Your vote for the 5 worst pieces of software?

[Chaotic42]

I'm looking for the worst software that you just dread using. The worst of the worst. Maybe the thread will make other software look better by comparison. My list:

#1- Real Player
#2- Kodak Imaging Software
#3- Music Match
#4- Scott Studios-AXS
#5- Outlook Express

I have to use the bottom 3 daily. :shudder:

 

[geno]

Does Xupiter count as a piece of software? :disgust:

the worst of the worst

 

[Zim Hosein]

Windows ME should win hands down :disgust:

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: geno
Does Xupiter count as a piece of software? :disgust:

the worst of the worst

I dunno. What's Xupiter?

 

1) AOL
2) RealPlayer
3) Musicmatch Jukebox
4) Rational Rose
5) Any Creative driver/util

EDIT: Had to change AOL to #1. Worst POS evar!

 

[CFster]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I'm looking for the worst software that you just dread using. The worst of the worst. Maybe the thread will make other software look better by comparison. My list:

#1- Real Player
#2- Kodak Imaging Software
#3- Music Match
#4- Scott Studios-AXS
#5- Outlook Express

I have to use the bottom 3 daily. :shudder:

What's wrong with Outlook Express?

 

[jurzdevil]

ati multimedia center

 

[Gaard]

I'll repeat the question. What's wrong with OE?

 

[nemesismk2]

Here are my top 5 worst software:-

Windows 3.1
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows XP

 

[Conky]

Originally posted by: nemesismk2
Here are my top 5 worst software:-

Windows 3.1
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows XP

Well, aren't you L33t!

My vote is for anything with the word Real in it.

 

[Czar]

1. RealOne player
2. Realplayer 8 and earlier
3. Quicktime
4. WinME
5. ... cant think of one that is obviosly worse than any other software

 

[Conky]

Originally posted by: Gaard
I'll repeat the question. What's wrong with OE?

Nothing if you patch it regularly and use a virus checker. I use it to maintain several email accounts at once.

 

[iamme]

only two I can think of are:

Realplayer and AOL.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Gaard
I'll repeat the question. What's wrong with OE?

Well, of course it's subjective, but I really don't like OE. It's slow on the system here at work (it's not a killer system, but OE really shouldn't be too big), and I don't like graphical email programs. The speed is the big thing. It takes a long time (relative to other software) to load, to check the mail, to create a mail, anything involving opening new windows. I don't know why, since other things run pretty well on the system. It's a Duron 900.

It's not unusable, but I don't like it.

To each his own, but give me mutt anyday

 

[Desslok]

1.) Win 98 SE/ME
2.) Anything by Real
3.) Easy CD
4.) Any Spyware/Adware

 

[DumbGuy]

that Gator thingymajjiger

and again, what the hell is wrong with Outlook Express?

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: geno
Does Xupiter count as a piece of software? :disgust:

the worst of the worst

I dunno. What's Xupiter?

Hehheh, hopefully you don't have to find that out the hard way

 

[NokiaDude]

Another vote for AOL and Yahoo! software, those spyware infecting POS'es. My sister does not get the message that Trillian is 10x better.

 

[Alphazero]

ICQ

Sure it's common, but it's just an awful, ugly, bloated program.

 

[Shockwave]

Real Player
Quicktime
Norton AV (If this thing decides to bug out on you, your screwed)

Heck, thats about it, I really dont have a problem with much software, unless we can count add ons (ie...Spyware) in which case I could namea dozen more...Damned cycle suckin add on crap....

 

[compudog]

Real anything
Windows ME
AOL
TurboTax (actually the stuff it installs behind the scenes..)

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Here are my top 5 worst software:-

Windows 3.1
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows XP
=============================

Definately L33t!

 

[Brutuskend]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Windows ME should win hands down :disgust:

 

[Spikey217]

RealOne
AOL
Quicktime
Roxio Easy CD
Win ME

 

[rh71]

Does RealPlayer/RealOne Player ever crash on you ? No? Didn't think so.

Just because it may contain ads doesn't mean it's the WORST software. It means it needs funding. You want ad-free stuff, you pay for it, like almost anything else out there... but it's no reason to single Realxxxxx out.

If you think it has spyware, why isn't Kazaa on anyone's list ? Yeah, thought so.

 

[CFster]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: Gaard
I'll repeat the question. What's wrong with OE?

Well, of course it's subjective, but I really don't like OE. It's slow on the system here at work (it's not a killer system, but OE really shouldn't be too big), and I don't like graphical email programs. The speed is the big thing. It takes a long time (relative to other software) to load, to check the mail, to create a mail, anything involving opening new windows. I don't know why, since other things run pretty well on the system. It's a Duron 900.

It's not unusable, but I don't like it.

To each his own, but give me mutt anyday

Hmm, always loads lightning fast on both of my systems and one running at 850Mhz. I think it's a great email client as it allows you to have multiple accounts. The same goes for the newsreader as well. No good for multipart binaries (I use XNews for that), but I use it exclusively for text only newsgroups.

And I use a virus checker regardless of my email client anyway.