10 Products (and Processes) That Should Be Put Out to Pasture (
Page 1 of 10 ) “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” applies to IT as well as to life in general. That said, there are many products in the enterprise that are starting to show their age. And, if they aren’t now, they will be with technologies such as IPv6 and unified communications coming down the pike, not to mention rising energy costs. Here’s a list of products that deserve a hard once-over.
By Cameron Sturdevant
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| | Discuss 10 Products (and Processes) That Should Be Put Out To Pasture | | | | | | | Can you just get rid of these stupid slide shows and have normal text based... | | | | | | No offense, but I agree - the slide show makes it very hard to read as it tends to... | | | | | | AMEN! The slide shows are irritating, user unfriendly and are a waste of time on... | | | | | | Agreed, I could read this in about half the time if it was just text or in the style... | | | | | | Agreed... Please lose the automated slide show feature; use of a slide show is fine,... | | | | | | Just adding the missing item to the list. It must be just a coincidence that the... | | | | | | ENOUGH(!) With the slide shows!
I gave up in frustration- too annoying to follow... | | | | | | #11. articles in slide show format. | | | | | | The content was of interest, but the automatic slide show was extremely annoying. I... | | | | | | LOL, extremely well put. | | | | | | If anyone (eWeek Editor) actually reads these comments, they will see that the... | | | | | | On getting rid of the Slide show.
Should be [at the very least] item 1o on your... | | | | | | Each and every time these slide show article appear they move too fast for many of... | | | | | | I also agree - the slide shows are a pain - especially since they refresh to the... | | | | | | I appreciate the read, but often dismiss it due to the slide show. Can you offer a... | | | | | | A few of the slide shows have been useful in that format, but agree that 90% of the... | | | | | | I'm unsubscribing. The slide show thing is ridiculous and everyone has said they... | | | | | | Let me take a great leap of speculation here. I'm guessing that each time you use... | | | | | | I agree, this is the stupidest thing I ever experienced!!!!! | | | | | | I bet someone at eWeek was shocked to learn the reception that the slide shows are... | | | | | | List the list and nix the slide shows | | | | | | I thought I was the only one that hated these "slideshows"! Very cutesy, maybe... | | | | | | I have to agree with everyone else, The slide show "stinks". I had a better word... | | | | | | Lets get ride of the the slideshows - they add no value. How about a simple list so... | | | | | | I open several links at a time from any given news letter and then go look at them... | | | | | | I'm surprised not to see the "Waterfall" method of software development listed here... | | | | | | I Have to remove my name from this stupid list. The value of the information... | | | | | | First of all, those of you criticizing the slide show format should realize it is... | | | | | | Amen | | | | | | I have an online business that sells over $4 million annually. I use the web... | | | | | | I too have unsubscribed. They are simply too aggravating and too cumbersome. I... | | | | | | Between your advertising and slideshow (Not too sure which is worse) you have made... | | | | | | I definitely agree about the slide show. I load the link from my newsletter, go pour... | | | | | | There seem to be a lot of complaints about the speed of the automation. I agree... | | | | | | Exactly. This is an advertising scam to get more hits in a single article that has... | | | | | | Kill the slideshows. If they stay, I go. | | | | | | 1. We can't read that fast.
2. We don't like to wait for the next slide to... | | | | | | I would rather have these 10 products and processes than another of these slide... | | | | | | Funny. I had just made a mental note to stop bothering with these barely... | | | | | | The slide show is a waste of my time. Also running an ad after the first slide just... | | | | | | eWeek continues to blithely crank out these worthless slideshows; 99% of comments... | | | | | | Completely concur with other comments. The slideshow format is annoying and appears... | | | | | | All responses refer to how much EVERYONE HATES the slide show format. Will eWeek... | | | | | | Irritating slide shows cause me to simply leave your site. | | | | | | I've given up on this unprofessional and irritating method of presenting... | | | | | | I would rather have the slide show that starts with one click, than a white paper... | | | | | | Not only is this slideshow format irritating, who makes up these lists? And... | | | | | | let us be the time keeper of the slide show. Would rather click the next slide my... | | | | | | Please get rid of these dumb slide shows - Neatly formatted text is simpler and... | | | | | | It's counter productive and irritating. What I have to say about the ad after the... | | | | | | Slides are such a waste of time.
Ever try to speed read a slide show?
Want to lose... | | | | | | Glad to see a chance to finally comment about how obnoxious these slide shows... | | | | | | I join all of the other users who recommend you substitute another way of presenting... | | | | | | Please, no more slideshows. Thank you. | | | | | | OMG is everyone on the rag here? So if you don't like the time based slide show hit... | | | | | | Am I the only one who finds them to be a total waste of m time? Apparently not.
I... | | | | | | Someone at EWeek reads the posts, no doubt more than one; and the interested readers... | | | | | | Slideshows are a complete wasted of time. Content of this one is admin 101. ... | | | | | | Slideshows are a complete wasted of time. Content of this one is admin 101. ... | | | | | | Please just give us the list | | | | | | Yup, the slide shows are terrible. Just give a list that can be read on one page.... | | | | | | Sad to watch all that experience be experienced again. Used to be there were folks... | | | | | | I have no idea how this show was, becuase i opened the link, then,,, while talking... | | | | | | just click on any of the line items in the index to the right of the slide show | | | | | | Add an eleventh. The slide show is worthless. I and most people don't have the time... | | | | | | Sorry to disagree with such august company.
