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Here are my rants for today.
Stupid website designers
Not just public website designers, but intranet app site designers too. The people who make websites that require ActiveX, so won't run in any browser except IE. Or the ones who make websites that are un-navigable from a mobile device. Or the ones who check for specific versions of browsers - like Nedbank, whose internet banking wouldn't work on IE 9 until last week, when IE 9 had been out for a couple of months already. There was no reason it shouldn't have worked, except that they checked the version numbers.
I'm especially annoyed by car manufacturers' websites. The vast majority are flashy, graphics heavy, and completely devoid of any useful technical information, especially for older models.
Serves 4
You get all sorts of pre-made foods etc. that say "Serves 4" or "Serves 2". Even my coffee pot is marked up to 10 cups. Yet all of these servings must have been calibrated for anorexic midgets. I have yet to see a "serves 4" that would have actually fed 4 adults adequately. My coffee maker makes 5 1/2 cups. Maybe it would make 10 espresso cups.
Stupid website designers
Not just public website designers, but intranet app site designers too. The people who make websites that require ActiveX, so won't run in any browser except IE. Or the ones who make websites that are un-navigable from a mobile device. Or the ones who check for specific versions of browsers - like Nedbank, whose internet banking wouldn't work on IE 9 until last week, when IE 9 had been out for a couple of months already. There was no reason it shouldn't have worked, except that they checked the version numbers.
I'm especially annoyed by car manufacturers' websites. The vast majority are flashy, graphics heavy, and completely devoid of any useful technical information, especially for older models.
Serves 4
You get all sorts of pre-made foods etc. that say "Serves 4" or "Serves 2". Even my coffee pot is marked up to 10 cups. Yet all of these servings must have been calibrated for anorexic midgets. I have yet to see a "serves 4" that would have actually fed 4 adults adequately. My coffee maker makes 5 1/2 cups. Maybe it would make 10 espresso cups.