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Category Archives: Hall of Shame

CutePDF: F A I L

01-May-08

This:

is obviously not the case:

Citrix Drops The Icon Ball

01-May-08

Instead of waiting for Citrix to support Windows Vista icon sizes in their new beta client, I’ve updated it myself. I’ll bet the Mac OS X client gets a full size icon (Leopard supports 512 x 512 pixels). Why does Vista have to be a second class citizen?
Here’s the before and after shots:

I’m sure [...]

Should We Need To Inform The User They’re Running With Limited Rights?

16-Jan-08

Expecting an application to execute correctly when run with limited user privileges should be something that we take for granted. Alas in the real world this is not the case, but things are getting better, if slowly.
Perhaps we’re currently in some sort of transition process as demonstrated by Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0. Adobe feel’s that [...]

Tip Of The Day - Ain’t Got No Tips

07-Jan-08

It’s been a while since an entrant in the Hall of Shame, so today I’m pleased to bring you a bit of a chuckle courtesy of ACDSee Standard 5.0. It seems that the Tips dialog in this old version, doesn’t like it if you’ve installed the application to a non-default location (think sequencing in [...]