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Software Sucks
It has come to my attention that all software sucks. My OS, my web browser, my development tools; everything that I have to use on a day-to-day basis sucks.
Take for example Windows Vista, the windows management for which feels like I'm using windows 95. Alt+Tab only gets you so far when you have to test against six different web-browsers, all while your text editor and free-floating Firebug window are open.
Or how about Firefox, which has a tendency to break your important extensions during dot releases! Sure, del.icio.us keeps working, but I'd love it if Firebug could inspect XHR responses, and the W3C validator didn't crash my browser when I hit refresh. Both of these issues have been resolved, but they were definitely both broken when I needed them.
Adobe has made it their mission to roll their own UI widgets, which had lead to nothing but trouble. Flash CS4 Win doesn't play nicely with Synergy (which hasn't been updated since 2006 8D), making the mouse disappear when you transfer screens. The OSX version also does not work with Spaces, putting it in line with the entire Creative Suite!
Don't assume I think Chrome, OSX, Linux, Gimp etc. are any better, because I could (and probably will!) spend other posts talking about how much they suck too.
How about you? What awful experiences have you had with software this day/month/year?
Take for example Windows Vista, the windows management for which feels like I'm using windows 95. Alt+Tab only gets you so far when you have to test against six different web-browsers, all while your text editor and free-floating Firebug window are open.
Or how about Firefox, which has a tendency to break your important extensions during dot releases! Sure, del.icio.us keeps working, but I'd love it if Firebug could inspect XHR responses, and the W3C validator didn't crash my browser when I hit refresh. Both of these issues have been resolved, but they were definitely both broken when I needed them.
Adobe has made it their mission to roll their own UI widgets, which had lead to nothing but trouble. Flash CS4 Win doesn't play nicely with Synergy (which hasn't been updated since 2006 8D), making the mouse disappear when you transfer screens. The OSX version also does not work with Spaces, putting it in line with the entire Creative Suite!
Don't assume I think Chrome, OSX, Linux, Gimp etc. are any better, because I could (and probably will!) spend other posts talking about how much they suck too.
How about you? What awful experiences have you had with software this day/month/year?
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Will not autoupdate as I add stuff to my library via non-itunes without a custom script
It tries to do stuff for me without asking
No FLAC or OGG support
Don't like the UI
I just like Winamp better for my needs. That's all.
I used to like Steam but then they decided it was perfectly normal to gouge people outside the US for the same product and there's the fact that it's still DRM.
I still somewhat like Ubuntu, even though the linux community is a disorganized mess and features like sound are nowhere near where they should be, the improvement in just the last few years is quite something and each new release has several things that make me go "Oh, that' really useful." (i.e. sound finally working acceptably, much faster boot times, non-brown themes).
I haven't really been wowed by a program since Firefox originally came out.
Also, Winamp is nice for playing individual songs and such, but it is no good for song libraries. Yes, I know it has library functionality, but it's unmanageable. Not that iTunes is amazing at it, but it's the best of what's out there. It's the least smelly poop.
Not to say its not without its flaws, "other codec" support being chief among them. See, Apple realized that not everyone wanted to use AAC, so it provided a "Quicktime Component" interface, which gets you your OGG support. Yay! Until you try to play it on your Airtunes speakers ... you see, iTunes does not allow any "third-party" components to stream to Airtunes, and it fails silently to boot! This means you'll be enjoying music in your living room, until suddenly it cuts out and is playing in your bedroom because it hit an OGG file. Good work, guys.
I think it's a Firefox problem, not a problem with my extensions (Adblock plus, firegestures, fission, flashblock, personal menu, secure login).
Google Chrome - I absolutely love how the tabs are separate processes (which would likely prevent the PDF hanging and crashing that I've been running into with Firefox), but there are absolutely no advanced features or easy ways to get "under the hood" like you can with Firefox ala about:config and chrome hacks and shit like that (unless they've changed a LOT about the browser since the last time I used it).
foobar2k- no library support, have to add music for each playlist/no drag and drop playlists
Toucan (a backup/syncing program) - fucking crashed when I was trying to backup my music folder...and I had to redo it all by hand because a lot of stuff got fucked up.
Chrome - love almost everything about it, but wish it'd get more advanced cookie settings (on Firefox, I set it so that it deletes all cookies when I close it, except for the ones I want to keep)
I hope Chrome never ever gets extension support, nor almost any of the features you're talking about.
Here me out: I think this is 80% of why Firefox sucks now. Firefox wants to do everything, everywhere, in every way possible, and all it has lead to is a browser that is too big and too clunky to get out of its own way. I think that FF and Chrome can happily share market space, with Firefox being the "advanced persons" browser, and Chrome being the browser that is fast and nimble and will get 90% of people through a day on the internet. No need to try to turn everything into Firefox, and likewise no need to try to turn everything into Chrome.
It's been quite a while since I last used Chrome, so Firefox doesn't feel so slow and clunky to me. Runs only 227MB with 2 windows, each with 4 or so tabs.
EDIT: I don't think we're a good representation of what most people need on the internet, mind you.
But as of right now I really have no idea why PDFs are fucking up my Firefox so badly. Is it happening to anyone else? You know what? Opera actually has more shit built into it than Firefox does (email, mouse gestures, IRC chat, some other bullshit, etc) yet it runs smoother, for the most part (or at the very least uses a LOT less RAM). I think the devs are doing something wrong with Firefox. Really, if Firefox just gets each tab as a separate process, or if chrome got adblocking and some way to tweak the interface, I'd be a lot happier about both browsers.