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EA never made it out of the 1990s
When you buy something from Electronic Arts, they recommend that you should create a backup of your downloaded files. Good advice, except that they are not really up-to-date.
Translated text:
Save a copy of your downloaded files on a Zip-drive, floppy disk etc. in case you computer breaks down.
I need about 3,500 floppy disks to save the 4.7GB product I bought! Ohhh... Wait a minute - I do not even own such antiquated technology.
BTW: The current EA shop is only about 6 months old - why didn't anyone think about what text they used when they created the new online shop? This is a case of blind-copy/pasting.
A good thing to do, is to reserve one day each year to check all the status, notification, system and error text that is in your web applications. The world changes fast, and it is likely that you need to make some adjustments to stay fresh.
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Anonymous - Nov. 13, 2007
This is probably because Lawyers make these statements not programmers or other computer literate people.
Thomas Baekdal - Nov. 13, 2007
If that is the case, then I might suggest EA give the lawyers a few thousand floppy disks for Christmas :)
Dragoonkin - Nov. 13, 2007
Not to be a bit of a prat, but, just below this page I notice the text "Baekdal.com will never share YOU email address..."
A little advice taken to heart, hm? *grin*
Thomas Baekdal - Nov. 14, 2007
Dragoonkin, First of all thank you pointing out the typo.
Secondly I fail to see the similarities between a typo and EA's message.
The Dude - Nov. 15, 2007
Who gives a damn. If you want a backup, buy a physical product!
jer - Nov. 15, 2007
Wow...just the kind of useless nitpick I'd expect from a "Writer, Interaction Designer, Change Advocate and Project Manager"
Trav - Nov. 16, 2007
You're right on with this Thomas - those that say this is nitpicky clearly have never dealt with a truly nitpicky client
Published: Nov. 10, 2007
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Thomas Baekdal is a Writer, Interaction Designer, Change Advocate and Project Manager.
Aku - Nov. 10, 2007
Unfortunately, there are quite a few of these around.
Whoever is responsible should be making a list of all the things that may change over the years, as they write the page, and where they appear. This way, they could easily do just what you suggested: Update the information once a year.