First TAPPY Awarded to Portland Parks!
Portland Parks Wins First TAPPY Award
Hillsboro - Portland Parks and Recreation was awarded the very first TAPPYon November 17, 2005.
Webguy and TAPPY creator Thomas announced that Portland Parks had received the award for having such an annoying website.
"All I wanted was some information about Washington Park," explained Thomas. "Relatives are coming to visit on Thanksgiving and they want to do some things up there."
It seems Thomas really just wanted a map showing what was near the Oregon Zoo since only one relative might want to participate in a fund raising activity to be held at the zoo on Thanksgiving Day.
"The online map is completely useless!" he declared indignantly. "I mean, it shows all the streets but that's it. Oh, yeah, and you can zoom -- but you can't recenter the map or move it around or anything!"
As the first TAPPY was awarded, it was clear that frustration was written all over Thomas' face and motivated him to give the award.
But the truth is it went further than that. Not only was the online map difficult to use, slow to load and pretty unhelpful, but when Thomas tried to use the "Contact Us" link he was required to log in to the Portland Online website. (The official website of the City of Portland, Ore.)
Thomas questioned, "Whoever heard of requiring users to log in to a website to simply offer feedback or ask a question? Seems like rather than reaching out to users, the parks department is really looking for an easy way to discourage users from communicating. What a joke!"
To use the "Contact Us" link, users are required to sign in or create a user account on Portland Online. While the only required information is first name, last name, email, and zipcode, the user is required to create a username and password. Additionally, the web form requests middle initial, phone number, fax number, and address information but such added information is voluntary.
"Like I don't already have enough logins and passwords as it is! Now Portland Parks requires it too! Gee, do we need it to use the park as well?" he quipped.
Given the difficulty in reaching out to the parks department, no effort was made to contact them for a comment on the receipt of their TAPPY. However, one and all assumed they couldn't even be bothered.
The TAPPY was created on November 17, 2005 to recognize those "that excel at doing a really crappy job at whatever they do." More information on the TAPPY is available here.
Hillsboro - Portland Parks and Recreation was awarded the very first TAPPYon November 17, 2005.
Webguy and TAPPY creator Thomas announced that Portland Parks had received the award for having such an annoying website.
"All I wanted was some information about Washington Park," explained Thomas. "Relatives are coming to visit on Thanksgiving and they want to do some things up there."
It seems Thomas really just wanted a map showing what was near the Oregon Zoo since only one relative might want to participate in a fund raising activity to be held at the zoo on Thanksgiving Day.
"The online map is completely useless!" he declared indignantly. "I mean, it shows all the streets but that's it. Oh, yeah, and you can zoom -- but you can't recenter the map or move it around or anything!"
As the first TAPPY was awarded, it was clear that frustration was written all over Thomas' face and motivated him to give the award.
But the truth is it went further than that. Not only was the online map difficult to use, slow to load and pretty unhelpful, but when Thomas tried to use the "Contact Us" link he was required to log in to the Portland Online website. (The official website of the City of Portland, Ore.)
Thomas questioned, "Whoever heard of requiring users to log in to a website to simply offer feedback or ask a question? Seems like rather than reaching out to users, the parks department is really looking for an easy way to discourage users from communicating. What a joke!"
To use the "Contact Us" link, users are required to sign in or create a user account on Portland Online. While the only required information is first name, last name, email, and zipcode, the user is required to create a username and password. Additionally, the web form requests middle initial, phone number, fax number, and address information but such added information is voluntary.
"Like I don't already have enough logins and passwords as it is! Now Portland Parks requires it too! Gee, do we need it to use the park as well?" he quipped.
Given the difficulty in reaching out to the parks department, no effort was made to contact them for a comment on the receipt of their TAPPY. However, one and all assumed they couldn't even be bothered.
The TAPPY was created on November 17, 2005 to recognize those "that excel at doing a really crappy job at whatever they do." More information on the TAPPY is available here.
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