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Re: Software Updates

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Post by cptnapalm »

mitchtbaum wrote: post #87
s9w wrote: post #17

Software getting worse, just out of my head: - VS2019 removed at least two important features from VS2017 (export of profiler results and the concurrency profiler) - Firefox "new" extension API still means you can't remove the top tab bar from tree style tabs (best FF extension) without hacks - Current Dropbox versions are incredibly invasive. They popup when opening a word document. When pluggin in my Camera. And no…

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And like that, millions of hours of productivity were lost.

Re: Software Updates

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Post by BubRoss »

s9w wrote: post #17

Software getting worse, just out of my head: - VS2019 removed at least two important features from VS2017 (export of profiler results and the concurrency profiler) - Firefox "new" extension API still means you can't remove the top tab bar from tree style tabs (best FF extension) without hacks - Current Dropbox versions are incredibly invasive. They popup when opening a word document. When pluggin in my Camera. And no…

Great list. Also twitter employs around four thousand people but throttles mobile users. They use multiple megabytes to deliver 288 characters.

Two things - pi hole or something like it is a godsend. It makes many sites filled to brim with nonsense become usable.

For phones, one plus seems to have done well with using fast CPUs and cutting down on bloat at the same time.

Re: Software Updates

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Post by gkfasdfasdf »

s9w wrote: post #17

Software getting worse, just out of my head: - VS2019 removed at least two important features from VS2017 (export of profiler results and the concurrency profiler) - Firefox "new" extension API still means you can't remove the top tab bar from tree style tabs (best FF extension) without hacks - Current Dropbox versions are incredibly invasive. They popup when opening a word document. When pluggin in my Camera. And no…

A year ago I had bluetooth headphones that would call out mileage stats during my run; pausing my audiobook in the progress. I recently replaced the headphones with a newer model b/c battery life degraded on the old pair; and also recently upgraded to android 10 on my phone. But now instead of getting a full report of distance, pace, and time, I get distance followed by 5 seconds of silence. Not sure if it is the headphones, Android 10, audiobook app or workout app, but yeah, it does totally seem like software just gets worse over time.

Re: Software Updates

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Post by jraph »

s9w wrote: post #17

Software getting worse, just out of my head: - VS2019 removed at least two important features from VS2017 (export of profiler results and the concurrency profiler) - Firefox "new" extension API still means you can't remove the top tab bar from tree style tabs (best FF extension) without hacks - Current Dropbox versions are incredibly invasive. They popup when opening a word document. When pluggin in my Camera. And no…

> Current Dropbox versions are incredibly invasive. They popup when opening a word document. When pluggin in my Camera. And now started showing a glowing red "error" because I "only" have a Pro account and no business account (when using 0,4% of my storage). Also they still have no way of ignoring folders.

Have you tried Nextcloud? It is not invasive and is able to ignore folders. There are paid providers available though I have never tried them, I host my own instance.

Re: Software Updates

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Post by monocasa »

Leace wrote: post #68
nickjj wrote: post #42

2 Windows programs that I've been using for ~15 years have done a great job at avoiding the abyss. They would be IrfanView[0] (image viewer) and foobar2000[1] (mp3 player). Both programs are very minimal and have stayed true to their vision. Using them today feels similar to how it was 5 or even 10 years ago, but at the same time subtle improvements have been made too. Both are still under active development, so it's…

I used them too and they're fantastic. I even bought a couple of licenses for IrfanView although I didn't need them. Too bad there's no Linux version.

Runs beautifully under WINE.

