Whatever happened to Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V?
they’re near my left hand, which currently holds the mouse. (i am right handed but alternate to avoid ruining my hands and wrists)
You… can’t hit Ctrl-V and Ctrl-C with your right hand? Do you have tiny doll hands or a giant keyboard?
the programmers can’t make the ctrl/shift+ins/del keys function like they have for +90% of windows programs for the past two decades?
the programmers can’t make the ctrl/shift+ins/del keys function like they have for +90% of windows programs for the past two decades?
Yes, goddamnit, I really do want to change the file extension from “.m” to “.mm”. Just like I wanted to change it the last 17 times you asked me.
Suggestion, if possible… shell to DOS and do a “ren *.m *.mm”. I have to rename files all the time. Windows 7 is especially annoying for extensions because when you click rename, it automatically highlights everything but the extension.
i actually like that feature, but i haven’t had to change file extensions on anything yet. induced nerd rage postponed.
At one point I was making fairly heavy use of File Renamer, which has a windows GUI for batch renaming. It’ll do a lot of things which aren’t possible with the command box and wildcards. Eventually I stopped using the photo processing software that was forcing me to do this renaming, and since then I haven’t touched it.
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Don’t flash the cursor inside of your edit field unless you have the input focus. PLEASE. Steam does this, FireFox does this, tons of apps do this. A basic tenet of Windows UI is that the flashing cursor indicates where typed input will go. If you don’t have the focus, don’t flash a cursor at me!
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People who smack their lips while recording tutorial videos. I understand that it’s looking a gift horse in the mouse to complain about lip smacking in free videos but come on … every time they do it, I cringe and get distracted.
I love the information in Wayne Robson’s Mudbox tutorials but damn … Wayne, move the mic away from your mouth.
I don’t need to hear every breath, squish and squiggle going on in there.
Quitch
1691
Windows which steal focus and have the cancel button selected by default.
Finished downloading that 1GB file in IE? Windows copying that file from temp to its final destination? You were typing in another window and pressing space? Bye bye, download.
On that note: Loading a website and immediately clicking a search field and entering information only to watch the focus go somewhere else when the page finishes loading, causing all your keystrokes to execute various operations.
Zylon
1694
Web pages that refuse to function correctly when they can’t load all their ads.
Setup programs that insist on making sure I’ve got enough room to install the program, and in the process search every drive letter I have attached. Including the network folders and external backup drive.
This is the leading cause of me wanting to choke the Escapist’s website.
Do not IM me with work questions when my status icon CLEARLY states that I am at lunch! And don’t do it AGAIN when I’m on my afternoon break! You know I can’t just ignore that little blinky window and let the problem sit until I’m done, I’m way too Type A for that!
You know I can’t just ignore that little blinky window and let the problem sit until I’m done, I’m way too Type A for that!
Yes, they DO know that. :)
dermot
1699
QFMFT
Bonus rage if it was a dialog box imparting information that I’m now convinced was critically important to my future wellbeing. What did it say?! WHAT DID IT SAY?!
