Some day, I would like to take a list of Microsoft Office bugs with me to Microsoft HQ and visit each of the people responsible for the decisions they’ve made that bug the crap out of me. I will call this list my punchlist. And then I will punch everyone responsible for an item on the list.
Exhibit 1: Exchange/Outlook/Entourage meeting invitations disappear when you accept them. An Exchange meeting invitation is a fancy kind of email that’s recognized by other Exchange users, and can add appointments to your calendar if you click the “accept” button. Fancy.
But when you do click “accept,” the message with all the details disappears. Gone. Instead of saying “you already RSVPd to this,” as you might expect, the message just vanishes from your inbox.
It’s like a wedding invitation with an RSVP card, yet with no information anywhere but on the RSVP card, so when you send it in, you’re SOL. If you didn’t copy it onto another sheet of paper, too bad. No bride would send out wedding invitations like this. This is not a bug, it’s a design feature – something they’ve had decades to reconsider and change.
Another Item for My Punchlist
Some day, I would like to take a list of Microsoft Office bugs with me to Microsoft HQ and visit each of the people responsible for the decisions they’ve made that bug the crap out of me. I will call this list my punchlist. And then I will punch everyone responsible for an item on the list.
Exhibit 1: Exchange/Outlook/Entourage meeting invitations disappear when you accept them. An Exchange meeting invitation is a fancy kind of email that’s recognized by other Exchange users, and can add appointments to your calendar if you click the “accept” button. Fancy.
But when you do click “accept,” the message with all the details disappears. Gone. Instead of saying “you already RSVPd to this,” as you might expect, the message just vanishes from your inbox.
It’s like a wedding invitation with an RSVP card, yet with no information anywhere but on the RSVP card, so when you send it in, you’re SOL. If you didn’t copy it onto another sheet of paper, too bad. No bride would send out wedding invitations like this. This is not a bug, it’s a design feature – something they’ve had decades to reconsider and change.
Good job, Microsoft!