Worse software of 2006

[Red nosed reindeer]

Microsoft has blundered big time. I think that the company will suffer
greatly with
this new product line. Bad concepts and design of these programs will plague
them for years.

The ultimate winner: Windows Vista. And you think nothing could be worse
than windows ME!
Reason: Every aspect of this OS is horrible. From its looks, to all the
changes they made,to the things they should have done but didn't, they took
XP and twisted it into a monstrosity.

Worse browser: IE7 wins this title hands down. Its non customizable
interface with
bad design, its poorly implemented tabs, and the multitude of bugs makes
this software of beta quality and never should have been released.

Worse Office suite: Office 2007 because of its huge bloat, and the ribbon
(the new toolbar), which will go down in history as the stupidest interface
ever implemented in an office program.

Worse Media player: WMP11. Because it is damn ugly and failed to add the
things people really needed.

Worse email client: Windows live mail desktop, because the design follows
the
same concepts of vista, again they took outlook express... and made a
monster out of it.

Having said all that, I have to say that there is one stand alone MS product
that is good,
IF you tweak it and customize it. Live messenger 8

The bright side to all this, is that the failures of the above software will
open up the doors to new
developers, to make new innovative applications that will provide service
and joy to humanity in 2007.

 

[Red nosed reindeer]

I have to offer replacements for the programs I posted as worse

OS> Windows XP is the best OS Microsoft has ever made,
and contrary to some wrong posts, this will still be available even after
vista hits the stores.

Browser> AvantBrowser (www.avantbrowser.com) and firefox 2 . Note
avantbrowser uses whatever IE rendering engine you have,
it falls into the category of a "shell" however the interface is light-years
ahead of IE7.

Office suite>. Openoffice (free and opensource) www.openoffice.org or MS
office2003

Email client> you can use outlook express 6 that is clean and simple,
outlook2003, or thunderbird that can handle rss and newsgroups too.

Media Player> GomPlayer www.gomplayer.com (this is the best video player
ever!) and for audio> winamp

Dont eat whatever they want to give you. Experiment, learn, and find the
applications that you think are best.

You are free to choose.

 

[robertharvey]

Office suite>. Openoffice (free and opensource) www.openoffice.org or MS
office2003

Our company computers were migrated this year from Office97 to
Office2003, and I really can't get on with it. Things I could do
easily in Office 97 - like position text boxes side by side for two
illustrations - simply don't work in office2003. I have passed our IT
people a list of some 30 odd bugs in Office 2003 but they work on the
"no-one ever got sacked for buying microsoft" principle, and thier fix,
for example fo not being able to number captions to match chapters is
to not number captions at all!

OpenOffice is very good, as far as it goes, but until they fix the
chart module and some of the more esoteric dual-monitor problems it
still lags behind office97 in user take-up.

My own preferred windows wp was wordperfect, but that has rather
languished for a while!

 

[Red nosed reindeer]

Well as you can see I am not a microsoft basher.... whatever works should
remain.
Whatever new things come out that are better should replace the old.
I had to include an MS office application, because it has things people need
and use.

Open office is great for most uses... its simple and clean.... and free!
You can find a portable version here www.portableapps.com that can run also
from
a hard disk with no installation.. you just run it from a folder....

Check out the other oapplications there too. Portable does not mean you have
to use them on a USB drive.. they can work from the hard disk.. and the good
thing is that they dont need installation.. they run from a folder and are
self contained.. no registry or temp files and trash left around.

 

[Brian W]

Why do you keep posting? People aren't gonna listen to you. Anyone who wants
Vista (like me) isn't going to change their mind just because you think it's
crap. I've got the money ready, as soon as Jan 30th hits I'll be in the shop
buying it. Anything you post here won't make the slightest difference.
Everyone can have an opinion, but you seem obsessed with hating Vista and MS
in gerneral.

 

[Red nosed reindeer]

Great Scott!... how can I be hating MS while at the same time I am saying XP
is superb? Did you even read my other post? I am not an MS basher...
I just dont like bad software.

You can close your ears and go ahead and buy your vista. By all means..
camp out of the store a week earlier to get vista first.. what do I care.

I cannot argue with someone who is inflexible and does not want to learn.

 

[Alias]

I've got the money ready, as soon as Jan 30th hits I'll
be in the shop buying it.

LOL! Now *that's* funny.

