Post specific things that annoy you about any software.

[Gonad the Barbarian]

This is my list. There are others but these are the ones I haven't found fixes or workarounds for.

Internet Explorer:
That pop up you get when you go to a site that tries to use ActiveX and you have it disabled.
Will not open up a link in a new window maximized.

Outlook Express:
Can't force incoming e-mails to show as plain text.

Windows 98:
After moving or deleting many files and/folders at the same time Explorer will invariably hang.

WindowsXP
BLOAT.

Winamp 3:
Everything about it except the new playlist.

AIM:
Tries to stay in the system tray after you close it.

Nvidia's drivers:
Piss poor aniso performance.

GTA3:
Runs like crap.

 

[gentobu]

Outlook:
I cant (or dont know how) sync my laptop .pst file with my desktops .pst file without having an exchange server running.

windows 9x:
windows 9x

 

[KillerCow]

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[KillerCow]

Internet Explorer:
That pop up you get when you go to a site that tries to use ActiveX and you have it disabled.
Will not open up a link in a new window maximized.

Outlook Express:
Can't force incoming e-mails to show as plain text.

I agree with these.

You should also be able to block pop-ups in IE. Configuable to either block all pop-ups, or pop-ups that come from a different domain than the one that you are at.

Oh. And I hate web-designers who use javascript to create pop-ups on links, instead of using the TARGET tag (since holding shift when clicking on the link wont work).

And I hate how everything I install wants to run in my task bar. And how they all create a Program Group in my start menu that just contain one other group -- or are named after the company and not the program. Do I need to go to GlobeScape->CuteFtp->CuteFtp? or Ahead Nero? why not just Nero? I think that the "Nero" brand is worth way more than "Ahead".

How about my favorite dialog box after an install:
"You must reboot your computer to use the installed program."
and the only button is OK, which imideately reboots your machine.

 

[CubicZirconia]

Gamespy Arcade:

Riddled with massive amounts of advertising
Slow
Crashes at least once every 20 minutes
worthless chat server never stays connected and results in crashing games to desktop

 

[randypj]

>>Windows 98:
>>After moving or deleting many files and/folders at the same time Explorer will invariably hang.

Gonad--I've been able to resolve this problem, in the past, in W9x by overwriting my explorer.exe file with a known good explorer.exe file, even though both files showed to be the same size. IME, BSOD's and such, while I'm xferring files, seem to have corrupted the file.
YMMV.
--Randy

 

[corkyg]

The thing that annoys me most is in setup or install where the program insists on being put in C:\Program Files\. I detest that. I had WinDVD's patch to make it work in XP, and it would not install because I didn't have the program where IT thought it ought to be, and it refused to let me tell it where to look. I sheisse-canned the program and got PowerDVD and it has been perfect.

I also detest Microsoft's cutesie "My Documents," and "My Computer," etc - how childish! Who the heck else's would it be?

I also do not like the way Outlook Express stores embedded or attached graphics. Eudora Pro does that so much better - very intuitive - two folders - one called \ATTACHED and the other \EMBEDDED. So, I send mail with OE and recieve mail in EP. The best of both worlds.

I could go on - but it's time for dinner!

 

[TomBilliodeaux]

1. When you WANT to install a soft and It asks "do you agree with....", like you are going to say NO and abort.

2. Same as above, like C: is the only drive one has.

3. Advertisements in software.