3volver@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 months agoWhat's something you believed to be true but recently learned is actually false?message-squaremessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squareWhat's something you believed to be true but recently learned is actually false?3volver@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squarehelpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoAh yes, not reading the dialog box and getting upset when it does exactly what it said it would do. An idea that transcends across generations.
minus-squarecucumber_sandwich@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoMaybe being bombarded with cookie banners and bullshit popups teaches you to ignore dialog boxes.
minus-squarehelpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-27 months agoYes, that certently doesn’t help, but this was a problem 30 years ago too. Maybe we need dialog boxes to ocassionally ask to do stupid shit so people start reading them “Invert colors for 5 minutes?” “Make mouse gigantic for 5 min?” “Turn screen upsidedown for a minute?” Now you have to read.
minus-squarefhqwgads@possumpat.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoI think you just invented Windows 13.
minus-squarehelpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-27 months agoUnfortuanlty if MS does it, they’ll forget the time out part and we’ll be the ones who have to undo it all.
minus-squareDevi@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoI did IT support at one point, when they have an issue but don’t know what the box said you know you’re having a bad time!
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoAnd getting them to replicate the issue and NOT click through the error without reading it was a massive chore
minus-squareDevi@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoYou’ve just activated a form of PTSD in my brain. Stood next to someone and you see the box appear and they instantly click. “What did that say?” “Dunno” Why click on it if you don’t know???
Ah yes, not reading the dialog box and getting upset when it does exactly what it said it would do.
An idea that transcends across generations.
Maybe being bombarded with cookie banners and bullshit popups teaches you to ignore dialog boxes.
Yes, that certently doesn’t help, but this was a problem 30 years ago too.
Maybe we need dialog boxes to ocassionally ask to do stupid shit so people start reading them
Now you have to read.
This actually sounds like fun!
I think you just invented Windows 13.
Unfortuanlty if MS does it, they’ll forget the time out part and we’ll be the ones who have to undo it all.
I did IT support at one point, when they have an issue but don’t know what the box said you know you’re having a bad time!
And getting them to replicate the issue and NOT click through the error without reading it was a massive chore
You’ve just activated a form of PTSD in my brain. Stood next to someone and you see the box appear and they instantly click.
“What did that say?”
“Dunno”
Why click on it if you don’t know???