Vista isn’t the only thing that Sucks
Posted by Windows7ClassAction on January 9, 2009
Yes, Vista sucks. But you knew that already. But Vista isn’t the only thing that sucks. It seems that with all the technology we have at our disposal there are far too many things that are just way too hard.
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity, sayeth the Preacher.
In no particular order here are some things that are irking me today…
- Blogger.com is a great idea. There are a lot of great writers out there and Blogger.com gives them a voice. Unfortunately Blogger.com’s WYSIWYG editor is crappola. There are so many things that are wrong with it that listing them almost seems pointless. Is it really that hard to provide a decent editor? Are the Blogger.com people just sadists that enjoy inflicting pain and suffering on hack writers? My Kingdom for a LINE BREAK! Of course, if I had a kingdom to spare I would be paying other people to right down my history for posterity and then read it to me at bedtime to put me to sleep like King Xerxes in the book of Esther.
- WordPress.com is another noble venture with serious warts. Sure the WYSIWYG editor is better than Blogger.com, but that isn’t saying much. The same line break nightmares at Blogger.com exist here as well. And am I the only person who reviles CSS and would really appreciate a simple button for making my text bigger or smaller? Seriously, who uses all that Heading 1, Heading 2, Paragraph, ad nauseum? And why if I DO select those obnoxious format choices (always a glutton for punishment) doesn’t it just enlarge the text I have highlighted instead of the whole stinking paragraph? Back in the day I could highlight a single letter if I wanted and enlarge it.
- Adobe Flash. I love certain aspects of Flash. It is a great technology. But I’m losing patience with it. Over the past year there were some gaping security issues. Now I’m finding more and more problems where Flash is killing IE 7 and Firefox (especially Firefox) when I have multiple tabs open. And it always creeps me out when I write click on a Flash object and it has that button that asks if I want to give it access to my camera! Whoa! One of these days someone is going to hack that feature and start taking video of people without their permission.
- Yahoo “Plus” Email. How can Yahoo charge people for an upgrade where most of the new features don’t work in Plus mode? That truly sucks as hard as Vista, maybe harder.
The Dog Apparently Ate Yahoo's Homework
- Facebook for business also sucks. Dear Facebook, your advertising application for Facebook is pretty cool. I like the ability to easily include an image in my ad. But the set-up path for a business account is about the most exasperating thing I’ve tried to do in months. Really. Do you WANT businesses on Facebook or not? I’ll mail a bag of Philly pretzels to anyone who can tell me how you figure out what the URL of your business Facebook “page” is. Cuz I sure can’t find it.
So does this mean that Vista is exonerated for sucking? Do I hear Bill Gates faintly crying… “come on… everybody’s doing it”? Probably. But I still want Windows 7 for $50 or less. Great companies are supposed to LEAD, not follow. A lot of people have blamed Bush for the current sorry state of affairs of this economy. I’ll give “W” a piece of the action on that but while we’re at it how about a shout out to ol’ Bill Gates who ran off and hid in the boy’s room after Vista pantsed him. One thing is for sure. Vista sure isn’t doing business or consumers much good.
