Have you ever found something really badly designed? Something which obscurity of its functions makes it hard to understand its use? Something almost unusable to a point it would drive you mad using it too often? Perhaps, a fool's design? Then you have come to the right place. Post your findings here and help making the world a saner place.
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2013-08-26 16:41 »

Fool's design.

Requiring login for commenting is foolish. Always has been. Always will be.

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Fredledingue

2013-08-27 01:02 »

I agree. And that's the main reason I don't reply on most blogs I would like to. A pitty but I realy don't have time registering everytime I want to post a comment and the website is different.

Also foolish are the almost unreadable "captcha" sometimes even when you are already logged in. I have seen some... I regret I didn't make print screens to post them here.

Fredledingue

2013-08-27 01:11 »

On google you can find some nice specimens:

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2013-08-27 01:12 »

Indeed! We have had ParanormalStories.com for years and years (since 2002) and never, have we asked for registration or an idiotic "captcha". All it takes is just 2 minutes of your time once in a while to clean out the junk (spam). The result is a pleasant environment for your visitors, even random ones, to make a comment with ease.

Our thinking was that even though a visitor might only visit once, it is important to allow that one random visitor to speak his/her mind because what that person posts might be of benefit for other readers.

Putting obstacles for your visitors makes many good commenters to never reply == Loss of knowledge.

CharlotteTheHarlot

2013-08-27 01:44 »

Fredledingue wrote:On google you can find some nice specimens:

( CAPTCHA images )


All excellent examples too. Exhibits A-Z at their trials for violations of the Eighth Amendment - cruel and unusual punishment of their web browsing victims.

CAPTCHA authors are sentenced to hang by their necks until they are ... well just leave them hanging instead.

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Fredledingue

2013-08-27 22:04 »

I like this phylosophy of letting everyone post a comment.

And hate those "engineers" who think message board moderation can be done programaticaly. It never works.

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2013-08-28 18:26 »

It is all about collecting user information to sell and to control people. To map their behaviour. Of course, many do it without any specific reason but simply because they are fools.
:lol:

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2013-08-30 14:07 »

The first one is "ilepave" but the second one... WHAT THE FUCK? ::wtf:: What kind of a person allows this on a Web site? The answer is simple, a complete fool of course.

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CharlotteTheHarlot

2013-08-31 20:19 »

There's a cure for that, and it guarantees to be an effective deterrent - future CAPTCHA designers will be on their best behavior and the current author will never do it again!

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