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Ask HN: What is the worst software that you have to use?
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Re: Ask HN: What is the worst software that you have to use?
#22Lately for me it's the iOS Music app. Every iOS release it gets further away from the original purpose. Off the top of my head, the "Search" screen used to show the last 10+ things I searched for (artists, playlists, songs, etc). Now it only shows the last 3 things I searched for, and fills the rest of the screen up with what's trending on the iTunes store. I didn't ask for that!
It also regularly refuses to play music which has been downloaded to my iPhone because my cell signal isn't strong enough. I have to put it in airplane mode when I'm on the subway.
Re: Ask HN: What is the worst software that you have to use?
#23Basecamp 3.
Projects list is a pain in the arse and the layout is weird. Emailing a client involves witchcraft and switching to some whole new client interface. Doesn't have time tracking, have to use yet another garbage app to do that. People keep using Campfire instead of Slack. Everyone gets a notification for everything by default. So much goddamn white space on this thing. MY BROWSER IS MASSIVE, USE IT. The timeline thing under projects feels like someone thought it was clever so they included it, in reality it's all squashed up and has no real purpose.
Can I just mention this separately. "Like this? Clap for " - is that supposed to be a sarcasm clap? Like seriously has anyone ever used that legitimately? The only time I'd use it if there was a message "oops I deleted the server" or similar.
I am going to throw a damn parade the day we find an alternative.
Edit: Oh also 3.basecamp.com is stupid. Use your domain.
Also when I log in why am I suddenly on 37signals.com. I get there's a switcher to go back to the (slightly more tolerable) Basecamp Classic but what's this domain about. Branding all over the damn place.
Re: Ask HN: What is the worst software that you have to use?
#24Siri via CarPlay, because it makes me scream with frustration with 75% likelihood upon use.
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#25Lotus Notes.
I put up with it for 12 years. It was genuinely a highlight of switching jobs when I got to leave that behind.
Re: Ask HN: What is the worst software that you have to use?
#26JIRA and a very close second is Confluence.
JIRA is horrendous. The search is a pain.
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#27Outlook
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#28Quickbooks Desktop - I've had a long history with it going back well over 10 years, the basic edition all the way to Enterprise. It is consistently a headache at wherever I was working at the time. I still to this day see businesses struggle with it when they move beyond just one computer using it especially. Performance, stability and data corruption all issues that still come up even in the latest versions.
Re: Ask HN: What is the worst software that you have to use?
#29Atom. Because I sort of love it, and then it freezes up for just long enough to kill my train of thought.
Re: Ask HN: What is the worst software that you have to use?
#30Asana. I don't want to open links I get by email, because I know it takes always forever to load all the js crap.
I also like to use my arm chromebook, which is perfect for tasks, but Asana literally kills it performance wise.
Fuck your all fancy javascript, I can make the same app using jquery and it will fly. Unfortunately people I need to use it with wouldn't use my app.