Comments on: The Top 5 Free WORST Microsoft Products & Why They Suck http://www.appnox.com/the-top-5-free-worst-microsoft-products-why-they-suck-4/ All about Applications! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:13:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: dman977 http://www.appnox.com/the-top-5-free-worst-microsoft-products-why-they-suck-4/comment-page-1/#comment-4287 dman977 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:56:07 +0000 http://www.appnox.com/the-top-5-free-worst-microsoft-products-why-they-suck-4/#comment-4287 <p>Not to mention that if you were to need to access a website that (for whatever reason) continues to only run on IE. You can always use IE Tab.</p> <p>Death to IE and bloat-bars!!</p> Not to mention that if you were to need to access a website that (for whatever reason) continues to only run on IE. You can always use IE Tab.

Death to IE and bloat-bars!!

]]> By: Aibek http://www.appnox.com/the-top-5-free-worst-microsoft-products-why-they-suck-4/comment-page-1/#comment-4286 Aibek Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:25:51 +0000 http://www.appnox.com/the-top-5-free-worst-microsoft-products-why-they-suck-4/#comment-4286 <p>Yep, Vista does have this annoying habit of rebooting your PC after update.</p> Yep, Vista does have this annoying habit of rebooting your PC after update.

]]> By: Aibek http://www.appnox.com/the-top-5-free-worst-microsoft-products-why-they-suck-4/comment-page-1/#comment-4285 Aibek Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:09:41 +0000 http://www.appnox.com/the-top-5-free-worst-microsoft-products-why-they-suck-4/#comment-4285 <p>I second Scott, it was clear from the title what the post is all about!</p> I second Scott, it was clear from the title what the post is all about!

]]> By: sanno http://www.appnox.com/the-top-5-free-worst-microsoft-products-why-they-suck-4/comment-page-1/#comment-4284 sanno Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:15:02 +0000 http://www.appnox.com/the-top-5-free-worst-microsoft-products-why-they-suck-4/#comment-4284 <p>It always facinates me, that people never ever even start the Internet Explorer but in the same sentence claim how bad of a product it is.<br /> Obviously you haven’t even used it for more than 5 minutes. Granted you have to install IE7Pro (wich also works with IE8) to make IE8 bareable, but you also have to install AdBlock with Firefox (or use a Proxy for al Browsers).<br /> I am an Opera user and in *MY* oppinion Firefox is much inferior to nearly all other browsers (ChromePlus, Opera, IE) just Safari is worse than Firefox (still IMHO).<br /> And Firefox is alsways the last choice if the rather seldom occasion occurs that a site is not working with Opera.</p> <p>So please stop this stupid Firefox fanboishm and naive Internet Explorer hate triads. Firefox is NOT the ultimate alternative and to bo honest, I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone anymore.<br /> I also wouldn’t say Internet Explorer 8 is a particularly bad browser. It actually has quite some nice features – and if you start it you’ll be ASKED what searchengines you want to use.<br /> I can’t see whats the problem with that……</p> It always facinates me, that people never ever even start the Internet Explorer but in the same sentence claim how bad of a product it is.
Obviously you haven’t even used it for more than 5 minutes. Granted you have to install IE7Pro (wich also works with IE8) to make IE8 bareable, but you also have to install AdBlock with Firefox (or use a Proxy for al Browsers).
I am an Opera user and in *MY* oppinion Firefox is much inferior to nearly all other browsers (ChromePlus, Opera, IE) just Safari is worse than Firefox (still IMHO).
And Firefox is alsways the last choice if the rather seldom occasion occurs that a site is not working with Opera.

So please stop this stupid Firefox fanboishm and naive Internet Explorer hate triads. Firefox is NOT the ultimate alternative and to bo honest, I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone anymore.
I also wouldn’t say Internet Explorer 8 is a particularly bad browser. It actually has quite some nice features – and if you start it you’ll be ASKED what searchengines you want to use.
I can’t see whats the problem with that……

]]> By: Rex http://www.appnox.com/the-top-5-free-worst-microsoft-products-why-they-suck-4/comment-page-1/#comment-4283 Rex Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:05:09 +0000 http://www.appnox.com/the-top-5-free-worst-microsoft-products-why-they-suck-4/#comment-4283 <p>Why complain about the Bing toolbar when Google and Yahoo do the same? Their toolbars also connect to their products and services, so what’s special about Bing? What, you wanted the Bing’s email button to redirect you to GMail?</p> Why complain about the Bing toolbar when Google and Yahoo do the same? Their toolbars also connect to their products and services, so what’s special about Bing? What, you wanted the Bing’s email button to redirect you to GMail?

]]> By: D. Gates http://www.appnox.com/the-top-5-free-worst-microsoft-products-why-they-suck-4/comment-page-1/#comment-4282 D. Gates Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:32:54 +0000 http://www.appnox.com/the-top-5-free-worst-microsoft-products-why-they-suck-4/#comment-4282 <p>I use IE8 as my secondary browser, and the article completely failed to mention any of its strong points or innovations. Private browsing and multithreaded browsing started with IE, and IE still has the best tab grouping. Web slices and accelerators are also under-appreciated. IE9 will have hardware-accelerated rendering, and that’s going to be copied left and right by other browser makers.</p> I use IE8 as my secondary browser, and the article completely failed to mention any of its strong points or innovations. Private browsing and multithreaded browsing started with IE, and IE still has the best tab grouping. Web slices and accelerators are also under-appreciated. IE9 will have hardware-accelerated rendering, and that’s going to be copied left and right by other browser makers.

