It's not a dupe, you're thinking of the 25 worst tech products (linked in TFA), this is the 20 most annoying tech products. From the article:
Unlike PC World's 25 Worst Products of All Time, irksome products aren't necessarily bad, buggy, or dangerous. But they all have one or two traits that make you want to wrap them in 200 pounds of steel cable and toss them off the side of a boat.
Fool me once shame on me. Fool me twice shame on you.
Maybe there's some obscure joke I'm missing here, but, I think you've got the saying backwards-- the point is that it should be your own fault if you get fooled twice by the same person for similar things (whereas, it is clearly wrong of someone to fool you in the first place, hence, fool me once, shame on you). Seriously, no fooling!
... OK, so the fact that I have nothing better to do than post this comment is pretty darn sad.
I know it's configuration, not the software, and I've heard Moodle can be pretty good, but...
I know of quite a few people who want to pull their hair out because of Moodle's constant annoying email notifications.:P For them, using Moodle feels like punishment for a crime.
Believe it or not, this news story comes in just as I am writing an essay that poses the question: who is right about what will destroy American society, Aldous Huxley or George Orwell?
Thank you, Slashdot! Luckily, I had already picked Orwell.;)
Sort of. Basically, it sends the URL of your site out to a bunch of different machines, renders it in a variety of web browsers, takes pictures, and posts them online. You can't interact with it, but you can at least spot some basic malfunctions. (And yes, it does wait a few seconds before taking the pictures so Ajax calls, etc. will have time to process).
I see what you're saying, it seems to be the Mac way of development (I'm a Mac developer, that wasn't an insult:P). I was just thinking, while for consumer apps that's best, if you're in need of a very quick application to do a job, user interface might be willing to take a back seat.
You start out saying, oh, we will only support browser X...but it never sticks...and your regression testing grows geometrically with each browser and version of browser you support.
Honestly, as a web developer, I've never quite understood this. Whenever I design a website, it'll often look different in multiple browsers (read: it'll be effed up in Internet Explorer), but unless I use a particularly fancy bit of JavaScript, they almost always functionally work the same in multiple browsers. I just don't get it... are the people who are writing the web apps really that bad with their concept of standards? Are they relying on browser bugs to do a job? Or are they just getting way too cutesy with their JavaScript? Should someone give them a dictionary open to the word "testing"? It just seems to me to be silly not to spend five extra minutes per browser to open your app up in IE, Firefox, Safari (if Macs will be using the app), and Opera (which is pretty guaranteed to work if Firefox and/or Safari does).
Other than that, though, I agree with what you're saying, in many cases it looks like a full-blown app would be the best solution. I was thinking along the lines of quick fixes that were easily expandable, though, which in my mind is best for web app.
But hey, in computers there's no wrong way to do anything, right? You just need to gauge which method will make your users swear the least.;)
Quick web scripts are way easier than developing an application if only for the fact that you don't need to figure out how to use networking in whatever language you'd be working in. Plus, you don't need to "distribute" the application once it's done, and you don't need to provide updates to every user on your network who's using it: update your script, update the application.
Plus, developers think in program logic, not in program design. A web script let's the developer write their output in HTML, then go back in later and add some CSS for presentation once they've got the program actually working. I say, it's a good way to do things.
Not to mention that a lot of web scripting languages are easier to use than full-blown application languages, and there are many packages that let you attach native GUIs to web scripts. There isn't a compelling argument not to go that route if your application a) uses networking, and b) is distributed over an intranet.
A University of Missouri study found high school students benefit tremendously from homework. In middle school, the results were not as strong, but homework was still found to be beneficial. But on the elementary school level, the same study found homework had no effect on students.
As a high school student, I have to dispute this. Is the homework beneficial, or does it just raise students' grades because many teachers just check to see if its done, not actually correct?
Or, as an afterthought, if it goes by extension and extension alone, pick a new extension (.mpfree, or something;)), and configure your web server to serve them with the appropriate MIME-type, so they will be played normally.
How does the crawler plan on identifying multimedia files from any other binary files on the site? Assuming (like most spiders) it will follow the links on the website, which ones will it single out?
If it goes by extension (which it almost surely will, and even if it doesn't it's somewhat irrelevant), it can't possibly support every audio format. So, once you figure out what formats it can't interpret, just rip your music into that! OGG/Vorbis anyone?
Better still, just change the file extensions of all your music files, and tell people to download them and rename to.mp3 or what have you.
Well, I'm not too surprised... Google's Desktop Search does, in a way, compete with their own Spotlight... errr... Windows' built-in fast searching tools.:)
with a beowulf cluster of these... they might even handle the rush from slashdot.
Well then, it's quite clear that they don't have one: Warning: mysql_connect(): Too many connections.:)
They'd better not use the same MySQL database for storing grid results... I can picture the headlines now: "Cure for Cancer Lost Because of Traffic from Geek Website."
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Someone's got some anger management (and standards support) issues!
And it's even worse, since with open source software, you technically have the right to modify and reproduce the product yourself.
