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Excatly. German speaker here, parent is correct. I looked for a description in English, I found this exchange on reddit which IMO describes it exactly: "What n
by PavlovsCat 7y ago
Excatly. German speaker here, parent is correct. I looked for a description in English, I found this exchange on reddit which IMO describes it exactly:
"What never works exactly as it's supposed to?" "Opening YouTube videos on a PowerPoint" "It works fine until the actual presentation"
But it can also refer to a bug that usually happens not happening when you try to show the bug to someone else. E.g. having no TV reception for some reason and getting someone to look at it, but when they show up, the reception is perfect.
- jsjolen 7y agoIt just means "demonstration effect", right?
- doubletgl 7y agoParent comment is wrong, as you just demonstrated with your statement about the bug not occurring.
- rndgermandude 7y agoParent comment is correct, because you try to show the bug but it won't rear it's ugly head when you do, so the bug does NOT work.
- rzzzt 7y agoSooo was the famous Windows 98 BSOD a case of the Vorführeffekt or not? Plug'n'play functionality for the scanner did not work when demonstrated to the audience in that instance.
- PavlovsCat 7y agoYes, if what usually happens in private (and what you are hoping to demonstrate to another person or an audience) is different from what happens when you demonstrate it, you can [0] call it Vorführeffekt. [0] since it's not an actual effect [0a], kinda like Murphy's law isn't a real law, you can call it that way, but you're not required to. [0a] other than maybe nervousness of the presenter affecting things, but I don't think Windows is ever nervous about crashing.