Comments on: Features: Delightful and Infuriating http://seedround.com/features-delightful-and-infuriating The Adventures of Boxxet, Startup Life, and the Web. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:33:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Bob Corrigan http://seedround.com/features-delightful-and-infuriating#comment-11151 Bob Corrigan Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:58:13 +0000 http://seedround.com/features-delightful-and-infuriating#comment-11151 Every PM should have a big rubber stamp and an even bigger red ink pad that is used to imprint "DON'T SUCK" on every PRD they write or review. I am infuriated - like you are - by products that fail to take into consideration how people use them. Especially since developers people. This is not to say that they are not human - but they are a different type of user than the consumer. "Why would you put a dollar sign in that field? That's dumb. I'll just throw an error, because I'm as likely to see a dollar sign as a percent sign, and I only have to write the character recognition sequence once." (Bob reaches for the red stamp. . .) Courage. Every PM should have a big rubber stamp and an even bigger red ink pad that is used to imprint “DON’T SUCK” on every PRD they write or review.

I am infuriated - like you are - by products that fail to take into consideration how people use them. Especially since developers people.

This is not to say that they are not human - but they are a different type of user than the consumer.

“Why would you put a dollar sign in that field? That’s dumb. I’ll just throw an error, because I’m as likely to see a dollar sign as a percent sign, and I only have to write the character recognition sequence once.”

(Bob reaches for the red stamp. . .)

Courage.

]]> By: Jason http://seedround.com/features-delightful-and-infuriating#comment-8891 Jason Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:12:07 +0000 http://seedround.com/features-delightful-and-infuriating#comment-8891 Perhaps you inadvertently picked up the Swahili QuickBooks edition? If it accepts Tanzanian Shilling amounts, you've got your answer. Perhaps you inadvertently picked up the Swahili QuickBooks edition? If it accepts Tanzanian Shilling amounts, you’ve got your answer.

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