Comments on: Programmer as a user friend or enemy?

By: DevTopics

DevTopics — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:25:01 +0000

Software is simply a tool to increase a person’s productivity. Good software will take into account the human element and attempt to massage input data into the correct format. Few things are as annoying as being rejected by a web form that requires a phone number without dashes, when a single line of code would render this requirement obsolete.

By: alkampfer

alkampfer — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:35:58 +0000

Situation 5 is a good one, the important thing in my opinion is try as much as possible to avoid conflicts between the users and the programmers. It is important that each one takes its responsibilities, and works hard to make a better product.

alk.

By: andreas ringdal

andreas ringdal — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:00:43 +0000

Situation 5: You tell the user that you have made a mistake while you wrote the software and did not think of other ways of separating words. Then you thank then user for pointing it out and that it will be fixed immediately. 5 minutes later, send the user an email telling him that it has been fixed, again thanking him.

Remember to send a summary to your colleagues afterwards to make sure they do not make the same mistakes.

Andreas

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Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:41:35 +0000

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By: David

David — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:22:04 +0000

I have to admit… I’ve done all of these at 1 point or another.
case #1
When I’m getting sick and tired of the customer.
case #2
When I’m getting sick and tired of the project.
else #3

By: Will

Will — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:30:10 +0000

Users are idiots.

By: Bog Sagget

Bog Sagget — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:14:52 +0000

Situation 4. Write a pointless post about it.