4 ms·

Fractions of a second of punishment seems far too little for this type of crime. I think the program should be punished for at least whole seconds.

• yareally 13y ago
  Not applications, but I will refresh unruly/bad ui web pages with a timed auto-refresh (like every 5-10 seconds so I'm not overdoing it) with a 404 url that leaves a log messages related to whatever the annoyance is (in hopes the developer/sys admin will perhaps see it). If it's a really angry message, I will sometimes give an apology message a while later when I'm not so annoyed :)
  • glanch 13y ago
    You mean you force a 404 error, then add a URL param like /404.html?message=you_need_to_fix_feature_x, then refresh it a bunch so it'll hopefully gain a developer's attention? That's hilarious.
  • mnarayan01 13y ago
    Heh. Though speaking just for myself, I disable 404 notifications if there's no referrer, so I'd only see it if I happened to be trawling through the log with extreme care (i.e. never). If other developers are like me, you might want to use curl (or whatever) so that the referrer is actually set. In fact...I may start doing this.
    • yareally 13y ago
      Didn't think about it being filtered on no referrer, but that would make sense after thinking about it and why. I end up doing it hoping it has a better chance of reaching someone with the power to fix stuff in some of the larger companies. Going through the PR front end sometimes feels like a lesson in futility so might as well try to make it fun and hope someone listens while defusing web rage :) Thanks.