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by ryandrake 437 days ago
It's probably the most pervasive and irritating recent (last two decades) trend in all of computing. "Did you mean?" NO IF I MEANT THAT I WOULD HAVE TYPED IT. "It looks like you are..." NO. "Are you sure?" YES.

Computers need to stop second guessing users.

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I don't mind hints as much but what really sours me on a program is when it simply makes automatic edits to what I typed.