You know what really grinds my gears? ESPN's fantasy football draft. I was drafting a couple of weeks ago, and after taking Matt Forte for my first pick (even though he has been of no use so far, I'm still hopeful), I decided to look at some of the other players available further down in ESPN's depth chart. Once you select one of the players, some information is displayed including past stats, outlook, etc. When it becomes time for your next pick, the geniuses designing the user interface for the draft thought it would be a good idea to automatically scroll down on the scroll bar making the currently selected player appear to be at the top of the list, even though you can scroll back up on the scroll bar to see who's really at the top of the list.
This happened to me while I was drafting. I had selected Greg Jennings, WR for Green Bay, so that I could look at his stats. When it became my turn, all of the players above him disappeared and he was at the top of the depth chart. Since several people missed our draft and they're teams automatically pick the player at the top of the depth chart, I assumed that everyone rated higher than Greg Jennings had just been picked, and I proceeded to select him with my second pick of the draft. I could have had Tom Brady as my QB! Only time will tell if this blunder was for bettor or worse, but at the end of the day, it was a poor choice in the user interface design.
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