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It's not a dupe, you're thinking of the 25 worst tech products (linked in TFA), this is the 20 most annoying tech products. From the article:
Well, someone is certainly familiar with the College Board's AP exam DBQ style ("Evaluate the extent to which...") ;)
I know, who cares, but I'm a high school student who just got out for April vacation, so I care, damnit!
Maybe there's some obscure joke I'm missing here, but, I think you've got the saying backwards-- the point is that it should be your own fault if you get fooled twice by the same person for similar things (whereas, it is clearly wrong of someone to fool you in the first place, hence, fool me once, shame on you). Seriously, no fooling!
... OK, so the fact that I have nothing better to do than post this comment is pretty darn sad.
Strange, I was under the impression that the porn industry had favored MPEG-2 over Animated GIF for their video format...
Please, enlighten me as to how something can be "1, Redundant" if it's the first post?
Shhh! Keep it down, you'll offend the Catholics, you insensitive clod!
I know it's configuration, not the software, and I've heard Moodle can be pretty good, but...
I know of quite a few people who want to pull their hair out because of Moodle's constant annoying email notifications. :P For them, using Moodle feels like punishment for a crime.
Believe it or not, this news story comes in just as I am writing an essay that poses the question: who is right about what will destroy American society, Aldous Huxley or George Orwell?
Thank you, Slashdot! Luckily, I had already picked Orwell. ;)
Sort of. Basically, it sends the URL of your site out to a bunch of different machines, renders it in a variety of web browsers, takes pictures, and posts them online. You can't interact with it, but you can at least spot some basic malfunctions. (And yes, it does wait a few seconds before taking the pictures so Ajax calls, etc. will have time to process).
Off-topic, but for the record: BrowserShots is a free service for this. It takes awhile, but it works.
I see what you're saying, it seems to be the Mac way of development (I'm a Mac developer, that wasn't an insult :P). I was just thinking, while for consumer apps that's best, if you're in need of a very quick application to do a job, user interface might be willing to take a back seat.
Honestly, as a web developer, I've never quite understood this. Whenever I design a website, it'll often look different in multiple browsers (read: it'll be effed up in Internet Explorer), but unless I use a particularly fancy bit of JavaScript, they almost always functionally work the same in multiple browsers. I just don't get it... are the people who are writing the web apps really that bad with their concept of standards? Are they relying on browser bugs to do a job? Or are they just getting way too cutesy with their JavaScript? Should someone give them a dictionary open to the word "testing"? It just seems to me to be silly not to spend five extra minutes per browser to open your app up in IE, Firefox, Safari (if Macs will be using the app), and Opera (which is pretty guaranteed to work if Firefox and/or Safari does).
Other than that, though, I agree with what you're saying, in many cases it looks like a full-blown app would be the best solution. I was thinking along the lines of quick fixes that were easily expandable, though, which in my mind is best for web app.
But hey, in computers there's no wrong way to do anything, right? You just need to gauge which method will make your users swear the least. ;)
Quick web scripts are way easier than developing an application if only for the fact that you don't need to figure out how to use networking in whatever language you'd be working in. Plus, you don't need to "distribute" the application once it's done, and you don't need to provide updates to every user on your network who's using it: update your script, update the application.
Plus, developers think in program logic, not in program design. A web script let's the developer write their output in HTML, then go back in later and add some CSS for presentation once they've got the program actually working. I say, it's a good way to do things.
Not to mention that a lot of web scripting languages are easier to use than full-blown application languages, and there are many packages that let you attach native GUIs to web scripts. There isn't a compelling argument not to go that route if your application a) uses networking, and b) is distributed over an intranet.
And I meant to use "it's", but it's early and my keyboard stuck. No, I don't need extra English homework. :P
As a high school student, I have to dispute this. Is the homework beneficial, or does it just raise students' grades because many teachers just check to see if its done, not actually correct?
Or, as an afterthought, if it goes by extension and extension alone, pick a new extension (.mpfree, or something ;)), and configure your web server to serve them with the appropriate MIME-type, so they will be played normally.
How does the crawler plan on identifying multimedia files from any other binary files on the site? Assuming (like most spiders) it will follow the links on the website, which ones will it single out?
If it goes by extension (which it almost surely will, and even if it doesn't it's somewhat irrelevant), it can't possibly support every audio format. So, once you figure out what formats it can't interpret, just rip your music into that! OGG/Vorbis anyone?
Better still, just change the file extensions of all your music files, and tell people to download them and rename to .mp3 or what have you.
Well, I'm not too surprised... Google's Desktop Search does, in a way, compete with their own Spotlight... errr... Windows' built-in fast searching tools. :)
Do we need a month dedicated to every application that has bugs in it? Because I'm pretty sure our sun will have imploded by then.
High school students can get a Facebook account, too, and it's becoming increasingly popular. (They are, however, kept to their own subdomain ;)).
St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Part 2, starring Spudsy Malone! :)
Well then, it's quite clear that they don't have one: Warning: mysql_connect(): Too many connections. :)
They'd better not use the same MySQL database for storing grid results... I can picture the headlines now: "Cure for Cancer Lost Because of Traffic from Geek Website."