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AtomSmasher:
First off, I don't need help fixing anything, I'm just looking to stir up a discussion to stop a brain freeze I seem to have.

Okay, heres the story, feel free to skip this part if you don't care about the back story.  For the last two years the the mortgage market has been real slow, but the past two months it has taken a complete nose dive, and since I'm a real estate appraiser that means I have almost no work/money coming in.  I thought I would be able to wait it out, but this month I'm barely going to be able to pay my mortgage, and next month will be even worse, so I've decided to go job hunting again.  My background is in computers, but I graduated shortly after the internet company collapse, so computer jobs were scarce at the time, which is why I got into appraisals.  Now I figure would be a good time to get back into the computer industry, so I sent out a couple resumes.  Yesterday I got an email from one of the companies that included a programming test (which was easy) and a couple questions, and I'm drawing a complete blank on a few of the questions.  They said I can feel free to ask other people if needed, so here I am.

I mainly just want to get a discussion going to break this brain freeze I have going, so here's the two questions I can't think of good answers for:
1. Write up a bug for an application you use often. Please be sure to include
steps to reproduce, as well as any other information you feel would be
relevant to a developer who would be addressing the issue.

2.Give an example of an application you've used which has exceeded your
expectations and a brief summary of why it stood out.

So basically I'm wondering, what bug in an application really gets on your nerves, and which programs are better then you expected.

shmokes:
WTF?  Why would they ask these questions on an application/interview and specifically say you can ask other people?  What possible good could it do them to know how I feel about the subjects?  That makes no sense whatsoever.  That said, since I'm not bothered in the slightest by your cheating and I always like to help out a fellow BYOACer, it ---smurfing--- bothers me that when I open XVID files on my computer, Windows Explorer crashes.  Every time.  The video plays fine, but Windows Explorer ALWAYS crashes and sends an error report and any instances of explorer that were open (and maybe IE as well) disappear.  Googling tells me this is really common.  It's obnoxious.

Intervideo DVDCopy is a program that amazes me with its ability to make ripping and encoding DVDs to DIVX files an extraordinarily simple (and, more importantly, consistent and stable) single-step process. 

AtomSmasher:
Well technically I think they meant I could get help for the test section and not this Q/A section, but I figure since I thought the test section was easy and didn't need help, a little help ending my mental block of programs with bugs and programs that are exceptional wouldn't hurt (and I did answer a number of other questions on my own already).  I think they just want to know how you do in a real world situation, since when I'm working for them I'll be asking friends and checking books anytime I get stuck.

Thanks for the thoughts on the programs, but I never had problems with xvid unfortunately.  It seems like I did have problems with some other video codecs though, time to go digging through some old files  :)

Oh, and here's the last question they asked, which was an easy one for me to answer  (although it may not be the best one to give to a potential employer) :)
What is your favorite youtube video ever?

I've always thought this one was hilarious:

AtomSmasher:
Hmm, I just remembered a bug thats been bugging me a lot lately, I can't believe I didn't think of it sooner.  I have an epson printer connected to this computer, on my other computer I have a network install of the epson status monitor and drivers, so that I can print from that that computer.  After I installed Vista on this machine (in dual boot with XP) I setup the other computer to be able to print through the new OS, which meant it had to install a second copy of the epson status monitor.  Ever since anytime I shut down the other computer, the epson status monitors refuse to close, so I have to press "end program now" several times (usually 4 times for some reason).  I've tried uninstalling one and the error went away, but I like Vista but play games in XP, so this computer switches back and forth pretty regularly, so both status monitors have to be installed making me unable to get rid of the problem.

See, there we go, just needed to get my mind going to remember things that have been slaping me in the face   :)  Now to think of an exceptional program I use.

And anyone else reading this, free free to still post any programs with bugs or ones you love.  Like I said earlier, I'm just trying to get a bit of a discussion going.  I think my main problem is that every program I use, I've used for a long time, so I'm just conditioned to their greatness or flaws and don't think about them anymore.

RayB:
A BUG? what a stupid question. Why would you use buggy software? BAD design, now that's different.  I'd just reply that I don't use buggy software, so none really come to mind.

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