]]> By: Vlad Urutti http://www.appnox.com/the-top-5-free-worst-microsoft-products-why-they-suck-4/comment-page-1/#comment-4281 Vlad Urutti Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:36:09 +0000 http://www.appnox.com/the-top-5-free-worst-microsoft-products-why-they-suck-4/#comment-4281 <p>I found the article a little bit anecdotic and in some respect unfair to IE8 and to the Bing toolbar. For me the worst thing with MS is to simply to update a old version of Windows XP. Recently, I decided to re-install my old PC as out of the plant it’s to say the initial version of Windows XP using the recovery CD provided with it. My conclusion/ never do that: I got my old version of Windows XP and the the nightmare started: first of all to find on the MS site the various upgrades: SP1, 2 and 3. Having installed what I think are the good versions (the MS site is a real mess: one is never sure to have all the good updates). Result: Windows functions but apparently impossible to let function anything USB 2.0 (USB 2.0 is no more recognised)and no more access to the Net (I have to use a USB WiFi key – naturally a USB 2.0, Murphy’s law obliges). Yes for sure, my PC is an old PC but technically OK and it functionned slowly but correctly up to the day I had the very bad idea to re-initialize it in the hope to improve its performance. By the way, if somebody has an idea – step-by-step for the dummies, I’m not too geeky – to solve this type of problems, thanks in advance for his/her advice.</p> I found the article a little bit anecdotic and in some respect unfair to IE8 and to the Bing toolbar. For me the worst thing with MS is to simply to update a old version of Windows XP. Recently, I decided to re-install my old PC as out of the plant it’s to say the initial version of Windows XP using the recovery CD provided with it. My conclusion/ never do that: I got my old version of Windows XP and the the nightmare started: first of all to find on the MS site the various upgrades: SP1, 2 and 3. Having installed what I think are the good versions (the MS site is a real mess: one is never sure to have all the good updates). Result: Windows functions but apparently impossible to let function anything USB 2.0 (USB 2.0 is no more recognised)and no more access to the Net (I have to use a USB WiFi key – naturally a USB 2.0, Murphy’s law obliges). Yes for sure, my PC is an old PC but technically OK and it functionned slowly but correctly up to the day I had the very bad idea to re-initialize it in the hope to improve its performance. By the way, if somebody has an idea – step-by-step for the dummies, I’m not too geeky – to solve this type of problems, thanks in advance for his/her advice.

]]> By: D. Gates http://www.appnox.com/the-top-5-free-worst-microsoft-products-why-they-suck-4/comment-page-1/#comment-4280 D. Gates Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:35:35 +0000 http://www.appnox.com/the-top-5-free-worst-microsoft-products-why-they-suck-4/#comment-4280 <p>I only recommend Firefox if there’s specific extension-enabled functionality you want. Out of the box, it’s one of the weaker browsers. I used it as my main browser for three months before I got tired of having to install and maintain extensions just to get close to the functionality I was used to in Opera.</p> <p>For the average everyday user, IE8 is easier to use than Firefox. Domain highlighting helps avoid scamming, and I’ve seen IE catch virus-bundling sites that Firefox ignored. IE’s blank tab screen is more useful, and I miss its tab grouping in Opera.</p> I only recommend Firefox if there’s specific extension-enabled functionality you want. Out of the box, it’s one of the weaker browsers. I used it as my main browser for three months before I got tired of having to install and maintain extensions just to get close to the functionality I was used to in Opera.

For the average everyday user, IE8 is easier to use than Firefox. Domain highlighting helps avoid scamming, and I’ve seen IE catch virus-bundling sites that Firefox ignored. IE’s blank tab screen is more useful, and I miss its tab grouping in Opera.

]]> By: Adrian http://www.appnox.com/the-top-5-free-worst-microsoft-products-why-they-suck-4/comment-page-1/#comment-4279 Adrian Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:13:47 +0000 http://www.appnox.com/the-top-5-free-worst-microsoft-products-why-they-suck-4/#comment-4279 <p>Racist! um… in the geeky sense.</p> Racist! um… in the geeky sense.

]]> By: D. Gates http://www.appnox.com/the-top-5-free-worst-microsoft-products-why-they-suck-4/comment-page-1/#comment-4278 D. Gates Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:38:24 +0000 http://www.appnox.com/the-top-5-free-worst-microsoft-products-why-they-suck-4/#comment-4278 <p>XP SP3 includes the other two service packs, so that’s the only one you need to install. The simplest way to get SP3 on there is to borrow a newer install disc from a friend. As long as you use your own license key, this is perfectly legal.</p> <p>If you have a sufficiently geeky friend, you can also have them slipstream SP3 onto an install disc. This basically means they install the service pack right onto the installation files. I did this once when I was building a computer for a client. He had an original XP disc, which didn’t support the SATA hard drive. Not Microsoft’s fault, really; SATA didn’t exist when XP came out.</p> XP SP3 includes the other two service packs, so that’s the only one you need to install. The simplest way to get SP3 on there is to borrow a newer install disc from a friend. As long as you use your own license key, this is perfectly legal.

If you have a sufficiently geeky friend, you can also have them slipstream SP3 onto an install disc. This basically means they install the service pack right onto the installation files. I did this once when I was building a computer for a client. He had an original XP disc, which didn’t support the SATA hard drive. Not Microsoft’s fault, really; SATA didn’t exist when XP came out.

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