I have to admit, phone notifications are cool on their first release. On the long run, I begin to realize that I do not really need them. They just add up to the stress of my daily tasks and things just keep redundant. It has the same effects as social media sites send notifications on our email addresses. The point is, you know that there is someone you texted or called you is already a thing in the past way before the advent of smartphones. To be aware of what is happening in Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Foursquare, Periscope, and whatever social media app is absolutely useless. Why do we have to be reminded all the time if we have notifications from these sites if we open them regularly? Do we really have to connect always to the internet? Sometimes, by doing so, we lose touch with other human beings. Talking about games, Clash of Clans for example, should I be informed that someone attacked my village? It will give me a frown before opening the base. Notifications just add … [Read more...] about Why I think Phone Notifications should Stop
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Why I think Unskippable Video Ads should Stop
Yeah, yeah, same with pop-ups advertisers are necessary for the funding of our beloved websites. They come they with new ways on irritating us. Barging in on our screens for a couple of seconds is already enough distraction. However, not being able to skip them is revolving. The worst case scenario of unskippable Video Ads is the possibility of that being able to watch the intended video. Since the video ad is overlapping, the media player cannot load anymore why the user was on that link on the first place. This happened to me when I was about to watch an episode of On The Wings of Love on iwantv.com.ph. I was not able to watch that episode because the Promil commercial barged in and the actual video was not able to load up. It wasted about 15 minutes of my life. I understand that the advertisers have their contracts signed as agreed with the site. However, as their potential costumers, we have planted hate towards that product. They became the reason of our hindered … [Read more...] about Why I think Unskippable Video Ads should Stop
Why I think Autocorrect should Stop
I have complained about this for a long time already and I am not alone. A lot of people are angry about this for obvious reasons. Autocorrect sometimes can be useful only if they supply the correct word needed for the article. Because of writing too much, some words are corrected differently and the most frustrating part of it is that it cannot be detected immediately because there are not red marks of the incorrect word. I have to admit that autocorrect comes in handy to mispelled words. However, if the word is strange on the English vocabulary, it will be transformed to the closest English word. The problem of autocorrect is not isolated on the English speaking population. If we communicate through text or email on other countries, autocorrect is a pain in the neck. Our problems, even if Filipinos understand English, are far worse. When I try to text something in Visayan or Tagalog, the autocorrect just mess it up. Android and iOS devices suck on this one. They replace … [Read more...] about Why I think Autocorrect should Stop
Why I think Adobe Flash Player should Stop
First of all, what is the purpose of the Adobe Flash Player? It is a free software used to run multimedia platform on the browser to run videos, games, animations, GIFs, and other features in the web page. Adobe Flash Player was created originally by FurtureWave 19 years ago. Now, it is being developed by Adobe Systems. This flash player is utilized mostly by the Windows platform. Because of its wide range popularity, it is a favorite target among virtual criminals. Adobe Flash Player today is infected with malware and the instances of risks is increasing. Despite all the clamor to shut it down due to bugs, it asks act like a cousin of the ever-slow Internet Explorer which dares to be downloaded for "better" services. When someone downloads, the security risks finds its way. A person might install unwanted programs which should not be there on the first place. Nevermind using the old version of the flash player. It is a Trojan Horse of viruses. Better safe than never. Adobe … [Read more...] about Why I think Adobe Flash Player should Stop
Review: 10 Annoying Technologies That Need to Die Right Now
This clustered article is a reaction to an article written by Dan Tynan of Yahoo Tech. His article is entitled, "10 Annoying Technologies That Need to Die Right Now." The following technologies are mentioned: Passwords Adobe Flash Player CAPTCHA Emails Autocorrect Phone Bloatwares Website Pop-ups Unskippable Video Ads Phone Notifications Rate This App Requests True enough these things being enumerated are annoying elements on our screens. Their nuisance challenges the notions of the existing practices of security. Some of them offers convenience, but, they actually give more frustrations than ease. For commercial uses, pop-up advertisements can be counter-intuitive because it makes the viewers more pissed off than being interested with the product. In other words, the virtual entities mentioned somehow defeats the purpose why they are there in the first place. I agree with Dan Tynan on most parts of his posts. There are some details that the things … [Read more...] about Review: 10 Annoying Technologies That Need to Die Right Now