MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - General rant (un-named online university)

> Why is the site a pile of steaming garbage? Because the site was mostly coded by
> SA's or the lowest bidder.
>
> Why was a pile of steaming garbage approved? Because the schools "board" (read people
> as stiff as) are old, stuck in their ways, and wouldn't know where to begin in
> validating a proper piece of code from steaming garbage.
>
> Why haven't they fixed it? Because that requires money. And effort. And re-training
> (or so everyone on said "board" will say). I'll also personally guarantee that fixing
> it requires an upgrade of some other ancillary component that will be an automatic
> death nail in the idea. The words "we'll need to upgrade XXX" scare the crap out of
> anyone making a decision/risk assessment...especially if they don't know anything
> about the item they are assessing. As long as it is usable in some form it isn't
> changing. This answer also applies to the hospital scenario mentioned below.
>
>
> That said, here is your candy. Happy Saturday.
>
>
> > Just blowing off some steam...hoping maybe Andrew will post a reply with a pic of
> one
> > of his beauties to cheer me up ;-)
> >
> > So I was one of a small number of people selected by my company to get their
> > Bachelor's degree, paid for in full. Fantastic - very happy, and appreciative
> seeing
> > as it's something I've wanted to do, but time, family, (and most certainly - funds)
> > have made it difficult for me to pursue otherwise.
> >
> > Thing is...it's an online university. No problem there....but the navigation is
> F'kin
> > horrible. Go to the general homepage to login...a second tab opens in Firefox (and
> IE
> > when I do it at work)....click on the pre-work assignment...a third tab opens. Read
> > through the page and follow the instructions and more tabs open. Before you know it
> > you have 10 tabs open. Is this really necessary?
> >
> > I don't mind the occasional pop-up quiz, answer the questions and click "submit"
> and
> > the window closes, returning you to the previous page type scenario...but this is
> > crazy. On top of it, you have PDFs and Word checklists they have you download in
> > tandem with what you're working on.
> >
> > Then there's the page to verify your software/hardware...it says my Windows Media
> > Player needs to be updated (they require v.11 or greater...and I have v.12)...so I
> go
> > along with them and click this "upgrade" link which takes me to MS's "GenuineCheck"
> > page - which, when run, says "This version of GenuineCheck is no longer
> > supported"...wtf...google a solution and see "Please download and run the Microsoft
> > Genuine Advantage Diagnostics Tool." Really!? Aw for fks sake...
> >
> > Oh yea...I running Win7 (all Windows Updates installed) Firefox 24.0 with all
> > plug-ins up to date (I'm a bit OCD about that sorta thing)....
> >
> > Why can't they have a simple "home" page you land on when you log in...and if you
> > need to post on a discussion forum, or read some assignment, have that page be a
> > one-off which closes and returns you to your home page when completed...
> >
> > grr....