> 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....
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