Alias

 

[Vlad]

Horrible programm - immediately ater I've downloaded it my previosuly
stable latop -2 years old Dell ispiron 600 m,running Windos XP started to
crash every 5 minutes , after I had to perform system restore it wied out
most of my previously instlled programms and left me with hardly working
IE6.0!

I do strongly advise everyone considering to download it not to do so!

Regards

Vlad Maksoutov
Australia

 

[Red nosed reindeer]

1) Media> GomPlayer www.gomplayer.com
2) Browsers> Avant www.avantbrowser.com and Firefox www.getfirefox.com
3) Torrent> uTorrent www.utorrent.com
4) Disk Cleaner> CCleaner www.ccleaner.com
5) Downloadesr> www.flashget.com and Orbitdownloader
www.orbitdownloader.com
6) Email client > ThunderBird www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/
7) RSS reader> GreatNews http://www.curiostudio.com/
8) Office Suite> Openoffice www.openoffice.org and Portable >
http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable
9) Chat application> Live Messenger http://messenger.msn.com (can now chat
with yahoo 8.x users)
10) Disk Burner > CDBurnerXP http://www.cdburnerxp.se
11) Note taker & Clipper> Evernote www.evernote.com/en/ Firefox/Thunderbird
addon> https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1926/
12) System information dispay> Samurize www.samurize.com
13) System information> SIW www.gtopala.com
14) Torrent search> Torrent Harvester
http://torrentharvester.awardspace.com/ (needs network framework 1.1)
15) Annoyance solver> Unlocker http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
16) Virtual Machines > Vmware Player and Server, and http://www.easyvmx.com/
site
17) Graphics> Irfanview www.irfanview.com
18) Cool applications> Google Earth http://earth.google.com
19) Shell enhancment> PowerMenu
http://www.veridicus.com/tummy/programming/powermenu/
20) Startup Manager> StartUp Manager
http://www.wheresjames.com/index.php?page=startupmgr
21) Antivirus> Avast Home www.avast.com
22) Antispyware> spybot www.safer-networking.org and
Adaware Personal
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE...045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5
23) VNC > UltraVNC www.uvnc.com
24) Linux and Linux Live CD > Knoppix 5.1
http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=03938#0, Ubuntu www.ubuntu.com Kubuntu
www.kubuntu.org and Mint Linux http://lt.k1011.nutime.de/ (there are too
many good linux distros.. I mentioned these because they are updated all the
time and much alive)
25) PDF reader> Adobe acrobat 8 has been improved greatly in speed in
comparison to 6 or 7 www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Enjoy and happy new year!

 

[Bobby]

I'm new to this newsgruop so forgive me for responding to this troll.

But I've recently installed Vista (Ultimate) on my desktop PC - and it's
fantastic. I'm really impressed with its look and compatibility with old
(XP) programs. It also runs faster than XP and has lots of nice touches.

Superb OS Microsoft!

Bobby

 

[Red nosed reindeer]

Forgot the link for Vmware payer and server
www.vmware.com

 

[Alias]

I'm new to this newsgruop so forgive me for responding to this troll.

But I've recently installed Vista (Ultimate) on my desktop PC - and it's
fantastic. I'm really impressed with its look and compatibility with old
(XP) programs. It also runs faster than XP and has lots of nice touches.

Superb OS Microsoft!

Bobby

Besides being "fantastic", what do you get with Vista that you don't get
with XP other than the anti piracy crap, the DRM crap, the high price
and the eye candy?

Alias

 

[Red nosed reindeer]

You are free to your opinion...
But I can assure you that vista is NOT faster than XP if they are both
installed
fresh and compared on the same machine. Vista is faster to load and shut
down,
but while it is running it is slower.

The people who say that, are probably comparing their old installation of XP
that had lots of applications and trash on it, with the new install of
vista. New installations are always considerably faster.. yet if you install
the same amount of programs, and with time, vista will be bogged down.. and
because it is a resource hog it will be much slower than XP. I am talking
here from experience.. I have tested vista thoroughly.
Not just installed once on a laptop as you have.

An example of what I am saying here.. is that after having vista on a
computer, I formated and reinstalled XP. I was amazed that the pc came alive
again. I can easily say that it was 20- 30 % faster with XP compared to
Vista. This machine is a P4 2.6 Ghz
with 1.2 Gb ram.