I think the slides are a more... | | | | | | That should be your NUMBER ONE process to be removed, deleted, killed! How... | | | | | | I agree with the others. Dump the slides, or at the very least set them so the avg.... | | | | | | You are SOOOO correct! Back in the '90's (before there were pop-up blockers) I had a... | | | | | | If you haven't figured it out with all of these messages, the slide show technique... | | | | | | Ditch the slideshows already. No one looks at the ads and all you do is frustrate... | | | | | | Slides goes by too quickly to be read. It is also difficult to go back to just the... | | | | | | These slideshows really TURN OFF MOBILE USERS like those of use who use an iPod... | | | | | | Somewhere somebody is getting a lot of bucks for each inconvenience and accidental... | | | | | | Memorable yes, like getting a flat tire.
Maybe if you had a mobile device,... | | | | | | Two comments:
1. Get rid of the cutesy slick, slimy, slide shows. These are using... | | | | | | Add my vote to ditching the slide shows. Awful idea. I am completely capable of... | | | | | | AMEN.
NOTHING should happen on a page until the viewer initiates it. Often, when... | | | | | | So a "cool way" of presenting the material trumps a "useful/efficient way" of... | | | | | | The slide shows allow eWeek to fill 10 pages of content with less than 1000 words. ... | | | | | | The slide shows while a pain and probably nice little earners for generating Ad.... | | | | | | I agree w/everyone else - content generally good and interesting - slide shows... | | | | | | one page consisting of no more than 30 lines could well address everything in the... | | | | | | Last slide show for me | | | | | | Not only does this format slow me down, but it's a light on real content. Each slide... | | | | | | Hit the PAUSE button to gain control of this nonsense. It works. | | | | | | The first step is to put the slideshows out to pasture, the idiots that keep... | | | | | | Put a clamp on it. The slide show rocks! Sit back and relax without having to click... | | | | | | When will eWeek outgrow their crappy slideshow presentations??
A better... | | | | | | Just get rid of the stupid things. I aborted before finishing reading the story -... | | | | | | I would repeat what the thousand posters before me already said: Get rid of the... | | | | | | SSS.....slide shows stink (I'm being polite)! this will be my last one from eweek. ... | | | | | | This is a waste of time. Why slide shows? Give me the text and let me get on with... | | | | | | These slide shows are a GREAT idea!!!! Fun !!! Entertaining!!! Informative !!! Ties... | | | | | | The slide shows are awkward and interfere with the content of the message. Most... | | | | | | Still Too clunky and messge was lost due to the delivery method. | | | | | | The forced slide show is obnoxious and annoying, but it does little to disguise the... | | | | | | Have to agree with all of the other comments here. Just can't read fast enough... | | | | | | How about dumping the arrogant call center lackeys in India and instead offering... | | | | | | I agree and I wanted Flash was never invented. Fat, crappy, sloooow...! But we may... | | | | | | I like the slide shows. We do a lot of consulting for large SMB companies and it is... | | | | | | #1 - This Article. How fitting that someone would write an article about things to... | | | | | | The content was good and timely. Would have been 10 times more effective in a text... | | | | | | This is hilarious!
1. Slide show – are you kidding me.
2. Aging laptop batteries... | | | | | | As it was the first time I have visited this site what got me here was an advert... | | | | | | Having the slides change on their own is extremely annoying, compounded by the fact... | | | | | | I too get pretty annoyed when the article I'm reading decides for me when to switch... | | | | | | I guess nothing is free, but running you through a whole new page and ad loading for... | | | | | | Somewhat I ironic b/c this type of slideshow is something that should be put "out to... | | | | | | >Their response was one of complete ignorance of any
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</ol> | | | | | | This is the first time I've come to eWeek.com. This will likely be the last time... | | | | | | The slideshow is a disservice not only to your readers, but to your advertisers. I... | | | | | | Could this page be more annoying? I think not. 3 "slides" went by while I was... | | | | | | Your stupid slideshow starts out "“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” applies to IT as... | | | | | | How Ironic... This slide show should be put out to pasture. I was referred to this... | | | | | | The slide show is horrible. Loose it! Do you think we are too stupid read the... | | | | | | The reason this is in slide show format is some management position genius believe... | | | | | | will I visit anything to do with eWeak.com. This page sucks beyond belief. If I had... | | | | | | The first thing to put out to pasture are web pages that operate like a slide... | | | | | | Wow, I was unable to stop this atrocity. The stupid page just kept on posting back.... | | | | | | Disable Javascript and browse at your leisure. | | | | | | Not only the slide show seems to have a life of its on. The "brilliant" designer put... | | | | | | There was a slide show here? Yeah, I saw the frames. Thought they were a bit... | | | | | | BUT I DON'T NO HOW TO USE THE INTERNET AND CAN'T CLICK LINKS SO I NEED SLIDESHOW... | | | | | | Hi,
Fire the idiot that came up with the slideshow. It's dumb,... | | | | | | the slidshow is crap.
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