#poorDesign

2026-01-06

Today's task will be in the basement cleaning out the Dryer vent system of Lint.

Because Dryer manufacturers do not make this easy - I will have to fully open the entire unit and set those screws & parts aside. Then vacuum out the entire Lint path to outside.

If they only had a small panel with a push button closure - this could be a 10-15 minute job versus the more than an hour this will take.

#ApplianceManufacturers
#PoorDesign

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John Gordon 📷Bluedonkey
2025-11-17

... what is means is that I have configured three triggers for alerts. The actual information about what is missing is all the way down at the bottom of the page, after scrolling all the way down, even below their "ad" panel (which is telling me about "welcome tips" although I've been suffering through this crapware since he was in kindergarten (now in high school).

So, the important information is at the bottom, and the settings are highlighted at the top.

2025-10-04

The #ATO Australian Tax Return for Companies is a #poordesign form. It is a multi-page form, with numbered item sections, and then letter labels for individual fields. However the combination of page + item number + label letter is not unique, so you have to refer to items by their full name. e.g. page 6, item 8 - label K, could refer to item K - Commercial Debt forgiveness, or K - Unfranked dividends paid.

Stewart V. Wrightsvw@fosstodon.org
2025-09-10

I'm trying to create a #password that fits the usual poorly designed password rules.

Minimum 8, max 30 characters... Almost as if they are storing it in a database rather than hashing it. 🤔

The rule I'm enjoying most is "Not allow three or more consecutive characters"

Minimum of 8 characters, but no three together. Um... 🤷‍♂️

#PoorDesign #SecurityTheatre

DevijandDevijand
2025-09-06

After attending a fun family shindig we spent the night in a hotel nearby. This was my route to get out of bed 🤣🤷 (And I never bumped my toes on this monstrosity which is a huge win in my book)

A bed as seen from the headboard down. To the left is a wall with a radiator, there's about two feet of space between the bed and the wall and right at the end of that narrow pathway is a huge square wooden pillar. It's EXACTLY in the middle of the path.
Bob LeFridge :tinoflag:BobLefridge@mastodon.nz
2025-07-10

Stuff is having a little trumpet about it's new look home page. They say "All of these changes are grounded in feedback (from users)" and one of the major "features" they're celebrating is "Larger preview images".

I didn't ask for that. Did anyone?

The problem is in most cases they've only changed the code which displays the thumbnail, while the original image remains it's original tiny size.

As an example, you can make a 200x250 pixel image display as 400x500 pixels. It's four times the size with no new pixels added. It loads fast but it looks awful.

And that's how they ended up with this sort of pixelated mess. It's hard to imagine that nobody at Stuff has noticed the badly degraded images on their front page.

stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360749709/

#Stuff #NZ #PoorDesign

A screengrab from the Stuff home page showing a couple of enlarged thumbnails looking decidedly fuzzy and pixedlated.
2024-12-18

Just fixed my fridge freezer, the drain was blocked and the freezer compartments were icing up. I would very much like to have a conversation with the person who decided on the location of the drain hole, which means you have to do quite a bit of disassembly to get at it.
#diy #PoorDesign

2024-08-30

As I’m closing laptops getting ready to help with some chores for the holiday my son lets me know his humidifier a.co/d/78PLQta has stopped working. I’m thinking something minor, well what we have here is comical. Either the microchip (ic1) failed due to an overload by itself or the seal was compromised and water intrusion caused it to fail. Anyway it was purchased in June 2023 for 30 USD plus tax. The module itself WKP-015D aliexpress.us/item/32568060125 is available on AliExpress for 12.72 USD plus shipping which is essentially 50% the cost of a new one with tax. The problem is the revision of board is the same so it’ll fail exactly the same way again which means it’s now trash. We could probably replace the individual microcontroller and other bits here and there but it’d be cheaper and quicker to just buy a new one. The real issue here is the poor design. I’d say it’s an Amazon problem but it’s getting worse and more prevalent everywhere. It’d probably be easier to get him a hot plate and have him boil water into the atmosphere than to try and go through all of the cheaply and poorly designed humidifiers online. Every year I feel like it gets even worse. Poorly designed and manufactured Chinese goods are doing 📈 and the rest of the worlds wallets are doing 📉 where is the bottom?!

#righttorepair #badmanufacturing #poordesign

Gerrit Eicker 🇪🇺🇺🇦gerrit@eicker.news
2024-06-05

@ton @technews Or it simply comes down to the fundamentally #poordesign of the #law and #enforcement. In my opinion, the #Commission has taken on far too many initiatives in the current legislative period and turned them into laws. Unfortunately, a lot has been poorly thought out. And the repairs are also taking their time.

pablolarahpablolarah
2024-05-22
Orange text on light blue background:
The Worst Website In The Entire World
2023-05-25

@c_9 This is asinine. Will there be a magnifying glass at each booth?

Look how easy it will be for candidate Simryn Fenby?? to gain votes intended for Josh Matlow.

#BubblesToTheRight #BubblesToTheLeft
#PoorDesign #accessibility
#voteTO #topoli #toronto

Ballot showing how easily it is to fill in the circle for Simryn Fenby when the  intended vote is for Josh Matlow #BubblesToTheRight #BubblesToTheLeft
2023-05-19

Doing maintenance on my son’s Lenovo Legion T5. Glad i checked before ordering an aftermarket cooler, because the cooler on this AM4 AMD motherboard is NOT AM4 cooler compatible .. it’s in fact Intel measurements between the mounting holes and backplate .. Yes i have the crate it came in, and havw checked it - no conversion brackets included .. #pcgaming #pcgamers #pcmasterrace #lenovo #legion #amd #poordesign #baddesign

2023-03-14

In #MicrosoftTeams your Team Chat is on a separate tab than regular chat. WHY is this so!?!? It's so frustrating to find you've missed messages because there is no unified chat. #PoorDesign #Teams #Rant

Harriet :verified:savvykenya@famichiki.jp
2023-03-03

Last night I was filling in never-ending fields in a form on a Japanese website and got so mad I went to sleep. I have to take a deep breath and start again today. I'm sure they never saved my progress #poorDesign

2022-12-22

Det er jo bare sjusk og elendig UI design?! #apple #ui #poordesign

Dynamic Island too close to icons in iOS
DougN :coffeev:​ 😷 :CApride:RandomCanuck@mstdn.ca
2022-11-30

@TRyanGregory Key paragraph:

“The authors cautioned that HCWs could have been infected outside of the hospital and that the results may not apply to other countries because of differences in treatment effects.” /2

#covid #covid-19 #masks #study #inconclusive #poorDesign

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