Most ridiculous client request
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Why would you walk out on that? Just tell them it's the ordinary check-box, and that you can "code" a new textbox to suit their needs. And that it will cost money, of course. :)
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
It's a very demanding client and they frequently make silly requests like this. Silly in the sense that it has almost nothing to do with if the product actually works or not or that nobody else would even think of wanting to change unrelated details like this. Quite frustrating. But yes, he will be getting the bill for his feature request.
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What is the most ridiculous request you have received from a client? Today in a meeting while demoing the software (a WPF application) the customer complained about the fact that the checkbox ticks fade in and out when you click on them. Apparently it isn't instant enough. It's the closest I've come to just getting up and walking out of a meeting. :doh: btw, found out that the checkbox behavior is to do with the windows theme (windows 7) and just the standard way it works, but I will be able to re-template it and make it like the client wants.
We have a system that raises work orders in another system. The process isn't, and cannot be instant. Requests get queued at the target system, and updates come back out on another queue. This can take up to 3 minutes (rubbish I know, but we do not have any control over the second system). The Work Order number is generated in the second system. When they click to request the job they want to print off a summary sheet. This they can do. It does not have the WO number on it as it does not exist yet. This is not good enough, and when I closed the request saying I could not make the system print off future data it was reopened with the comment that this was unacceptable.
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What is the most ridiculous request you have received from a client? Today in a meeting while demoing the software (a WPF application) the customer complained about the fact that the checkbox ticks fade in and out when you click on them. Apparently it isn't instant enough. It's the closest I've come to just getting up and walking out of a meeting. :doh: btw, found out that the checkbox behavior is to do with the windows theme (windows 7) and just the standard way it works, but I will be able to re-template it and make it like the client wants.
For a search functionality we had to do joins over up to 25 tables in order to scrape together all bits of information that had to appear 'instantly'. They could not be persuaded to add a details view to keep that effort in sane boundaries and were warned that this may turn out to be somewhat slow. Now they are, of course, whining how slow everything is and want another table added to 'instantly' see the current prices. Not even SAP, where the data is coming from, lets you see prices before you fetch the details to one selected item. No, there probably is no particular reason for that. I explained it to them like a mother would to a retarded child, but they insist. I just hope they will not burst into tears and stomp their feet.... The only 'instant' thing I want to hear about now is the invention of instant brains. I would buy a package for all of them and hand it to them with a glass of water.
At least artificial intelligence already is superior to natural stupidity
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What is the most ridiculous request you have received from a client? Today in a meeting while demoing the software (a WPF application) the customer complained about the fact that the checkbox ticks fade in and out when you click on them. Apparently it isn't instant enough. It's the closest I've come to just getting up and walking out of a meeting. :doh: btw, found out that the checkbox behavior is to do with the windows theme (windows 7) and just the standard way it works, but I will be able to re-template it and make it like the client wants.
Jacquers WPF application unresolved bugs: 6542: Splash screen says "Windows" on boot. 7195: Ethernet speed does not exceed 100 Mbit/s. 875: RGB 0,0,0 is not green 4387: Today is Thursday Don't just bluddy sit there! Get on with it!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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What is the most ridiculous request you have received from a client? Today in a meeting while demoing the software (a WPF application) the customer complained about the fact that the checkbox ticks fade in and out when you click on them. Apparently it isn't instant enough. It's the closest I've come to just getting up and walking out of a meeting. :doh: btw, found out that the checkbox behavior is to do with the windows theme (windows 7) and just the standard way it works, but I will be able to re-template it and make it like the client wants.
A web based (html) point of sale client that could handle credit card transactions on the fly with no access to the internet and no install.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. I also do Android Programming as I find it a refreshing break from the MS. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost
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Jacquers WPF application unresolved bugs: 6542: Splash screen says "Windows" on boot. 7195: Ethernet speed does not exceed 100 Mbit/s. 875: RGB 0,0,0 is not green 4387: Today is Thursday Don't just bluddy sit there! Get on with it!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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A web based (html) point of sale client that could handle credit card transactions on the fly with no access to the internet and no install.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. I also do Android Programming as I find it a refreshing break from the MS. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost
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What is the most ridiculous request you have received from a client? Today in a meeting while demoing the software (a WPF application) the customer complained about the fact that the checkbox ticks fade in and out when you click on them. Apparently it isn't instant enough. It's the closest I've come to just getting up and walking out of a meeting. :doh: btw, found out that the checkbox behavior is to do with the windows theme (windows 7) and just the standard way it works, but I will be able to re-template it and make it like the client wants.
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It's a very demanding client and they frequently make silly requests like this. Silly in the sense that it has almost nothing to do with if the product actually works or not or that nobody else would even think of wanting to change unrelated details like this. Quite frustrating. But yes, he will be getting the bill for his feature request.
