is expected to speak English, unless they work in fast food.
I'm sorry, the editors must have forgotten to run this particular story past you to get your personal approval and ensure it was relevant to you and your life.
One, brand loyalty isn't a neuorsis. At least, not any more than a total lack of brand loyalty and making purchase decisions based solely on price is. Two, yes, they could have picked a better word than numbers. It's no excuse to troll.
While there may have been many LAN games that used IPX/SPX, I don't believe bnetd supported much more than Starcraft. Starcraft DID start life as having IPX (and on the Mac, AppleTalk) methods for a LAN game; however, by the time WC3 and the bnetd issue came around, StarCraft not only had a Mac OS X port, but UDP was the only LAN method supported (Mac-side, anyway).
I do believe Blizzard was upset with bnetd mainly because of how it was used to play pirated copies of the WC3 beta, and by that time, I don't think it's unreasonable to say that that was probably what bnetd was primarily being used for.
Your troubles weren't because StarCraft was never really set up to use NAT properly, were they? StarCraft kind of assumed you'd be on a modem, not behind a firewall with 4 other people sharing cable.
I've heard of people having trouble on battle.net, and frankly, I have to wonder what they were doing; it always worked fine for me.
That's like slashdot, only run by a dictator and no longer allowing new users (or so I'm told). It's kind of a ghetto slashdot. We're getting NEWS from them?
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I take it you use it? Okay, here's an example.
Log in, go to "My accounts" and pick a credit card account. At this point, you may notice the payment button says "button class=", and if you look at the source, you'll see that's the value for an input element.
But we aren't done there. Click on "View My Account History" on the right, which is mysteriously a form submit button rather than a link. Now, enter in some dates for the history range, and push return to submit the form.
You're now at the Account Summary page, NOT seeing your account history. Why? Because the link to that page was actually a form submit button, and it shared the same form as what you were actually trying to do, and because it was first, it went to the summary page, totally ignoring the fact that you were filling out a form to go somewhere else.
Every time they "upgrade" the site, they break more standard web conventions; it just looks different.
Because it's useful pretty much everywhere else.
It also helps to see if I've been to a site at some point in the past.
Bank web sites suck. All of them. Especially USAA's, if you have the displeasure of using that one.
Tip to would-be bank websites: disable the autocomplete feature on the "Amount of funds to transfer" field. Nothing sucks like a web browser adding an extra 0 to your transfer. For that matter, disable autocomplete on all fields relating to money.
And yet, your post was closer to correct than many people who don't share your disabilities.
So what's the excuse for the people who don't have the language handicaps that you do? The people whose online communication skills are nowhere near that of your post?
And just for those who would want to correct mp assessment....
Commas -> semicolons
Apostrophes
Homonyms
Hey, if your post gets long, just drop some vulgar words at the end so people will go back and read it.
Aside from that, if someone decides to use an obscure word, it's usually to try to sound intelligent, which fails miserably when they don't take the time to look up how it's correctly spelled.
"Pieve"?
Secretaries aren't expected to code. Coders are expected to speak English. In fact, everyone is the US is expected to speak English, unless they work in fast food.
That's all this no-name music company has? A conceptual drawing? Wow.
No, I'm sure he gets the joke. It's just not funny. And it hasn't been for quite some time now. But apparently that went over your head.
The non-spatial monstrosity they mockingly call "Finder"
And I suppose windows popping up for each folder all over the screen was really a better way to do it?
I can't choose NOT to download the update.
Have you tried unchecking the item on the download screen?
Seemingly just a rewarmed Next gadget, Mail is.
Random Yodish sprinkled confusing to have, it is.
Quick quiz: where is Stuffit Expander located?
Finder. Cmd-N. Cmd-Shift-A. 'Stuf'. Cmd-O. There you go.
I'm sorry, the editors must have forgotten to run this particular story past you to get your personal approval and ensure it was relevant to you and your life.
One, brand loyalty isn't a neuorsis. At least, not any more than a total lack of brand loyalty and making purchase decisions based solely on price is. Two, yes, they could have picked a better word than numbers. It's no excuse to troll.
Uh, if you actually like reading pages and pages of census information, there may be a job for you waiting at the US government...
You mean to keep in line with the i in Pages and Keynote?
While there may have been many LAN games that used IPX/SPX, I don't believe bnetd supported much more than Starcraft. Starcraft DID start life as having IPX (and on the Mac, AppleTalk) methods for a LAN game; however, by the time WC3 and the bnetd issue came around, StarCraft not only had a Mac OS X port, but UDP was the only LAN method supported (Mac-side, anyway).
I do believe Blizzard was upset with bnetd mainly because of how it was used to play pirated copies of the WC3 beta, and by that time, I don't think it's unreasonable to say that that was probably what bnetd was primarily being used for.
it is also used at LAN parties, where battle.net is not available.
What? Who runs a LAN party without providing internet access?
And if you answer that one, how do you set up a LAN party such that the LAN option in the games doesn't work?
Your troubles weren't because StarCraft was never really set up to use NAT properly, were they? StarCraft kind of assumed you'd be on a modem, not behind a firewall with 4 other people sharing cable.
I've heard of people having trouble on battle.net, and frankly, I have to wonder what they were doing; it always worked fine for me.
Eh, it's something to do after sex.
How the hell do you research this stuff? This is the realm of potheads, isn't it?
Mmmm, yes. Some people end up completely confused between the two, as well, calling '/' backslash and '\' slash.
There's a guild on my WoW server called "backslash hug", presumably because of the "/hug" command. Almost as bad as spelling errors.
That's like slashdot, only run by a dictator and no longer allowing new users (or so I'm told). It's kind of a ghetto slashdot. We're getting NEWS from them?
"Like a bisexual."
"Thank you, Ted, that was the joke."
Link, please.
Wow, that is easier than a single mouse click!