Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Huge Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Let's compile a list of ways to annoy the user. Date: 15 Jan 2016 12:17:51 GMT Organization: Piglet's Pickles & Preserves Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: usenet@huge.org.uk X-Trace: individual.net cUhbvqLiXvHaWJq9icmKyg0MqbU5oHBlwu/dtIWgBWE0P6K/uX Cancel-Lock: sha1:YUd32u/maeOdg74wddSQL8KLqzw= X-No-Archive: Yes X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:10000 On 2016-01-15, Anssi Saari wrote: > Sylvia Else writes: > >> We should probably limit it to things people have actually seen. >> >> 1. Limits that are not stated up front. > > My favorite: web-based job application system that has multiple pages > and a hidden timeout. So that it wipes out your painstakingly input data > if you take too long (and all that was in your CV anyways...) Yes, PeopleSoft, that's you, that is. -- Today is Setting Orange, the 15th day of Chaos in the YOLD 3182 I don't have an attitude problem. If you have a problem with my attitude, that's your problem.