Pet Hates: Internet

[Shaun]

So what are you pet hates relating to internet and everything associated?.


Ok, I'll start...

* When web pages have an image of an item, and an option to click and see a larger picture of the item. You then click it only to have the same size image open in a new window. Arrrrghhh


So what bugs you about t'internet?.

[Penfold42]

Pop ups......or that little bar just under the top of the page........:mad:

[Jiggles]

Black holes... http://hubble.cs.washington.edu/

[Tom]

Websites with too much going on.

[CRAZY K]

Pop ups......or that little bar just under the top of the page........:mad:

Pop up blockers?

You can get them on a yahoo home page like mine.

I do miss ones like--my names Jane and you can phone me in Manchester any time:D :D :D

CRAZY K

[Penfold42]

Pop up blockers?

You can get them on a yahoo home page like mine.

I do miss ones like--my names Jane and you can phone me in Manchester any time:D :D :D

CRAZY K

:lol:....:D

It's only the odd one.....very few and far between........:)

[rob1963]

So what are you pet hates relating to internet and everything associated?.

When instead of the photo that is MEANT to be there, all you can see is a blank box with a small red cross in the corner.

:bang:

[Sam]

forums..

[leighinstoke]

Pop ups......or that little bar just under the top of the page........:mad:

Switch to Firefox!

[rob1963]

forums..

Any particular ones?

:rolleyes:

[DJWilson]

Internet 7! When all the internet pages freeze and close! :bang:

[Sam]

Any particular ones?

:rolleyes:

One called mobile disco something.. :p


Internet 7! When all the internet pages freeze and close! :bang:

Solution:
1) don't open everything in one page - open in a new window
2) switch to firefox

Edit to add a thought: but anyway even if you had IE6 open with different windows.. if it freezes they will all close normally anyway.. so it doesn't make any different having them all in one page.

:)

[Danno13]

Music that plats automatically on websites, has to be the most annoying thing ever, especially when you have the speakers turned up!

[Corabar Steve]

Music that plats automatically on websites, has to be the most annoying thing ever, especially when you have the speakers turned up!

Or are listening to something already.

I'll agree with Shaun's "bigger image" gripe too

[DJ Frankie]

I hate it when the computer freezes...Its the most annoying thing ever.

[Larry B Entertainment]

So what bugs you about t'internet?.

Flash - Very nice and fancy but some people do go over board with it.

Cheesy music playing in the background of sites and theres no stop button to shut it up.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

When it doesn't work.

Paying for Wi Fi abroad....

[Marc J]

My biggest pet hate isn't so much with the internet, but rather some people's use of it.

In my line of work (I also provide IT support for businesses) I often have to watch other people, and it bugs the http://www.loweringprices.com/smilies/censored.gif out of me when people double click links in websites or emails!

Especially in emails, I have one client who ALWAYS double clicks links in emails then wonders why nothing has happened - without realising that the first click fired up IE with the page, and the second click brought his email client to the active (front) window again and THAT'S why he can't see the http://www.loweringprices.com/smilies/censored.gif link he clicked on!

And I agree, larger images that aren't are annoying!

EDIT: And another one, people who have their browser window full screen - and that includes my wife!

[rob1963]

Sites that crash due to stupid word association threads.

:rolleyes:

[Penfold42]

Sites that crash due to stupid word association threads.

:rolleyes:

:Laugh: :Laugh: :Laugh: :Laugh:

[Marc J]

People replying to really old threads in forums.

[sleah]

* When web pages have an image of an item, and an option to click and see a larger picture of the item. You then click it only to have the same size image open in a new window.

Which seems to account for about 90% of them!!!!!!


Music that plats automatically on websites, has to be the most annoying thing ever, especially when you have the speakers turned up!

Grrrrrrr & wot Steve said.:mad:



EDIT: And another one, people who have their browser window full screen - and that includes my wife!

Have we just found a Mac user??:D
Why not have the browser full screen, may aswell see everything on the page, don't care what's underneath or behind......

Related pet hate........ getting a Mac <anything> to go full screen:D
and Safari park (or whatever it's called), missing some usefull functions like a 'Home' button:confused: Hate the thing, gimmie IE anyday:D

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Sites that crash due to stupid word association threads.

:rolleyes:

People on forums who have no idea what they are talking about...:p

[Penfold42]

People on forums who have no idea what they are talking about...:p

See post #20......:D :D

[rob1963]

People on forums who have no idea what they are talking about...:p

:Laugh:

[Marc J]

Have we just found a Mac user??:D
Why not have the browser full screen, may aswell see everything on the page, don't care what's underneath or behind......

A Mac user? God no!

If you have to have your browser full screen to see everything on the page then fair enough, but I run at 1600 x 1200 and given that most designers aim for optimum viewing at 1024 x 768 there's no need to go full screen or anything near it - in fact some sites just look plain weird at higher resolutions.

It's so much easier to switch between windows if they're not all maximised - that's why it's called Windows after all!

[Shaun]

Pet hate:

Other people that use my PC from time to time and resize my browser window.


(looks at Marc) :ph34r:

:d

[Marc J]

:lol:

As I was typing that, I was trying to remember if you were one of those people who browse full screen - and I'm pretty sure you are :p

[Jiggles]

Im one, it drive me crackers when people use smalll windows :lol:

[Shaun]

:lol:

As I was typing that, I was trying to remember if you were one of those people who browse full screen - and I'm pretty sure you are :p

Partial full screen. I like a full screen window height-wise, but not width-wise. I'm pretty sure you're the culprit that keeps setting my taskbar to 'hide' too. :bang: :D

[Corabar Steve]

People who reply to posts using only smilies

[Corabar Steve]

:sj:

[Marc J]

I'm pretty sure you're the culprit that keeps setting my taskbar to 'hide' too. :bang: :D

Guilty as charged :D

[Shaun]

Yeah, thought as much. :D

[sleah]

A Mac user? God no!

Phew, close one there!:D

Take your point about screen res, I'm on a 22incher :p
Guess it's just a personal preference, personally I prefer maximized:)

More hates:
Fact that half the web is dead:mad: How many times to you click on a search result and get 'Page Cannot be displayed'??
And websites that are 1000's years out of date, that I'm visiting because I want up to date information. Like prices: £100 ...... page last updated 2003BC:mad: :mad:

Huge hate: bl00dy holding listing pages.
Do a search for sommert, and the half of the links that do work are just lists of links to other pages that are just lists of links that link to other pages full of lists of links....:bang: :bang: :bang:

[Jiggles]

What have people got against people who own macs!!!! :p

[sleah]

What have people got against people who own macs!!!! :p

Nothing against the people that own them........sympathy maybe :p :p :p :p
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[Jiggles]

My mac out performs my windows PC! Put that in your pipe and smoke it :D What do you think I'm on at the moment :D

[Dragonfly]

My mac out performs my windows PC! Put that in your pipe and smoke it :D What do you think I'm on at the moment :D

no idea we can't read your posts callum they are all in italian or something??? :D :D :D :D

[Jiggles]

yeees Sorry im speaking a different language! :D Its called Eyemouth. Very difficult to learn :p

[Corabar Steve]

What do you think I'm on at the moment :D
Forum rules prevent an honest answer :sj:

[Jiggles]

Watch it Steve! :D:D