I'm in a ranting mood today, so don't mind me! :stickout

Does it annoy anyone else here when some sites put up misleading claims about what they offer?

One of *the* most misleading is the "Unlimited/Unmetered Bandwidth" thing, but since that subject has been discussed way too many times, I'll just leave it at that.

Another thing I noticed is the explanations some people put beside what they offer for bandwidth. For example, at www.your-site.com, they offer 6 GB of bandwidth and explain that with that bandwidth, your site can receive at least 500,000 hits/month.

6 Gigabytes of Transfer: Enough bandwidth for over 1/2 a million page hits each month.

For someone who might not be familiar with all the technical details, they don't realize that the number is extremely misleading. The number of visitors you can receive/month based on the bandwidth will depend on the size of your site and whether you have downloads or a lot of pictures.

Does anyone else here think that web hosting companies should offer a better explanation of Bandwidth? It's fine to include an estimate of how many visitors you can receive, but they should also explain what other factors affect bandwidth.

Just my two cents,

I'm gonna go with the title of your thread and post a pet peeve of mine.

I hate it when people build "professional" websites, but don't have the common courtesy to place a bgcolor in their body tag. So now when I am reviewing their site and I have a different color background than the assumed standard, it changes the appearance of their entire site :angry: It really gets me when I see a site with images that have a white background, and no bgcolor in the body, so now their images look completely out of place because my computer is set to a khaki color, I see a white background image on a khaki color :angry:

Sorry I know that is anal and all, but come on, professional sites built by supposed professional designers shouldn't leave anything out of their code, every last nook and cranny should be covered.

Ahhh I feel much much better now :D

chargebacks :angry:

Originally posted by Rewdog
chargebacks :angry:
Especially the chargebacks for the accounts that are like $5. :mad:

I hate how SO MANY PEOPLE spell "a lot" as "alot." It's TWO WORDS! Where did SO MANY PEOPLE learn to spell it that way? :angry:

I also hate how SO MANY PEOPLE spell "millennium" as "millenium." It has TWO N'S! Where did SO MANY PEOPLE learn to spell it that way? :angry:

I have stories behind why those two bother me, but I don't want to talk about it right now.

Okay, enough English pet peeves.

I hate it when people refer to a dedicated IP address as a static IP address.

I hate it when people say "NIC card." The C stands for card! Network interface card card?

I have others that I might post later.

LOL, yeah, people saying NIC card annoys me, too. Heh, same thing with PIN number. Personal Identification Number Number? Fascinating. Really.

Originally posted by Aralanthir
LOL, yeah, people saying NIC card annoys me, too. Heh, same thing with PIN number. Personal Identification Number Number? Fascinating. Really.

yes, I hate the way people use abbrevations also:angry: