Sunday, October 14, 2012

A rant about attention to detail on the web (if you have a web site or service, please read) #NSFW #LotsOfSwearing

I sent some feedback to Google today after trying to do a bit of tweaking to the blogspot mirror of thepete.com:
How the FUCK do I remove a GODDAMN WIDGET.  I am SO fucking tired of FUCKING IDIOT ENGINEERS forgetting to explain HOW to do things.  I waste so much time trying to do something that should be OBVIOUS AND EASY.  Is there a trash to drag the widgets to?  Not that I can see.  Do I just drop them anywhere? NO.  I'M USING CHROME, so it can't be that since CHROME is GOOGLE'S BROWSER.  Welcome to the 21st Century, where using modern technology is a bit like slamming your head against a brick wall.  IF YOU COULD JUST LET ME EASILY EDIT THE HTML I WOULD HAVE FINISHED THIS PROJECT HOURS AGO.  Sorry to vent, but you honestly deserve it.

This is a classic case of idiots who don't check there work or actually use the shit they design.  It says at the top of the "layout" page, it says: "Add, remove, edit gadgets on your blog. Click and drag to rearrange gadgets."

I added the italics.  The catch?  There's no way to actually do it.  I sat there for 30 minutes or so trying different things, dragging the widgets to various places and nothing worked.  I tried clicking on the widget and then clicking on "clear" but that did nothing.  In fact, the "clear" button doesn't do anything at all, as far as I can tell.

So, now I'm completely fucking livid because one tiny little thing I want to do can't be done EVEN THOUGH THE INSTRUCTIONS SAY I CAN.  I can deal with huge things stopping me from getting my work done but it's exactly this kind of stupid, minor, but completely PARALYZING thing that convinces me HUMANITY IS DOOMED DUE TO ITS OWN STUPIDITY.

 

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