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Computer related pet peeves (reddthat.com)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Vanth@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Watched my coworker move her cursor to the right edge of her right-hand monitor to get it to over to the left side of her left-hand monitor. When I offered to show her how to adjust her display settings, she said she was used to it and didn't want to change it. I don't think I can walk by her desk while she's working ever again.

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[–] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

People who take a photo of their monitor instead of a screenshot.

[–] spizzat2@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm guilty of this for texting or other phone-specific communications.

Sure, I could take a screenshot on the computer, email it to myself, download it to my phone, then add it to a text... Or, I have a camera right there. There has to be a good reason to not take the easy route.

[–] groet@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If your messager can't be used on a computer I feel sorry for you. Signal, Whatsapp, Telegram all have windows or browser clients

[–] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 week ago

Why would a for-profit company spend three millions to develop the desktop application, then a million per month to maintain it, in order to lose your personal data therefore making less money?

[–] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Just use KDE connect to send files between your Phone and PC. Much simpler, and for a photo that would take literal seconds.

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

People who take a screenshot instead of sending a link. I don’t want to see your crusty shitphone or Windows UI, thank you very much.

Or, as a web developer: users who take a screenshot of a problem but completely exclude the URL and/or any other identifier I’d need to actually find the relevant record(s) so I can hope to reproduce the problem and find its cause.

[–] Firipu@startrek.website 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Screenshots are so much faster than a link though on a phone. I do crop mine before sending, but I send a lot of Screenshots in my group chats.

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 1 points 1 week ago

It’s faster? For me it’s a lot faster to hit the share sheet and send a URL than it is to screw around with a screenshot (which is also larger and takes longer to send when using a slow VPN).