Archive for 'WTFs'
WTF: PDF Plugin Required
December 17th, 2009 by Scott SelikoffUpon clicking the “Print Form” button I receive the error message below. I have three problems with this error message: From a user interface perspective, it assumes everyone’s PDF browser plug-in displays a toolbar with it including a Print button. From a design perspective, it troubles me that someone took the time to add a [...]
Categories: WTFs.
Tags: tiaa, WTFs
Comments: none
normalization done poorly at the bank
November 29th, 2009 by Jeanne BoyarskyI went to a bank yesterday to inquire why I was receiving mail at my old address despite having moved a number of months ago. The first thing the representative did was pull up my record to show me that my address was correct in their system. While that’s very nice, the mail has their [...]
Categories: Database, WTFs.
Comments: 6
Time Warner shame on you (the case of the missing vcr timer)
November 20th, 2009 by Jeanne BoyarskyWhat happened Time Warner Cable (in New York City) pushed a software upgrade to the cable box that got rid of the VCR timer feature. This feature has existed since I got cable and allowed you to set the cable box to turn on/change channels automatically so you could record them on your VCR or [...]
Categories: WTFs.
Tags: cable, dvr, vcr-timer
Comments: 21
