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Re: Ask HN: What is the worst software that you have to use?

#73

Post by falcolas »

jakebasile wrote: post #38

Slack. - It's slow on every platform I use (iOS, macOS). - I often don't get notifications at all, on either platform. - The Mac client crashes too often. - The Mac client uses more resources than it should. - Threads are useless. - Settings are split into too many different views. - I dislike the design. It's too spaced out (even with the "compact" setting). There's no dark mode. I don't like the icon. Everything is…

I'm happy (unhappy?) to inform you that hipchat is no better. In many ways, it's worse.

- Can't edit previous message aside from an exceptionally limited s/// for your very last message

- Can't mix text formatting; you're either quoting, coding, or regular typing

- Animated GIFs for Avatars. I mean, seriously?

- Many of the same problems from Slack's use of Electron (and similar)

Re: Ask HN: What is the worst software that you have to use?

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Post by spanktheuser »

Surprised no one has mentioned iTunes yet.

Noticing a few trends. Poorly written software often:

- Is written for the enterprise, making it vulnerable to buyer vs. user issues.

- Is old and sprawling, yet so successful and so complex to make the much-needed rewrite very daunting.

- Is highly connected to our personal workflows, and therefore always out of sync with the way some significant population wants to work.

Re: Ask HN: What is the worst software that you have to use?

#76

Post by jakebasile »

falcolas wrote: post #73
jakebasile wrote: post #38

Slack. - It's slow on every platform I use (iOS, macOS). - I often don't get notifications at all, on either platform. - The Mac client crashes too often. - The Mac client uses more resources than it should. - Threads are useless. - Settings are split into too many different views. - I dislike the design. It's too spaced out (even with the "compact" setting). There's no dark mode. I don't like the icon. Everything is…

I'm happy (unhappy?) to inform you that hipchat is no better. In many ways, it's worse. - Can't edit previous message aside from an exceptionally limited s/// for your very last message - Can't mix text formatting; you're either quoting, coding, or regular typing - Animated GIFs for Avatars. I mean, seriously? - Many of the same problems from Slack's use of Electron (and similar)

Animated avatars? Why do this?

Re: Ask HN: What is the worst software that you have to use?

#78

Post by soundlab »

benmorris wrote: post #28

Quickbooks 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.

100%- what an abomination it is moving beyond one machine. Moving to the hosted Enterprise version was a complete nightmare. Finally pulled the plug and went with Xero and a series of API-based add-ons and it's like being handed the keys to a P100D in Ludicrous Speed mode. Trouble with QB is how entrenched the CPA community is around it. Our CPA howled at the idea of Xero and was the reason we stayed with QB for as long as we did.

Re: Ask HN: What is the worst software that you have to use?

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Post by joemi »

spanktheuser wrote: post #74

Surprised no one has mentioned iTunes yet. Noticing a few trends. Poorly written software often: - Is written for the enterprise, making it vulnerable to buyer vs. user issues. - Is old and sprawling, yet so successful and so complex to make the much-needed rewrite very daunting. - Is highly connected to our personal workflows, and therefore always out of sync with the way some significant population wants to work.

It's never been ideal for me, but it's usually been "good enough" for me. But with each new release, it gets less so. My needs aren't really changing, but what and how iTunes delivers is changing, getting further and further away from my needs.
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