Bad designs make me furious

The Something Awful Forums > Archives > Comedy Goldmine > Bad designs make me furious

«‹›33 »

Hogge Wild: Aug 21, 2012; by FactsAreUseless; Pillbug

# ? Nov 6, 2015 00:17

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ? May 29, 2024 07:59

Roargasm: Oct 21, 2010; Hate to sound sleazy
But tease me
I don't want it if it's that easy

Im that guy who called everyone else goons and then started effort posting about OSX

# ? Nov 6, 2015 00:19

criscodisco: Feb 18, 2004; do it

Dr. Tim Whatley posted:

I haven't used iTunes with my iPhone in almost 6 years.

I figured there was a way, but I'm not a tech guy and just want my simplified products to behave in an easy to understand manner. Plug it in and a window pops up showing the folders on the hard drive is simple and easy to understand for me. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

# ? Nov 6, 2015 00:20

Professor Shark: May 22, 2012

Xaris posted:

probably because they want you to buy songs through their lovely appstore (lol does anyone even buy songs there anymore?) and make it insanely hard+obtuse to add it otherwise.

I buy audiobooks from them all the time, I just bought one an hour ago.

Their prices are pretty good :shrug:

Roargasm posted:

Im that guy who called everyone else goons and then started effort posting about OSX

idgi who are you??

# ? Nov 6, 2015 00:41

AwwJeah: Jul 3, 2006; I like you!

Speaking of weird bathroom stall poo poo, my old high school removed the privacy doors for the men's sit-down toilets after a kid was caught jerkin it in there. Mind you, he was caught while the doors were still up so I don't know what removing them could possibly have accomplished. Thank God I never once had to poop while I was in public school.

# ? Nov 6, 2015 01:10

The Human Crouton: Sep 20, 2002

AwwJeah posted:

Speaking of weird bathroom stall poo poo, my old high school removed the privacy doors for the men's sit-down toilets after a kid was caught jerkin it in there. Mind you, he was caught while the doors were still up so I don't know what removing them could possibly have accomplished. Thank God I never once had to poop while I was in public school.

One of my elementary school didn't have doors in the stalls. When I told my father about it, he went down to the school to complain. The principal refused to put doors on the stalls so my father shut his office door and told him that neither of them are leaving until he agrees to install doors or until the principal took a dump in front of him. Next week we had doors on the stalls.

This was 25 years ago when you could threaten another man over a good reason and nobody would call the police. A better time.

# ? Nov 6, 2015 01:20

Modest Mauser: Oct 28, 2009

You lot certainly have many strong opinions about toilets.

# ? Nov 6, 2015 01:24

criscodisco: Feb 18, 2004; do it

Modest Mauser posted:

You lot certainly have many strong opinions about toilets.

Not me. I took a dump in a cardboard box lid once, because I found out my friend was into scat stuff and wanted to watch/beat off.

# ? Nov 6, 2015 01:27

Fur20: Nov 14, 2007; すご▞い！
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね！

criscodisco posted:

Not me. I took a dump in a cardboard box lid once, because I found out my friend was into scat stuff and wanted to watch/beat off.

a true friend :jackbud:

# ? Nov 6, 2015 01:34

Modest Mauser: Oct 28, 2009

criscodisco posted:

Not me. I took a dump in a cardboard box lid once, because I found out my friend was into scat stuff and wanted to watch/beat off.

Your selfless and eager attitude towards your friend's happiness is a refreshing gem in this place of hate and meanness.

# ? Nov 6, 2015 01:35

Three-Phase: Aug 5, 2006; by zen death robot

Moridin920 posted:

itunes is and has always been a piece of poo poo

It seems like the thing with iTunes is that it used to work, but with every add-on and redesign it got more and more screwed up.

Eventually the only way to save iTunes is to just scrap it and rebuild it as a completely new program.

The Human Crouton posted:

One of my elementary school didn't have doors in the stalls. When I told my father about it, he went down to the school to complain. The principal refused to put doors on the stalls so my father shut his office door and told him that neither of them are leaving until he agrees to install doors or until the principal took a dump in front of him. Next week we had doors on the stalls.

This was 25 years ago when you could threaten another man over a good reason and nobody would call the police. A better time.

Huh my elementary school (old building) had a few bathrooms with no stall doors.

# ? Nov 6, 2015 01:36

jenny jones fan: Dec 24, 2007

Fartmaster posted:

Looking at that mac stuff reminded me of when I first downloaded iTunes to put poo poo on my phone.

Well let's see if I can even add stuff to the library... "Music", "Movies", "TV Shows" no... maybe this?

No dice.

...

