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Jan 18, 2017 09:57

Congratulations YouView , you've rejigged your UI and made it less intuitive and more annoying to use ( Read more... )

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rhodielady_47 January 18 2017, 11:14:06 UTC
Congratulations!
You have just added a colorful new phrase to my already extensive vocabulary!
"Hooterem sideways with the rough end of a pineapple."
Although I'm not precisely sure what this means, I'm completely convinced that I do NOT want it done to me!
;^D
(Laughing!)

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cat63 January 18 2017, 12:18:01 UTC
In the wilds of usenet, there is an oasis of daftness known as
uk.rec.sheds. The denizens thereof (of which I was once one) use a
strange and impenetrable lingo known as "shedspeak". For reasons which
have escaped my rapidly declining brain, "hooter" is used nstead of
"bugger" there to a large degree.

The rough end of a pineapple is a phrase I picked up from a former boss
of mine. Nice chap, if a bit sweary :)

And you're quite correct, it doesn't sound at all pleasant. Although I
daresay, as with many things that don't appeal to me personally, there
are those that *would* enjoy it. De gustibus non disputandem est* and all
that.

* Loosely translated - "Do not argue upon the windy charabanc"

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rhodielady_47 January 18 2017, 12:40:37 UTC
Oh dear....
I just don't have enough friends in all the wrong places if no one ever thought to introduce me to uk.rec.sheds!

(Hint: People from the Deep South can get really creative when it comes time to insult someone.)
;^)

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agoodwinsmith January 18 2017, 18:31:04 UTC
I promise not to argue upon the windy charabanc.

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rhiannon_s January 18 2017, 14:02:12 UTC
Changing user interfaces are the bane of my life. I just get things set up the way I like them, and they go and change. Deepest sympathies and if you've any room in the pineapple bed then I'd like to grow a couple of my own to use on offenders.

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cat63 January 18 2017, 14:11:59 UTC
Thanks. It's the mentality of fiddling with stuff for the sake of it that annoys me so much - especially when, as in this case, they take something that worked perfectly well and make it hugely worse.

I mean, I'm not good with change, I recognise that, but this is like renovating with a flippin' bulldozer. Bah.

I've written to them and commented on their FB page, but i suspect the number of fucks they give is this:- none whatsoever...

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cat63 January 19 2017, 08:36:43 UTC
The one with all the spiky leaves on, or so I've always assumed ;)

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