{"id":354,"date":"2003-10-26T13:43:59","date_gmt":"2003-10-26T20:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/?p=354"},"modified":"2003-10-26T13:43:59","modified_gmt":"2003-10-26T20:43:59","slug":"sucktionality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2003\/10\/26\/sucktionality\/","title":{"rendered":"Sucktionality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Usually when I coin a word I do it as a joke. Today I&#8217;m impelled to do it on purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Probably somebody else has invented a better word for a feature in a program, or appliance, or whatever, that&#8217;s supposed to make your life easier, and instead makes it more difficult&#8230;really <em>annoyingly<\/em> so.<\/p>\n<p>Anybody use<a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\"> Amazon.com<\/a> in the last day or so?<\/p>\n<p>Does anybody know how to <em>turn off the damn <a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/browse\/-\/10197021\/ref%3Dsib%5Fmerch%5Fgw\/\">&#8220;Search Inside The Book&#8221; feature<\/em>, <\/a>so that it doesn&#8217;t bring up tens of thousands of useless, irrelevant items in a search for a single book?<\/p>\n<p>This feature has <em>great<\/em> sucktionality.  Used sparingly, used only when you want it, it would be super. But <em>not all the time!!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Note also an associated piece of naughtiness about halfway down the &#8220;How It Works&#8221; page. You input your search terms. 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But this feature will <em>drive<\/em> me to that site if Amazon doesn&#8217;t fix it so that its use in searches is <em>elective<\/em> rather than imposed.<\/p>\n<p>Just my opinion.  I&#8217;ve always felt kindly toward Amazon, but they&#8217;re on the brink of losing my business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Usually when I coin a word I do it as a joke. Today I&#8217;m impelled to do it on purpose. 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