Monday, November 05, 2007

The 10 [or 12] biggest Web annoyances

In its relatively short life, the World Wide Web has already made many of our most mundane, tedious tasks quicker and easier to perform. But there are still a surprising number of activities -- from helping us buy concert tickets to protecting our privacy -- that, for one reason or another, the Web still can't get right, stirring the ire of even the most patient users. We look at 10 of the worst of them.

What they did not mention were 2 other annoyances that drive us mad.
1] Lists : when you can't think of anything to write about - create a list.
2] Having to scroll through 4 pages of ads when the entire story could be done on one page [which, by the way, is what I have done here]. The main item uses approx 20% of the page space, the rest is just drivel. Does anyone, ever, scroll down the page to the "Partnered Content" or "Sponsored Links"?


Read the article HERE.

The Web's 12 Scariest Applications
Here are some popular programs that users crave despite their security flaws. They may be hiding beneath your bed or in the darkest corners of your business, but you know them when you smell them: applications so popular you'd have to break users' fingers to stop them from creeping into the network.


Read the article HERE.

Top ten evil computers
Ah, computers. They make our lives so easy... but we should fear them, for they may yet turn on us. We've collected together ten of the most evil computers. These are in no particular order.

Read the article HERE.

Top Ten Evolutionary Technologies That Failed
Every few years some new technology arrives that promises to evolve a previous one or perform an incremental improvement to the previous generation. Sometimes it's a success. Sometimes it's a monumental failure. Here's my Top Ten list, in no particular order.

Take a look HERE.


And coming soon to a blog near you - the top 10 lists

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