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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?
#132My first place award goes to SAP, which I have to use for time entry. The procedure for entering vacation time is "Put in the hours and the code for PTO. Now hit enter. Yes, it'll all turn red and it'll display an error. Hit enter again. Everything else just autofilled." The procedure for changing an SAP password is to click New Password on the login screen[1]. No, not after logging in, if you accidentally did that y…
SAP timesheet "CATS" has the worst UI I ever used: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OucSQZo65RI/VPHGj4p4inI/AAAAAAAAdF... It's designed for an 14" CRT, showing only like 10 days of 31 days months - happy scrolling in both axes with non standard scrollbars. You have to enter the hours per day in decimal minutes (1.00 = 60min, 0.25 = 15min) instead of the more human natural 60minutes. The table UI control is completely non-st…
I have to use the mySAP web-based version of CATS, which is at least as bad as the SAP GUI version, and even slower. Truly some of the worst software I've ever had the misfortune to use
Re: Ask HN: What is the worst software that you have to use?
#133OmniTracker, the web UI!
Imagine how fun it is to type a "stack-trace" into your issue tracker, because it doesn't even support copy-and-paste...
Luckily, unknown to most people, I guess.
Re: Ask HN: What is the worst software that you have to use?
#134Worldship.
I shipping software by UPS.
Re: Ask HN: What is the worst software that you have to use?
#135Not right now but had the "pleasure" of using and administering it ... "HP Service Center".
Recently got a new HP laptop strictly for playing games. Almost threw it out the window because of the stupid HP Service Center. Even when you disable it in every possible way, it doesn't leave you alone.
Ah, I meant HP OpenView Service Center, nowadays known as HP Service Manager.
Re: Ask HN: What is the worst software that you have to use?
#136LastPass. It's amazing how bad the UI and user experience is.
It's a love-hate thing:
when Autofill works everything is perfect.
if not you have to walk the "narrow path of 5 clicks" with your mouse.
Re: Ask HN: What is the worst software that you have to use?
#137Skype Entreprise.
The UI takes a huge space on screen, parameters are hard to find, notifications are invasive.
Re: Ask HN: What is the worst software that you have to use?
#138The question asks about software and not specifically applications, so the worst software that I have to use are all of the web developer "tools" and frameworks that I have to deal with.
I can write far more performant applications in a fraction of the time without the bloat that is expected in web apps these days, but I would be hard-pressed to find a job where I can do that.
Re: Ask HN: What is the worst software that you have to use?
#139Skype.
Worst software ever.
Re: Ask HN: What is the worst software that you have to use?
#140Earlier quoted context omitted.
I administer my company's internal Confluence server and author most of the content, and I have a few complaints but overall I love using it. What do you dislike about it?
My 2¢: Confluence's primary job is to share and manage lots of written documentation. If I wanted to make such software I'd make it fast, the curation/management job lightweight and inline, and emphasize readability and promote fast comprehension of information with layout and design. Confluence is slow, curation/management is ponderous and the design ignores hundreds of years of research / practice in visual process…
My biggest complaint is that it doesnt support markdown correctly.