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World's worst pop-up dialogs
« on: May 18, 2006, 07:23 AM »
via The Daily WTF, a humorous tech site:

    (1) http://thedailywtf.com/forums/thread/72607.aspx
and
    (2) http://thedailywtf.com/forums/67541/ShowPost.aspx

(Some read like George Bush wrote them, ha!)

     
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Re: World's worst pop-up dialogs
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2006, 07:42 AM »
hahahahahaha some of those on that page are just brilliant!  ;D ;D ;D

my favorites:

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Re: World's worst pop-up dialogs
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2006, 08:35 AM »
I really like



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« Last Edit: May 18, 2006, 08:42 AM by Carol Haynes »

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Re: World's worst pop-up dialogs
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2006, 09:10 AM »
This one actually happened to me:
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If you notice carefully, opera displays a negative transfeer rate ;)

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Re: World's worst pop-up dialogs
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2006, 04:17 PM »
from K9 after I tried to copy and paste from a message that was deleted, but cached in K9. Apparently, it doesn't like you to do that:

All children left unattended will be given a mocha and a puppy.
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Re: World's worst pop-up dialogs
« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2006, 04:39 PM »
My 3 favorites from my collection.
These are real...didn't doctor these in any way.

From Windows ME while trying to move a file:


an error I got while trying to play a CD (you need to be psychic to understand this one):


and my very favorite of all...from AOL 5.0 back in 1999:

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Re: World's worst pop-up dialogs
« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2006, 04:57 AM »
Ah, this crap sure gives you a chance to laugh out loud. Who says tech ain't hilarious?
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Re: World's worst pop-up dialogs
« Reply #7 on: May 20, 2006, 06:03 AM »
Heh! That's great. :D  And then they renamed it AOHELL? :P
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Re: World's worst pop-up dialogs
« Reply #8 on: May 20, 2006, 10:31 PM »
Here's a few:

When I inserted a (fried, as it turned out) USB memory stick.  Probably made in China, eh?


I started to move a file a couple of years ago.  I suppose it's still on the move: almost 3 million minutes is more than 5 years, isn't it?


Don't remember what file I wanted to play, but it couldn't have been a good one...


And finally, the new and all-improved Paint Shop Pro X as a new Corel product:

I really appreciate the option to not have them asking this anymore!  :huh:

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Re: World's worst pop-up dialogs
« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2006, 10:51 PM »
;D ;D ;D
i love the first usb one - i think it's trying to tell you that your usb stick has been infested with space invaders.

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Re: World's worst pop-up dialogs
« Reply #10 on: May 20, 2006, 10:56 PM »
IrmaIsfot, ROFLOL I love the last two there !!

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Re: World's worst pop-up dialogs
« Reply #11 on: May 20, 2006, 10:59 PM »
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I really appreciate the option to not have them asking this anymore!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

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Re: World's worst pop-up dialogs
« Reply #12 on: May 20, 2006, 11:00 PM »
we need to add some of these to dr windows.

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Re: World's worst pop-up dialogs
« Reply #13 on: May 20, 2006, 11:44 PM »
That "catastrofic faliure" error is just hilarious! ;D ;D

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Re: World's worst pop-up dialogs
« Reply #14 on: May 21, 2006, 01:00 AM »
That "catastrofic faliure" error is just hilarious!
Definitely! I wonder if it's describing the program itself or just the error? ;) :D

What's really "fun" about Media Player is that the dialog just repeats the status message. The "details" button also has always repeated the error message whenever I've seen one, without anything else added.
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Re: World's worst pop-up dialogs
« Reply #15 on: May 21, 2006, 10:58 AM »
[offtopic]btw.. how can you post the thumb to an external image?[/offtopic]

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Re: World's worst pop-up dialogs
« Reply #16 on: May 21, 2006, 04:33 PM »
[offtopic]btw.. how can you post the thumb to an external image?[/offtopic]
ImageShack does it automatically over a certain size.
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Re: World's worst pop-up dialogs
« Reply #17 on: May 26, 2006, 12:44 AM »
My friend sent me this one a few years back:

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Prodroduct.

And I just got this one yesterday:

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« Last Edit: May 26, 2006, 12:49 AM by Deozaan »

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Re: World's worst pop-up dialogs
« Reply #18 on: May 30, 2006, 12:32 AM »

And finally, the new and all-improved Paint Shop Pro X as a new Corel product:

I really appreciate the option to not have them asking this anymore!  :huh:

/IrmaIsfot


eww...that's what Corel did to my beloved PSP? I guess PSP 7 will be the last version I ever use.  :(

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