Illogical, Jim page 2
Were Mr Spock around, he would have some observations to make about some of the things that software says and does. These are not necessarily bugs but sometimes just questionable design ideas.
This is a very long-standing niggle I have with Windows. If the device is working properly, why would I need to troubleshoot it? Why would I need to troubleshoot it if Windows can tell if it’s broken or not?
This is especially brought home by the fact that my floppy drive was sitting in a box on the floor at the time! I was using its bay for a second hard drive while trying to sort out a BIOS upgrade.
Could someone please tell me how I can apply anything to an event?
Or how I would go about rooting my own computer over loopback? (well, Firesnake’s)
Or why when I hold shift during log-in to bypass start-up items this comes up?
It is illogical, Jim.
More amazing is that in Internet Explorer, the JavaScript call self.moveby() will move windows while they are still maximised:
and then leave them maximised. It will also shunt embedded Delphi browser controls around the parent window, which worries me more. This cannot be an accident; someone had to decide that it made sense to implement this:
From an Instant Access International scenery pack for Microsoft Flight Simulator 98, an instruction to the user to press a button that does not exist:
And similarly from a recent MSN Messenger version:
So I click OK to agree that I am going to click Install as soon as I see it? Right?