Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.

'Shindig'


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Sean K - Apr 14, 2008 9:08:26 am PDT #5684 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

UI HATERATION:

Windows ME
Windows Vista (which I have only looked at/heard reports second hand)
ANY entirely Flash-based website (like most "upcoming" movie web sites).

The CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder video game. I picked up this video game on a whim, being a CSI fan, and wanting to see what the game would be like. The game consists of going to crime scenes, clicking around until you find all the evidence, going back to CSI and clicking on all the various rooms and equipment until you have processed all the evidence, and talking to all the various characters suspects until the crime is solved (and yep, "talking to people" consists of pressing the space bar until all the dialog has been displayed -- you frequently get options of questions to ask, but you have to go through them all to "solve" the crime anyway, so that doesn't really matter).

It is a video game that plays itself. It only requires input from a human(?*) to make mouse clicks in the right places and space bar through the dialog. Add to the fact that the "3 Dimensions" of the title refers to both the number of cases you have to solve in the game (three, yep, only three) and the fact that all the characters (voiced by the actual CSI actors) are given half-assed 3-D computer animation, so you've got a major Uncanny Valley thing going on all game, and this is one of my top contenders for Worst Video Game Evar.

(*Not only do I think a chimp could play and "win" this game as fast as any human, I think a chimp could write a script to randomly send mouse movements, clicks, and space bar hits to the game, thereby removing the need for any living thing to be involved in "playing" the game.)


Glamcookie - Apr 14, 2008 9:09:27 am PDT #5685 of 25501
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

Thanks for the ideas! I went with Word 2007. I've only used it a few times (in the lab at school) and it made me feel like an idiot. Notes is also a good (bad) one!


NoiseDesign - Apr 14, 2008 9:10:27 am PDT #5686 of 25501
Our wings are not tired

So Sean, what you are trying to say is that I shouldn't buy that game, right?


Sean K - Apr 14, 2008 9:12:24 am PDT #5687 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Drew, if you really despise yourself that much, I can give you my copy. Free of charge.


Sean K - Apr 14, 2008 9:23:40 am PDT #5688 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Also, GC, I am so with you on the iPhone UI *LOVE*. As long as I have any kind of pokey appendage, I can use my iPhone. *LOVE*!


NoiseDesign - Apr 14, 2008 9:25:21 am PDT #5689 of 25501
Our wings are not tired

pokey appendage

t /pron


Sean K - Apr 14, 2008 9:27:02 am PDT #5690 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Um, yeah. That came out...

Yeah.


amych - Apr 14, 2008 9:27:06 am PDT #5691 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

But you'd need two pokey appendages to do a lot of the cool UI tricks

t /pron size="bigger"


Dana - Apr 14, 2008 9:32:07 am PDT #5692 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Windows Vista (which I have only looked at/heard reports second hand)

Eh. It doesn't bother me. It helps to have turned off the User Account Control.

"WARNING! You are about to MAKE A DECISION about using your computer! Are you sure? Are you very sure? What if you regret it later?"


Kevin - Apr 14, 2008 9:41:49 am PDT #5693 of 25501
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

The funny thing with Vista User Account Control is that it's actually a good idea. To prompt you when a program is making a big system change, for security reasons (clamp down on viruses, etc). Mac OSX does it, as does Ubuntu etc. The problem is in Vista is that that seems to prompt all the time.