Re: Software Updates

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Post by chooseaname »

gkfasdfasdf wrote: post #93
s9w wrote: post #17

Software getting worse, just out of my head: - VS2019 removed at least two important features from VS2017 (export of profiler results and the concurrency profiler) - Firefox "new" extension API still means you can't remove the top tab bar from tree style tabs (best FF extension) without hacks - Current Dropbox versions are incredibly invasive. They popup when opening a word document. When pluggin in my Camera. And no…

A year ago I had bluetooth headphones that would call out mileage stats during my run; pausing my audiobook in the progress. I recently replaced the headphones with a newer model b/c battery life degraded on the old pair; and also recently upgraded to android 10 on my phone. But now instead of getting a full report of distance, pace, and time, I get distance followed by 5 seconds of silence. Not sure if it is the hea…

I will say this until it changes, but it is because 1) devs care only about developer productivity and 2) shareholders are the new customer. Nobody is focusing on the real customer.

Re: Software Updates

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Post by chooseaname »

latchkey wrote: post #16

I just tried to fastlane a new beta version of my flutter iOS app up to the app store today. It got rejected by Apple because I was using Xcode 11.2, which was released on Nov 1st. Apparently, on Nov 5th Apple released 11.2.1, but still haven't put it in the App Store. I didn't know about it. Ended up being a 7.3gb download and about 10 minutes to extract the .xip file on my 12 core 2.9ghz macbook pro. The struggle i…

Wait, you can't put an app on the app store when your xcode version is not the absolute latest? Why do iOS devs put up with th... oh, right, Apple.

Re: Software Updates

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Post by Fr0styMatt88 »

chme wrote: post #33
s9w wrote: post #17

Software getting worse, just out of my head: - VS2019 removed at least two important features from VS2017 (export of profiler results and the concurrency profiler) - Firefox "new" extension API still means you can't remove the top tab bar from tree style tabs (best FF extension) without hacks - Current Dropbox versions are incredibly invasive. They popup when opening a word document. When pluggin in my Camera. And no…

> - The new Reddit layout is borderline unusable. They will lose the rest of the core users when they disable the old. subdomain While I agree with you here, there is also a point that it might attract new and younger users with its more 'modern' look. Personally I like sites like HN or the old style wikipedia for its information density and out of the way design. But that might just be the age talking here. People t…

I felt puzzled by Reddit's redesign until I started using the mobile app. Then as I was just scrolling and scrolling infinitely, just seeing what it would offer me next -- THAT is when I think I understood what the new Reddit interface was likely optimizing for.

To be honest, I actually don't mind that so much. The thing that annoys me about Reddit is the whole ads-that-look-like-posts thing.

Re: Software Updates

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Post by AnIdiotOnTheNet »

Crinus wrote: post #20
s9w wrote: post #17

Software getting worse, just out of my head: - VS2019 removed at least two important features from VS2017 (export of profiler results and the concurrency profiler) - Firefox "new" extension API still means you can't remove the top tab bar from tree style tabs (best FF extension) without hacks - Current Dropbox versions are incredibly invasive. They popup when opening a word document. When pluggin in my Camera. And no…

> I don't understand how the "modern" Windows start menu works they introduced in Win 8 I think. The current start menu was introduced in Windows 10 though even the initial 10 version was a bit different. Windows 8 had a "start screen" where there were only tiles (that are now at the side) and took the entire screen. Because the Windows 8 start screen and the initial Windows 10 start menu strongly deemphasized folder…

Linux Desktop launchers are much, much worse I think, if only because .desktop files are among the stupidest things ever designed.

Re: Software Updates

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Post by AnIdiotOnTheNet »

brewdad wrote: post #82
Crinus wrote: post #20

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> I don't understand how the "modern" Windows start menu works they introduced in Win 8 I think. The current start menu was introduced in Windows 10 though even the initial 10 version was a bit different. Windows 8 had a "start screen" where there were only tiles (that are now at the side) and took the entire screen. Because the Windows 8 start screen and the initial Windows 10 start menu strongly deemphasized folder…

I've given up trying to locate the program I need via the tiles. Now I hit the Windows key and start typing the application name I need. Making the interface worse has actually made things easier in many cases. Except when I end up launching a web search by mistake.

Windows 7 had start menu search, only without the web bits, so its still worse.
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