Comment by roland35
5 years ago
The subreddit /r/Programmerhumor sometimes had a whole bunch of memes around volume controls, but there are often times other funny themes that can go on for weeks...
- bad phone number inputs
- how large node packages can get
- software interview process
- backend vs front end engineers
And my favorite meme was when they parodied the Hawaii missile alarm back a few years ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/7qk25w/an_...
> bad phone number inputs
That's exactly what this post reminded me of.
The bad phone number input 'prompt' is, I'd say, classic at this point. I don't know which URL started it all, but here are a couple:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21234891) 190 points 86 comments
Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Phone Numbers (2016) (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8574080) 284 points 42 comments
There's an entire subreddit for bad UI: https://www.reddit.com/r/badUIbattles/top/?t=all
I like the volume control with imaginary numbers: https://www.reddit.com/r/badUIbattles/comments/ey74ya/volume...
Shame that community isn't hosted somewhere with a better UI.