Deke

Gah! Menus...

Friday, January 11, 2008 2:40:06 AM

Menus. Doncha just hate 'em? You go to a little click box and instead of it clicking you through to where you thought you wanted to go you find a list of other places that you just might want to go to instead. And try as you may you always hit the wrong one first time. They're the internet equivalent of those annoying telephone answering message that ask you to press another key to get through to the place or person that you've already telephoned.

"Your message is important to us."

Well answer the damn 'phone then you churls!

Fortunately I've found this site to assist me with the voicemail machines. I don't mind waiting half as much when I know that they're paying for the calls. I even quite enjoy the muzak... to a certain degree. It's a UK site only by the way, but I'm sure local versions for all you foreigners out there must exist. There may even be a .us version...

(Yeah, right - The Man with the Hat)

But what to do about the interweb variety? I don't know. All I know is that the new menus up at the top of the screen there have doubled the time I take to navigate around my pages, so if anyone knows of a particularly cunning plan to get Opera to give me my simple 'click and get where you wanted to be' links back, I'd be ever so obliged.

Murdoch lies his arse off again (Why am I not surprised?).Sometimes you just can't win.

Comments

Dan Alexandrudantesoft # Friday, January 11, 2008 7:43:14 AM

Shift+G, click, Shift+G

I could be convinced to code a no-keyboard solution for you if you need it

Loiscakkleberrylane # Friday, January 11, 2008 12:03:17 PM

Haha I say the same thing, 'Your call is very important to us' My response is a very loud, "If it was you'd answer the phone, you lying, inconsiderate, selfish donut eating SOBs"
The worst one came yesterday, I changed my car insurance and was told to stay on the line because the insurance company always liked to personally welcome their new clients. I waited, was told that all their representatives were busy, waited some more and finally was told to leave my name and number, someone would call me back. They never did. I have to say, I don't really feel properly welcomed.

Deke # Sunday, January 13, 2008 4:42:31 PM

Go and have an accident, at which point they will constantly telephone you to say you're welcome.

Oh no, sory, that should have been "You're not getting anything out of us. Who on Earth do you think we are, a charity???".

Ta. You've just given me an idea for a future blog...

Loiscakkleberrylane # Sunday, January 13, 2008 4:59:07 PM

I've been trying to call Verizon (my phone company) for the house phone which hasn't worked in 4 days, fortunately I have a wireless to use (different company). It was impossible to get through to a human voice until I got mad and said "SH***" The mechanical voice said she would connect me to an agent immediately!

I told the human I talked to how I got through and she said birds chirping or doorbells send you right to the human too.

Deke # Sunday, January 13, 2008 5:06:47 PM

You may have to invest in a doorbell.

But try the gong first.

Loiscakkleberrylane # Sunday, January 13, 2008 10:56:05 PM

Good thought!!