I think I just saw the worst dialog box in human history. This is so atrocious, there is no dialog box being made by any programmer on planet earth that can beat the mindnumbing stupidity of this contraption. Observe:
I don’t give a damn about what Viewpoint is, or whether it’s been updated or not. It’s probably some sort of spyware, why would I click ‘Who is Viewpoint?’ (but I sure would like to know what it is). And why do I need to hit an Update button if I’ve been Updated, as the title says? And ok, there’s no restart required, but what the hell will clicking Update do? And don’t you even dare tell me your opinion about my browser, you’re just a fucking program.
That’s just the start though. The satanic aspects are yet to come: it’s undismissable! Unlike most notices that pop up on the bottom right, (Windows, Java, Firefox and co. update notifications), it didn’t go away in a few seconds. Worse: it didn’t go away when you move focus to another program, it stays at the goddamned top of the screen. So this demonic implement is taking 20% of my screen space and just sitting there. WHERE ARE THE OK AND CANCEL BUTTONS? WHERE IS THE TOP RIGHT CLOSE BUTTON? WHERE IS THE CANCEL BUTTON, FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT’S HOLY, HOW DO I DISMISS THIS DIALOG?!
Dear coders, designers, and other people who have the power to summon that UI element born in the depths of misery-inflicting laboratories, the dialog box: You must never, ever, ever make a dialog box without a cancel action. You just can’t. There is no operating system dialog in Windows XP that can not be dismissed, your program is not important enough to presume that it has higher priority. Are you fucking kidding me? Never, ever, ever, make an undismissable dialog box. Unless my house is on fire, I don’t care enough.
When it comes to installing spyware, the only option is YES. They don’t want to give you an option. Their pop-up blocker doesn’t block all pop-ups, just the ones that they’re not popping up. I’ve been jacked by this before and if you ever see it show up in Add/Remove programs, for the love of God, you better just Nuke your hard drive and start over!
err… sorry Firas, it wasn’t Viewpoint that was updated. It was “YOU”.
So how does it feel to be fully updated?
ROTFLMAO…..
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Free .be Top-Level Domains until January 2006 You can register up to 10 domain names per person until January 2006. This post says it’s part of a promo for the Belgium registry. The Typographic Dating Game and The Dialog Box from Hell Remember Arial vs. Helvetica (The Game)? Don’t ever code a dialog box without a Cancel button. Both from firasd.org. November is National Novel Writing Month Scramble to write a 50,000 word novel within the month of November. Who knows?
thats about as stupid as the adobe cs2 updater dialogue box. you run the updater and the adobe updater says it needs to be updated before cs2 can be updated
~jane stop this crazy thing!
It’s actually a media player made by 2 guys at mozilla and 5 at netscape.
By default, adobe reader installs it.