Oh wait

Oh yeah of course, because those 20 extra pixels of screen real estate when you first open the program were so much more important than actually being able to use it.

*tries to add single MP3 or random file to iPhone/iPad:

As for their hardware, I did try to give the iPhone a chance. I really do like their build quality and battery life. But there was so much infuriating stuff about it that can't even begin to understand how anyone remotely techy uses them. For example: if someone e-mails me an attachment on an iPhone and I save it, where the hell does it go? How do I find it at a later date?

For example, during the month or so that I had one, a friend e-mailed me a .PDF. I saved it to my phone. I literally had no idea how to find it at a later date. If I tried a PDF reader, it wouldn't show up there. I guess there's probably an option somewhere to "transfer" it to iBooks or whatever the gently caress, but what if I decide at a later date to open it in Goodreader? And why would my PDFs be removed simply because I removed that particular PDF reader? :psyduck:

shelley posted:

As far as bathroom design goes, I have pissed in men's rooms, women's rooms, and "non-gendered" restrooms.

They all loving suck and are terrible and sometimes there's blood, there's not much a difference between what gender is labeled on the door when it comes to the filth inside.

To expand on this, I absolutely love the design of bathrooms where you have no loving clue what's behind the door:

What's behind the door when you open it? An entire, gigantic bathroom full of numerous stalls, sinks, and urinals? Or a sole toilet by itself an embarrassed man or woman is currently pooping in right in front of you? :shrug:

Open the door and find out!

# ? Nov 6, 2015 01:57

Drunk Nerds: Jan 25, 2011; Just close your eyes; Fun Shoe

shelley posted:

As far as bathroom design goes, I have pissed in men's rooms, women's rooms, and "non-gendered" restrooms.

They all loving suck and are terrible and sometimes there's blood, there's not much a difference between what gender is labeled on the door when it comes to the filth inside.

Well, yeah, if you're pissing blood, switching bathrooms isn't going to help.

# ? Nov 6, 2015 02:01

criscodisco: Feb 18, 2004; do it

[quote="Melmac" post=""452373259"]

To expand on this, I absolutely love the design of bathrooms where you have no loving clue what's behind the door:

Open the door and find out!

[/quote]

I can't recall ever using a single occupancy restroom that didn't have a lock on the inside.

# ? Nov 6, 2015 02:02

WIFEY WATCHDOG: Jun 25, 2012; Yeah, well I don't trust this guy. I think he regifted, he degifted, and now he's using an upstairs invite as a springboard to a Super Bowl sex romp.

Melmac posted:

*tries to add single MP3 or random file to iPhone/iPad:

As for their hardware, I did try to give the iPhone a chance. I really do like their build quality and battery life. But there was so much infuriating stuff about it that can't even begin to understand how anyone remotely techy uses them. For example: if someone e-mails me an attachment on an iPhone and I save it, where the hell does it go? How do I find it at a later date?

For example, during the month or so that I had one, a friend e-mailed me a .PDF. I saved it to my phone. I literally had no idea how to find it at a later date. If I tried a PDF reader, it wouldn't show up there. I guess there's probably an option somewhere to "transfer" it to iBooks or whatever the gently caress, but what if I decide at a later date to open it in Goodreader? And why would my PDFs be removed simply because I removed that particular PDF reader?

To expand on this, I absolutely love the design of bathrooms where you have no loving clue what's behind the door:

What's behind the door when you open it? An entire, gigantic bathroom full of numerous stalls, sinks, and urinals? Or a sole toilet by itself an embarrassed man or woman is currently pooping in right in front of you? Open the door and find out!

You sound real dumb and perhaps not a techy at all hth.

# ? Nov 6, 2015 02:17

numberoneposter: Feb 19, 2014; How much do I cum? The answer might surprise you!

Professor Shark posted:

I dread every iTunes update because it never seems to get easier to use

my favorite part about turning on my computer is the 5 dozen update notifications on a daily basis

# ? Nov 6, 2015 02:33

Isaac: Aug 3, 2006; Fun Shoe

Why dont they make the whole adobe flash player out of the black box material

# ? Nov 6, 2015 02:42

glowstick party tonight: Oct 4, 2003; by zen death robot

Malf posted:

urinal... divider?

the thing they sometimes put between two different urinals for pee shy people

pee shy people can't even pee with dividers they still use the stall or wait for the room to clear. not speaking from experience

# ? Nov 6, 2015 02:46

jenny jones fan: Dec 24, 2007

Dr. Tim Whatley posted:

You sound real dumb and perhaps not a techy at all hth.

"I like having a phone that uses a different charging cable than literally every other phone ever released on the planet" -iPhone Defense Force

criscodisco posted:

I can't recall ever using a single occupancy restroom that didn't have a lock on the inside.

