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Posted by El Kabong on 07/24/07 20:01
"Bergamot" <bergamot@visi.com> wrote in message
news:5gn02qF2rci9oU1@mid.individual.net...
> For example: I frequented a well-known weather site for several years,
> but at some point it seemed more interested in having me watch
> non-weather related videos and ads than showing me anything about (gasp)
> *weather*. The site I use now isn't "pretty" but it's got great info and
> they don't make me jump through hoops to get to it.
>
> It took me weeks to find any site with sufficient local info that wasn't
> a real PITA to use. Why should this be so hard? :(
>
Oh, man! Did you hit the nail on the top with that one.
That trend goes way beyond Web sites unfortunately. Software also suffers
from the "be-all-to-all" syndrome. MusicMatch Jukebox started out as a
fantastic little tool for ripping, & burning, but mostly managing music
files. It was wonderful... easy to use and loaded quickly. Now, Yahoo owns
it and they couldn't care less about whether or not I can manage my files,
print my playlists, or load my e280. All they want to do is sell me crap
music that no one else wants to buy either. Now a pop-up nag screen insists
that I download the latest version of their bloatware and I don't want it.
Will they give me a "Don't show this anymore" checkbox? What do you think?
This is a typical situation, brought on by desperate marketing grads, who
picked what they thought would be a soft career and found out they would
actually have to compete for eyeballs and ears. The only way they think they
can get those is with garbage gimmicks, whether it's Web gadgets or pop-ups,
pop-unders, flash movies, tricky clicks that don't lead to the info you
expected... anything to make you look.
And all it does is make me mad.
This is still a rant, right? Hope so or I'm OT.
El
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