Welcome to the real world. In over 20 years I've yet to be in a demo meeting at which at least one user was more concerned with a font size/color than they were about the functionality and fitness for purpose of whatever was being shown. If it wasn't for users this would be the greatest job ever.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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What is the most ridiculous request you have received from a client? Today in a meeting while demoing the software (a WPF application) the customer complained about the fact that the checkbox ticks fade in and out when you click on them. Apparently it isn't instant enough. It's the closest I've come to just getting up and walking out of a meeting. :doh: btw, found out that the checkbox behavior is to do with the windows theme (windows 7) and just the standard way it works, but I will be able to re-template it and make it like the client wants.
This is a good sign People, when asked for a review, will tend to critizise the worst aspect they see first. If it's Tüddelkram, it means the rest of the application is OK. If, OTOH, they say "it's fine", they haven't understood either the question or the problem.
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Welcome to the real world. In over 20 years I've yet to be in a demo meeting at which at least one user was more concerned with a font size/color than they were about the functionality and fitness for purpose of whatever was being shown. If it wasn't for users this would be the greatest job ever.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
Mate of mine created a new system years ago, brilliant thing it was, quite revolutionary for the company, demoed it to the management. When they finished there was a silence for a while before one of them said "A bit blue isn't it?". That was the sum total of the feedback.
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This is a good sign People, when asked for a review, will tend to critizise the worst aspect they see first. If it's Tüddelkram, it means the rest of the application is OK. If, OTOH, they say "it's fine", they haven't understood either the question or the problem.
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| FoldWithUs! | sighist | WhoIncludes - Analyzing C++ include file hierarchypeterchen wrote:
If, OTOH, they say "it's fine", they haven't understood either the question or the problem.
Unless they're a woman in which case "it's fine" means you have been a complete bastard in their mind and if you talk to them again you are going to get torn apart so just leave it OK.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends. Shed Petition[^]
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What is the most ridiculous request you have received from a client? Today in a meeting while demoing the software (a WPF application) the customer complained about the fact that the checkbox ticks fade in and out when you click on them. Apparently it isn't instant enough. It's the closest I've come to just getting up and walking out of a meeting. :doh: btw, found out that the checkbox behavior is to do with the windows theme (windows 7) and just the standard way it works, but I will be able to re-template it and make it like the client wants.
There was a question posted in QA some while ago by someone building a shopping cart system for their business. He wanted to know what he needed to do to allow customers to pay for their (internet) purchases by cash.
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Well, if you haven't fixed 4387 by tomorrow morning, you and I will have a problem.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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What is the most ridiculous request you have received from a client? Today in a meeting while demoing the software (a WPF application) the customer complained about the fact that the checkbox ticks fade in and out when you click on them. Apparently it isn't instant enough. It's the closest I've come to just getting up and walking out of a meeting. :doh: btw, found out that the checkbox behavior is to do with the windows theme (windows 7) and just the standard way it works, but I will be able to re-template it and make it like the client wants.
Years back I worked for Northup Grumman at the Naval base at Point Loma, CA. I worked on a Visual FoxPro app that track ships, planes, and subs. We eventually did an at-sea demo on board the USS Corondao. In the demo with the captain, he said (no really, he did), "When there's a sub, I want to hear 'You have a sub', just like AOL's 'You have mail'". I about fell outta my chair laughing so hard.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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There was a question posted in QA some while ago by someone building a shopping cart system for their business. He wanted to know what he needed to do to allow customers to pay for their (internet) purchases by cash.
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Yes, I saw that, gave me a :laugh: .
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What is the most ridiculous request you have received from a client? Today in a meeting while demoing the software (a WPF application) the customer complained about the fact that the checkbox ticks fade in and out when you click on them. Apparently it isn't instant enough. It's the closest I've come to just getting up and walking out of a meeting. :doh: btw, found out that the checkbox behavior is to do with the windows theme (windows 7) and just the standard way it works, but I will be able to re-template it and make it like the client wants.
I was showing a client my database analysis software and explaining the query logic using "And", "Or" and "Not" She pondered the possibilities for a while before asking "Can we have 'But' too"
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This is a good sign People, when asked for a review, will tend to critizise the worst aspect they see first. If it's Tüddelkram, it means the rest of the application is OK. If, OTOH, they say "it's fine", they haven't understood either the question or the problem.
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| FoldWithUs! | sighist | WhoIncludes - Analyzing C++ include file hierarchyI assume that by "Tüddelkram" you means small stuff, nothing important?
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A web based (html) point of sale client that could handle credit card transactions on the fly with no access to the internet and no install.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. I also do Android Programming as I find it a refreshing break from the MS. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost
Hey! I have that request right now! We have tablets in the field and we need them to query back and get information from the servers. Plus they need to have access to Google and Bing maps just incase MapPoint has the wrong location for an address (this happens more than I would like to admit). The tablet has no data connection, they aren't part of the domain so can't VPN in even if you had a wifi connection. Did you ever figure out how to get your PoS client working? If so, send code plz! Urgent! Best I have had so far is to send people with USB sticks and carrier pigeons. I can't figure out how to get the data back though since the person is on the move.