Sometimes I'll see someone go into one right before me (usually at a restaurant or something) and I'll stand there patiently waiting for them to leave only to realize when I went in there that it's not a single-person bathroom. :doh:

Also idiots and/or the elderly forget to lock them a lot.

edit: Long story short, if your bathrooms are multi-person their entrances should be like this:

jenny jones fan fucked around with this message at 02:57 on Nov 6, 2015

# ? Nov 6, 2015 02:51

AlphaKeny1: Feb 17, 2006

hey can u pass me some tp

# ? Nov 6, 2015 03:04

Bonster: Mar 3, 2007; Keep rolling, rolling

Melmac posted:

"I like having a phone that uses a different charging cable than literally every other phone ever released on the planet" -iPhone Defense Force

Sometimes I'll see someone go into one right before me (usually at a restaurant or something) and I'll stand there patiently waiting for them to leave only to realize when I went in there that it's not a single-person bathroom.

Also idiots and/or the elderly forget to lock them a lot.

edit: Long story short, if your bathrooms are multi-person their entrances should be like this:

That requires enough square footage for a blind corner, so it only works for really large buildings, like airports and schools. Smaller places need that footage for sinks and stalls.

# ? Nov 6, 2015 03:07

Copper Vein: Mar 14, 2007; ...and we liked it that way.

Isaac posted:

Why dont they make the whole adobe flash player out of the black box material

# ? Nov 6, 2015 03:13

jenny jones fan: Dec 24, 2007

Bonster posted:

That requires enough square footage for a blind corner, so it only works for really large buildings, like airports and schools. Smaller places need that footage for sinks and stalls.

True but I've been in ones that looked like this

and I go into them and they're GIGANTIC inside.

Small restaurants is when I always assume there's only one bowl inside. And larger restaurants are where I assume I'm going to open it and not see an elderly person taking a feverish poo poo. Been wrong on more than one occasion. :yikes:

# ? Nov 6, 2015 03:25

jenny jones fan: Dec 24, 2007

AlphaKeny1 posted:

hey can u pass me some tp

to be fair if you look closely, you can kind of see that there was some wall in between the two of them at some point. I've been in bathrooms like that before where they are walled in ultra-cramped (I usually see them at catering halls and they usually have regular bedroom-style doors that close all the way to the floor as well). They are super-private but I always wondered how much claustrophobic people must hate them.

# ? Nov 6, 2015 03:29

Nolan Arenado: May 8, 2009

I had a GPS in a rental car a few days ago and the keyboard layout was all hosed up. Like some of it was QWERTY, but some of the letters were randomly in places they shouldn't have been, I think the A was in the upper left. Do GPS's have their own hosed up keyboard layout or was the manufacturer of this one just really stupid?

# ? Nov 6, 2015 03:36

Albinator: Mar 31, 2010

Melmac posted:

to be fair if you look closely, you can kind of see that there was some wall in between the two of them at some point. I've been in bathrooms like that before where they are walled in ultra-cramped (I usually see them at catering halls and they usually have regular bedroom-style doors that close all the way to the floor as well). They are super-private but I always wondered how much claustrophobic people must hate them.

I think that's just lovely grout work. Probably because they were too busy laughing at the whole loving thing.

# ? Nov 6, 2015 04:19

Contra Duck: Nov 4, 2004; #1 DAD

OctoberBlues posted:

I had a GPS in a rental car a few days ago and the keyboard layout was all hosed up. Like some of it was QWERTY, but some of the letters were randomly in places they shouldn't have been, I think the A was in the upper left. Do GPS's have their own hosed up keyboard layout or was the manufacturer of this one just really stupid?

It was probably set to the AZERTY layout.

# ? Nov 6, 2015 04:19

The Human Crouton: Sep 20, 2002

Melmac posted:

to be fair if you look closely, you can kind of see that there was some wall in between the two of them at some point. I've been in bathrooms like that before where they are walled in ultra-cramped (I usually see them at catering halls and they usually have regular bedroom-style doors that close all the way to the floor as well). They are super-private but I always wondered how much claustrophobic people must hate them.

No, there was never a wall. This is a bathroom of a building built specifically for the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Russia.

# ? Nov 6, 2015 04:26

Veskit: Mar 2, 2005; I love capitalism!! DM me for the best investing advice!

Speaking of bad bathroom designs this is my house. The tile floor is the bathroom.

If you notice, the light fixture, that is the light to the bathroom itself, so if you wanted to, you can shut the light off on the person pooping or showering and they don't have to go through a bathroom door, but another door to get to the light to turn it back on. :wtc: