A sequel to my last SPTechCon lightning talk. Progression continues on the meme-oriented dialogs in SharePoint 2016, formerly “SharePoint v.Next”. There are speaker notes included in the downloadable (or click "notes" down there above the comments section), with a not-nearly-as-funny-as-live transcript of *some* of the hot comedy in the live presentation.
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1. SharePoint 2016
“Modern Dialogs”
(c) 2015, Microsoft Confidential
(not really)
Dustin Miller - @spdustin
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19. Want more funny while
geeking out with me?
If you are a SharePoint “hacker” and want to learn how to
do some crazy stuff with SharePoint, or you want to do
things with Data View Web Parts you never dreamt
possible (and that I’ve never shown anyone else), you
should attend my next SharePoint Web Developer class.
It’s online, so you don’t even have to put on pants.
You’ll see more memes there, too. It’s a good time.
Check it out: http://spexp.me/memes
Abstract: A sequel to my last SPTechCon lightning talks. Progression continues on the meme-oriented dialogs in SharePoint 2016, formerly “SharePoint v.Next”
Recently, while doing some sneaky hacking, er, ahem, white-hat penetration testing, I happened upon a Git repository hosting marketing materials for the new release of SharePoint, due out next year.
It seems that, in an effort to, “identify with our users,” and, “allow our systems to communicate to users in a more human and relatable way,” Microsoft has been exploring replacing SharePoint error dialogs with… Well… Memes.
You know what memes are? Like the most interesting man in the world…?
The official marketing language is that SharePoint 2016 tries to anticipate your needs, and provides you with quick solutions.
After Edward Snowden’s revelations, and the ongoing hacks of high profile databases, I’ve been growing concerned by the application of machine learning and technologies like the “Office Graph” when all your content is in the cloud - this next dialog was particularly alarming to me when I discovered it.
Most of what I’ve found are new informational and error dialogs, though. You will no doubt remember this next one.
Been there. Cursed at that. “WORK FASTER!”
Well, the developers at Microsoft thought, “since we have a captive audience, it’s a great time for some unsolicited advice on how to spend your time waiting…”
Of course, using some simple JavaScript, they can determine your current system time. If it’s a few hours after breakfast…
You’ve heard about HTML5, no doubt! More than markup, it includes numerous APIs - ways for programs to interact with your browser and the content on your web pages. Location Services is one of those APIs, and using that, they can determine your location. For example, if you’re in New York…
We’ve all seen this next one. No doubt many of you have Googled (or Bing’d, whatevs) “WTF is a Correlation ID” in response to it.
Well, it’s been updated…
Made much more approachable with the addition of a classic meme.
They are striving to educate people on the complexity behind seemingly simple operations…
Yeah, sometimes simple things can be really complex. And when debugging them, one does not simply browse ULS logs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Search Service Application is ever watchful.
Memes, as you can tell, are a big part of the new error dialog system, an effort to smooth over any feelings of anger or bitterness. Sometimes, misery loves company…
Cats aren’t your thing? How about a nice doge.
I saw that one and knew it was a work in progress. I had to explore further, and found the final version…
I guess they figured everything better with Comic Sans. And they’re cross platform-friendly. If you’re on a Mac, it’ll be Marker Felt instead.
Moving on … sometimes even the new machine learning and artificial intelligence systems don’t know why an error occurred.
Oddly, most of these new “Modern Dialogs” are related to something going wrong. A lot of time was spent on these meme errors.
A similarly themed dialog was found for the more serious errors. When one facepalm isn’t enough.
Well, that’s all I have time for now. Rest assured, I’m continuing to parse through solution packages and Git commit histories to find more of these new “human-friendly” error and notice pages in SharePoint 2016. Stay tuned!