I am connecting to a client system using remote desktop through my 7.1Mbps DSL connection. For whatever reason, it's a slow connection today. I'm doing database table modification and with the sluggish performance, all the idiotic things about Windows and Access become even more aggravating.
I open a query designer window and the table I've selected appears as a postage stamp on a queen-sized bed. Sure, how much trouble is it to resize it? Every single time? Year after year? The query designer "cleverly" leaves 3/4ths of the screen for you to do "OR" conditions, which I rarely use. So I not only have to resize each and every table I'm using in a join, both horizontally and vertically, but first I have to take that 3/4ths of the screen and make it 1/5th. Again and again. Year after year.
So then I'm picking fields for my query. Can I just type "tblABC"? Oh, no! After 6 keystrokes, it's looking for tables that start with "C". Can I drag a field from a table to be used as update/append information for the target table? Don't be silly!
If I happen to hit the "X" for Access instead of the "X" for the current window, Access merrily shuts down, without asking. This seems inconsistent with an operating system that has a recycle bin, and yet, always asks if you're sure if you want to delete a file!
I am always open to suggestions from users to make my software easier for them to use. If they find a defect, or something not quite thought out, I'm embarrassed and motivated to fix the bug immediately. But then, I'm not a monopoly. Reminded of Earnestine (Lilly Tomlin) the operator on Laugh In: "We're the phone company. We don't care. We don't have to."
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