Am I living in a completely mad world?

Jonny69 · 01-12-2011, 16:10

Rant. Quite a few of them.

Am I the only one who thinks it's stupid to mount a bus stop right in the middle of the pavement and not at the edge? So everyone trying to walk past has to weave round or make contact with the people standing at the bus stop? Am I really the only person who thinks it would be better on the edge of the pavement so we don't lose nearly another metre of pavement? And the people at the bus stop. They get the bus every day from that stop and yet persist to stand right in the middle of the limited space, usually smoking, and look surprised when you want to get by. Do people not learn?

And what's with Office 2010? Aside from the fact that EVERYTHING has moved and it's all now completely blurred due to Cleartype font rendering, HOW can this be more efficient? So we've moved from a legacy of a system that wasn't very efficient to use and got improved over time, but now NOTHING is in an intuitive place. I go to click the Send button on an email and there's a great big Paste button in the natural place I'd expect to find Send. Who dreams this stuff up? I couldn't even make it up if I tried.

On the subject of Cleartype, WTF? Who thought this was a good idea? Windows fonts go from crisp and clear on a TFT, just as they were developed to be, to blurry and stretched out. It doesn't even resemble what I'm about to print out in a Word document. Has that not dawned on anyone as a problem?

What else can I find to moan about? I'm sure there's something I've forgotten...

01-12-2011, 16:10	#1
Jonny69 Noob Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Socialist Republik of Kent Posts: 5,032	Am I living in a completely mad world? Rant. Quite a few of them. Am I the only one who thinks it's stupid to mount a bus stop right in the middle of the pavement and not at the edge? So everyone trying to walk past has to weave round or make contact with the people standing at the bus stop? Am I really the only person who thinks it would be better on the edge of the pavement so we don't lose nearly another metre of pavement? And the people at the bus stop. They get the bus every day from that stop and yet persist to stand right in the middle of the limited space, usually smoking, and look surprised when you want to get by. Do people not learn? And what's with Office 2010? Aside from the fact that EVERYTHING has moved and it's all now completely blurred due to Cleartype font rendering, HOW can this be more efficient? So we've moved from a legacy of a system that wasn't very efficient to use and got improved over time, but now NOTHING is in an intuitive place. I go to click the Send button on an email and there's a great big Paste button in the natural place I'd expect to find Send. Who dreams this stuff up? I couldn't even make it up if I tried. On the subject of Cleartype, WTF? Who thought this was a good idea? Windows fonts go from crisp and clear on a TFT, just as they were developed to be, to blurry and stretched out. It doesn't even resemble what I'm about to print out in a Word document. Has that not dawned on anyone as a problem? What else can I find to moan about? I'm sure there's something I've forgotten... __________________