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"Windows error alerts. If you’ve used Windows then you’re familiar with the limited help that happens when an error occurs. So this popup is actually pretty cl
by skylan_q 14y ago
"Windows error alerts. If you’ve used Windows then you’re familiar with the limited help that happens when an error occurs. So this popup is actually pretty clear on what needs to happen, but WHY isn’t the URL clickable? Okay, maybe that was too hard, I’ll simply select the text, copy, paste…Oh right, I CAN’T SELECT TEXT IN THE POPUP! (yes, I’m shouting) Really, after a quarter of a century you son’t see the value in letting me copy text from the error dialog?"
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This.
I've been running xfce on arch since October on my main machine, and I've yet to have a fit of frustration. There's nothing terribly idiotic, and I can always easily access what I need. I've got about 3 years of experience with Linux under my belt.
I've been using Windows wince about 1995. I'd say I average about 1 fit of rage a day from using Windows at work as a result of stupid little things such as the above. Just yesterday, I had an explorer window open, and I wasn't able to move up a directory as there was no "up a directory" button nor the parent directory listed in the address bar. How in the hell am I supposed to move up a directory?
I know this is just kvetching, but HOW IN THE FUCK CAN A $200 BILLION COMPANY FUCK THIS UP FOR OVER 20 YEARS??
I'm happy I'm never stuck using MS Office. I've too many friends who cry about how it crashes itself right before/right as they try to save their file. To me, this paints Word (and other products in the suite) as some kind of sadistic bully; you're just about to hand in your assignment to the teacher, and the Word bully comes along, rips the assignment out of your hand, tears it to shreds and quips "Haha! Fuck you!" leaving you in tears while Word bully disappears and is not held accountable. </Rant>
- nos4A2 14y agoActually you can Ctrl+C on an error dialogue box to get all the text (then paste in a text editor and select).. I am guessing this decision was made to allow the errors to be more "definite"..
- anonymfus 14y agoCtrl+C works for copying all text of error alert. It's still frustrating because for googling usually better to enter only part of it. >Just yesterday, I had an explorer window open, and I wasn't able to move up a directory as there was no "up a directory" button nor the parent directory listed in the address bar. Fixed in Windows 8.
- greenyoda 14y agoEven in Windows 7's file explorer, you can move up to any ancestor directory in the path (not just the immediate parent) by clicking on that directory in the path displayed at the top of the window.
- anonymfus 14y agoBut skylan_q wrote that in his case parent directory was not listed in address bar. I don't know how it's possible, but believe him.
- greenyoda 14y agoHe also said that there was "no 'up a directory' button", which suggested to me an unfamiliarity with the Windows UI for navigating up the directory path. Or maybe he was using a version of Windows older than Windows 7.
- anonymfus 14y agoThis way of navigating was introduced with Vista; older versions had up button.