BTW I am not a troll

 

[Michel Doucet]

Le Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:39:29 +0000, Bobby a caressé son clavier pour nous
dire :

Superb OS Microsoft

These 3 words are not going well together

 

[Red nosed reindeer]

sorry vlad.. this reply was meant for bobby

Horrible programm - immediately ater I've downloaded it my previosuly
stable latop -2 years old Dell ispiron 600 m,running Windos XP started
to
crash every 5 minutes , after I had to perform system restore it wied
out
most of my previously instlled programms and left me with hardly
working
IE6.0!

I do strongly advise everyone considering to download it not to do so!

Regards

Vlad Maksoutov
Australia

 

[Red nosed reindeer]

You are free to your opinion...
But I can assure you that vista is NOT faster than XP if they are both
installed fresh and compared on the same machine. Vista is faster to load
and shut
down, but while it is running it is slower.

The people who say that, are probably comparing their old installation of XP
that had lots of applications and trash on it, with the new install of
vista. New installations are always considerably faster.. yet if you install
the same amount of programs, and with time, vista will be bogged down.. and
because it is a resource hog it will be much slower than XP. I am talking
here from experience.. I have tested vista thoroughly.
Not just installed once on a laptop as you have.

An example of what I am saying here.. is that after having vista on a
computer, I formated and reinstalled XP. I was amazed that the pc came alive
again. I can easily say that it was 20- 30 % faster with XP compared to
Vista. This machine is a P4 2.6 Ghz
with 1.2 Gb ram.

BTW I am not a troll

 

[Alias]

You are free to your opinion...
But I can assure you that vista is NOT faster than XP if they are both
installed fresh and compared on the same machine. Vista is faster to load
and shut
down, but while it is running it is slower.

The people who say that, are probably comparing their old installation of XP
that had lots of applications and trash on it, with the new install of
vista. New installations are always considerably faster.. yet if you install
the same amount of programs, and with time, vista will be bogged down.. and
because it is a resource hog it will be much slower than XP. I am talking
here from experience.. I have tested vista thoroughly.
Not just installed once on a laptop as you have.

An example of what I am saying here.. is that after having vista on a
computer, I formated and reinstalled XP. I was amazed that the pc came alive
again. I can easily say that it was 20- 30 % faster with XP compared to
Vista. This machine is a P4 2.6 Ghz
with 1.2 Gb ram.

Do you realize you're replying to me?

BTW I am not a troll

I never said you were ;-)

Alias

 

[Red nosed reindeer]

You are free to your opinion...
But I can assure you that vista is NOT faster than XP if they are both
installed fresh and compared on the same machine. Vista is faster to load
and shut
down, but while it is running it is slower.

The people who say that, are probably comparing their old installation of XP
that had lots of applications and trash on it, with the new install of
vista. New installations are always considerably faster.. yet if you install
the same amount of programs, and with time, vista will be bogged down.. and
because it is a resource hog it will be much slower than XP. I am talking
here from experience.. I have tested vista thoroughly.
Not just installed once on a laptop as you have.

An example of what I am saying here.. is that after having vista on a
computer, I formated and reinstalled XP. I was amazed that the pc came alive
again. I can easily say that it was 20- 30 % faster with XP compared to
Vista. This machine is a P4 2.6 Ghz
with 1.2 Gb ram.

BTW I am not a troll

 

[Red nosed reindeer]

Do you realize you're replying to me?

sorry.. mistake...

 

[Alexander Suhovey]

But I can assure you that vista is NOT faster than XP if they are both
installed fresh and compared on the same machine.

I didn't test XP and Vista head to head but if you ask me I'd rather believe
Jim [1], not you. Do you have any source/stats on head-to-head tests to
share?

[1] Jim Allchin talks about XP/Vista comparative performance in the middle
of the first half of following video:
http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=254997

BTW I am not a troll

Well, you have to better understand all aspects of this term. Personally, I
find your constant negative posts in this group exactly trolling. The reason
isn't your point of view on Vista or vaildity of your argumets. The reason
is that this community is all about Vista users who need help with whatever
problems they have with it. It is a matter of constructive approach. It is
simply not the best place for your posts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(internet)


Just look at it this way: If you come to some (any) established community
and start saying that the object this community is created around is bad an
ugly and just shouldn't exist - that's trolling NO MATTER IF YOUR POINTS ARE
VALID OR NOT. You see, t=it is not an absolute term, it is relative to
auditory.