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Re: Ask HN: Software you hate but can't replace?

#191
My pet hate is M/S Excel. It's ancient now, but still essential for some users.

The problem with Excel is that it was written before the M/S GUI became standard, and so nearly all of the keystrokes are count-intuitive.

I use it rarely these days, but when I do, I spend hours swearing at its clumsy non standard GUI interface.

Re: Ask HN: Software you hate but can't replace?

#192

MS Teams: What makes it bad: First of all, it uses Electron, thus it is laggy and wastes too much resources. Maybe it is just a pet peeve of mine, but I hate , if an application does not look native on my GNOME Desktop and does not follow any HIG. Another factor is the proprietary nature of MS Teams. If it was open, there would probably be some other client/some way to have a real native client. My preferred alternat…

As much as I hate Electron, Teams is an insult to Electron. There are Electron apps that are tolerable - Teams is not even that.

I think the performance issues are not due to electron but more the architecture and Angular.

Re: Ask HN: Software you hate but can't replace?

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post #85

MS Teams: What makes it bad: First of all, it uses Electron, thus it is laggy and wastes too much resources. Maybe it is just a pet peeve of mine, but I hate , if an application does not look native on my GNOME Desktop and does not follow any HIG. Another factor is the proprietary nature of MS Teams. If it was open, there would probably be some other client/some way to have a real native client. My preferred alternat…

Lately, my Teams has been popping up a purple bar that says, "other people may not be able to hear you". Yeah, duh - I wasn't talking!

It’s not because it detects sound on your audio input while you are muted ? Maybe from your breathing or your keyboard.

Re: Ask HN: Software you hate but can't replace?

#195

Hate is too Sterling for these gripes, but this is relatively the best fit: Windows 10, useful for some games with friends, because of the “nudges” to change my behavior, like asking if I really want to keep using that program, the magic-fingers messages on installation (suggesting I just blindly trust), and the difficulty to install without an online account, among other things. I can’t replace it yet, but the day w…

If you can get a copy of the LTSC or Education distros, they're leagues ahead of the common Win 10 experience: much less clutter and nagging, being able to defer content updates, less tracking.

Re: Ask HN: Software you hate but can't replace?

#196

Every website with cookie tracking. Which is every website. Anything electron: massive hog of resources and will never be rewritten on a nonbloated platform. Every single package manager and scheme still seems fundamentally broken and are bad compromises. But there's no money in fixing it so it will always be broken. I salute people doing the thankless work of packaging OSS and language libraries. You are fighting th…

Sounds like you don’t like computers.

The unavoidable fate of those working with computers long enough!

Re: Ask HN: Software you hate but can't replace?

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post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Out of interest what do you not like about the whatsapp app? The core functionality seems pretty solid to me.

I meet someone. I want to send them a WhatsApp message. I should be able to type their number into the “To” field, type the message, and press “Send”. Instead, WhatsApp makes me create a new contact in my phone, going through the 4-5 button presses to do that. Then I can start a chat with this new contact. Massively inconvenient.

You can send a message without saving their contact, as long as you have their number.

https://wa.me/their-number-with-the-country-code

Paste this link(after putting their number) in a chat with yourself (https://wa.me/your-number-with-the-country-code) and just click the link.

Re: Ask HN: Software you hate but can't replace?

#200

Adobe suite. After effects, illustrator, inDesign etc Adobe in the above fields of design are industry leaders, and have the features & functions we’ve come to rely on. Adobe’s pricing model has become very aggressive, and quite unaffordable for lots.

Adobe is good SW for pro work. It is terrible in pricing and terms of use. Worst is that it is not for Linux.
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