Archives for the month of: August, 2009

Remote Desktop Connection: Useless dialog

August 24, 09 //
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Stop repeating the obvious! I see this twenty times a day, at least.

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I fully understand the implications (which aren’t even destructive! The session’s gonna be fine in the background!). You don’t have to remind me every fucking time. By definition, anyone who uses Remote Desktop is not a casual, naïve user. Why do you treat us as such? I’d argue that this dialog is entirely unnecessary, but if you absolutely insist on giving me this piece of data I already know, for fuck’s sake stick in a “don’t show me this again” option.

Patronizing, lazy, unnecessary. EPIC fail.

(By the way, the Mac version of the TS client doesn’t ask.)

(Also by the way, there might be some way to turn this off, but if I have to hunt for it, it’s less than useless to have it at all)

Expression Blend: Currently running

August 13, 09 //
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Fix the problem, dammit, don’t just tell me about it! I see dialog in Expression Blend often:

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Here’s how I get there: I build the solution, I have a look at it, I see what’s wrong, I switch back to Blend, I fix the problem, I want to build it again, and– D’oh! I forgot to close the running app. So I have to close the dialog, switch to the app, close it, switch back, tell it to build again.

As is ususally the case with these stupid, stupid error dialogs, it doesn’t help me at all towards my goal. Yes, I forgot to close the running app so you can’t build on top of it. Yes, that was my mistake. How about not scolding me for it, but actually fixing the problem: close the damn thing, and build it again.

Lazy. Inconsiderate. Bitchy. Fail!