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

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Post by muzani »

riidom wrote: post #123

Discord. I basically don't use it, avery few months I'd say, but I still hate it, because it drains all the good Q&A's from the internet and puts it into its chatlogs, with a mediocre search ontop. Discord for gaming ramblings and chitchat may be okay, but I hate when software projects misuse it as a support channel. Give me some forum instead, I know many ppl here on HN dislike discourse, I don't get it though, for…

I actually prefer IRC over Discord. I'm not sure why. Discord feels a bit excessive in its features. I don't like the bots. It doesn't handle multiple channels well, not as well as Slack, and yet something about it makes people do so many, unlike IRC. There's the mess of roles/self roles.

There's just something about it that encourages overcommunication. You have announcement channels that people just tell you to mute if you don't like announcements but, well, you miss out on all the announcements. The logging means that too much documentation goes on in a server, alongside memes and motivational posts.

I've actually been playing a game where all spoiler related chat goes in channels that get cleared every 3 days. 90% of the conversation is spoiler related. This is a lot more pleasant - things get documented off discord, and yet there's plenty of chatter and banter.

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

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Post by realusername »

Xcode without a doubt, it's mandatory to build my flutter apps for apple devices.

It's slow as hell, takes 12GB to download, has a 50% failure rate at uploading apps...

Nothing is up to modern standards with it. I'm so fed up with it I'm almost close of building some open source replacement.

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

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Post by t0bia_s »

CodeGlitch wrote: post #211
t0bia_s wrote: post #202

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I never had such issue with Lineage OS. I'm using it over 7 years now. It sounds like HW related problem. Btw price of iPhone is non acceptable for me from two reasons. Device could be easily lost and I do not need powerful HW with terrible battery life for calls and messages.

Well that's another problem with Android that I wanted to touch on: it's not trivial to try out different OS, which I think is more a fault of the phone manufacturers rather than just Google. The whole smart phone ecosystem is all about walled gardens. I agree about battery life for iPhone, pretty much everyone who owns one complains about how their battery doesn't even last a day. My Nokia X20 can last 3 days with l…

But at least you have options with android device. With Apple you have none. You are completely dependent on manufacturer.

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

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Post by nicbou »

twalichiewicz wrote: post #161

I noticed most of the replies in this thread refer to mobile / desktop software, but nothing compares to the hell that is car infotainment system for me. Using the Audi MMI is painfully clunky, inconsistent, and riddled with subscription-locked features. At this point I just immediately wait for CarPlay and avoid touching anything in the car’s native OS. Honestly they could probably just save a lot of development tim…

I never had a car with an LCD. However after having tried a few, I decided that a phone on the dashboard does a better job.

Tacking ephemeral technology to a long-lasting appliance is a weird idea.

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

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Post by nicbou »

Johnythree wrote: post #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.

The worst part is that many shortcuts in the office suite are localized.

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

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Post by realusername »

verandaguy wrote: post #54
JCWasmx86 wrote: post #7

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…

I use Teams on Mac, and frankly while I started off just disliking it because of the Electron lagginess, over time that's been overshadowed by a bunch of other stuff: - It's basically a Skype reskin, so it has a lot of visual elements and quirks that carry over from that — most of them haven't aged well. The reacts alone are taken straight from Skype, and they never seem to sync up if people react to a comment in qui…

The first issue is indeed that they took Skype code to build that. Calls & videos aren't a strength of Skype guys, it's the opposite...

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

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Post by pjmlp »

Given that programming languages are also software products, C and JavaScript, I am unable to replace UNIX and Web platforms, which are the reason they exist at all, so there you go.

As for other software, anything Electron based that could be a plain Web application or a background process using the user's already installed Web browser or system Web widgets.

On that note anything that takes ages to start on Android or iOS, which are clearly not native, and I can replace them because they are key apps without alternative from the companies, like e.g. banks.

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

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Post by mikewarot »

polishdude20 wrote: post #173
mikewarot wrote: post #139

Windows, Linux, Android - I hate them all. None give me capability based security. All are the equivalent of a fortification build out of crates of nitroglycerine. Any inbound inject of control that works turns them into a devastating resource for the enemy.

What do you recommend?

As stated by the original poster... "hate but can't replace"

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

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Post by afarviral »

teetertater wrote: post #129
captainmuon wrote: post #124

Outlook - Slow, buggy, cluttered UI. It loses mail, especially with shared mailboxes. The search function is slow and fails to find some mails. There seems to be no real alternative though. All I want is a fast, native email client that supports conversation view and has a good search function. For work, I also require the calendar function, but I don't think implementing that is the hardest part. I know IMAP (or MS…

Have you tried outlook.com? I migrated from the desktop app and enabled a bunch of ublock filters to get rid of the ad pane, works pretty well for me. Haven't used shared mailboxes though so can't speak to that.

You cant edit email subject of mail items or group by category. 2 dealbreakers for OWA.
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