WORST PC Software Ever Made *Nominations*

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Posted by Coup on Jan-09-2003 23:24:

Well as TOTY is happening, i thought of this idea. many, prolly 9/10 get fuming with the pc atleast once a month and normally its the same stuff that strikes u down.

My nominations are:

RealOne Player (aka Real Player) - You have no choice, no other proggie supports .ram files (internet streaming) so without it u cant stream. This program takes over the computer, making it play everything u have on it, its prolly tried to load word files in the past! and even when u remove all them, it likes to pop up in the corner "realone messsage center", pure class

Direct Connection Software: Both versions of this are the biggest pieces of fucking shit ive ever seen, its stupid, its like theyve been designed by a 5 year old.

Theres my two, if enough complain (come on!!!!) we'll have heats and see what sucks

Posted by JohnSmith on Jan-09-2003 23:27:

Microsoft Windows.

nah, some of the worst i have used include AtomixMP3 and some horrible winamp plugins, a content management program called LivePublish...

Posted by Ste on Jan-09-2003 23:30:

i concur, real(virus)player is the foulest program to bless the cyber universe.

Posted by DJ Chrono on Jan-09-2003 23:53:

I'd have to say counter-strike.

I've never seen that game work properly on anyone's computer. Im not really talking about the in game stuff, but the menus. They always get distorted and random words pop up, and black boxes appear ontop of everything so you cant see. AShhas

JohnSmith, AtomixMP3 is a good program, i dont know what you're talking about! I just made an insane mix on it.

Posted by TeKnoHe@d2025 on Jan-09-2003 23:55:

Winamp 3

Posted by JohnSmith on Jan-09-2003 23:59:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Chrono
I'd have to say counter-strike.

JohnSmith, AtomixMP3 is a good program, i dont know what you're talking about! I just made an insane mix on it.

too each his own i guess, i know some people like it, i couldn't stand it though. I prefer VTT. actually, i prefer my decks, but wer are talking software.

i agree, Real Player SUCKS, i have an old version which at least lets me preview tracks on record sites. I've heard Winamp 3 sucks, but i was smart enough not to install it after seeing that it was now owned by AOL, i knew it would be a piece of shit.

another shitty music app, MusicMatch, god i hate that thing.

Posted by decode on Jan-10-2003 00:03:

Netscape navigator, windows ME.

Posted by El~ZaPo on Jan-10-2003 00:12:

Any of these software titles:
http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=443
Check it out, its pretty funny.

Posted by JohnSmith on Jan-10-2003 02:29:

holee shit, some of those are funny!

Posted by Dmatrox on Jan-10-2003 02:52:

Re: WORST PC Software Ever Made *Nominations*

quote:
Originally posted by Coup
Well as TOTY is happening, i thought of this idea. many, prolly 9/10 get fuming with the pc atleast once a month and normally its the same stuff that strikes u down.

My nominations are:

RealOne Player (aka Real Player) - You have no choice, no other proggie supports .ram files (internet streaming) so without it u cant stream. This program takes over the computer, making it play everything u have on it, its prolly tried to load word files in the past! and even when u remove all them, it likes to pop up in the corner "realone messsage center", pure class

Direct Connection Software: Both versions of this are the biggest pieces of fucking shit ive ever seen, its stupid, its like theyve been designed by a 5 year old.

Theres my two, if enough complain (come on!!!!) we'll have heats and see what sucks

yeah realone is horrible, but i like Direct connect, its nice n simple.

my pick: microsoft windows 95. I used to bash MS, but i must give them credit for making better software each time a release comes out.

Posted by Swamper on Jan-10-2003 03:00:

Guys, RealOne Player only takes over the media types that you specify - if you're too lazy to read the prompts upon installation then that is not the programmers fault.

So far it's the only player out there that can be embedded in a webpage and can interact both ways with a java applet via javascript - and stream MP3 streams as well. (aka unknowntracks.com)

Posted by Fir3start3r on Jan-10-2003 03:04:

quote:
Originally posted by Swamper
Guys, RealOne Player only takes over the media types that you specify - if you're too lazy to read the prompts upon installation then that is not the programmers fault.

So far it's the only player out there that can be embedded in a webpage and can interact both ways with a java applet via javascript - and stream MP3 streams as well. (aka unknowntracks.com)

True...it's one of those pieces of software that take full advantage that most people just click-click-click blindly through the installation of their product...

Posted by TSI_AWD on Jan-10-2003 03:05:

Fuckin Real Player is the devil, it wins for sure!!! Quick Time is weaaaak too..it always loads and u always have to get a new update or it wont even play..they made it so fuckin weakkkk!

Posted by Fir3start3r on Jan-10-2003 03:10:

On the subject of RealPlayer...

How the hell do you stop the mp3 downloads from saving as mpga?

It's buggin the heck outta me...

It's simple enough just to go to a DOS prompt and

ren *.mpga *.mp3

but that gets annoying after a while...

Posted by Rakoon on Jan-10-2003 03:14:

quote:
Originally posted by TeKnoHe@d2025
Winamp 3

Gets my vote too. It looks cool and all but it devours your resources and is as slow as the treeants in Two Towers.

Posted by JohnSmith on Jan-10-2003 03:22:

quote:
Originally posted by Swamper
Guys, RealOne Player only takes over the media types that you specify - if you're too lazy to read the prompts upon installation then that is not the programmers fault.

So far it's the only player out there that can be embedded in a webpage and can interact both ways with a java applet via javascript - and stream MP3 streams as well. (aka unknowntracks.com)

i admit, it's helpful, but the new versions are just bloated.

it's not just about file type associations, it does all sorts of stuff, reporting what you are listening to etc. and it takes WAY too many resources.

Posted by Fir3start3r on Jan-10-2003 03:58:

Case and point...

Posted by cycloptor on Jan-10-2003 05:28:

quote:
Originally posted by TSI_AWD
Fuckin Real Player is the devil, it wins for sure!!! Quick Time is weaaaak too..it always loads and u always have to get a new update or it wont even play..they made it so fuckin weakkkk!

quicktime rocks ass.

what about aol software? thats some shit right there.

Posted by Tranex02 on Jan-10-2003 05:50:

quote:
Originally posted by cycloptor
what about aol software? thats some shit right there.

AOL sucks big time.... i don't use AOL...but whenever i'm visiting some friends who have AOL.... it's bad! when you install it... it puts like 6 desktop icons advertising like 'FREE ICQ' , 'FREE AOL PLUS', 'GET 20 HOURS FREE', 'GET $50 REFER A FRIEND'.... and once u sign on...u get a whole bunch of ads...and the same once u sign off....its pathetic...

thank goodness for cable....

Posted by Triumph on Jan-10-2003 07:15:

quote:
Originally posted by Tranex02
AOL sucks big time.... i don't use AOL...but whenever i'm visiting some friends who have AOL.... it's bad! when you install it... it puts like 6 desktop icons advertising like 'FREE ICQ' , 'FREE AOL PLUS', 'GET 20 HOURS FREE', 'GET $50 REFER A FRIEND'....

Oh yeah, that sucks man, and you can't delete those icons from the computer either

AOL + Broadman = Pwnage
All these shit in AOL private chatrooms are unbelivable

Especially if you don't pay for AOL

Posted by U121 on Jan-10-2003 07:19:

quote:
Originally posted by TeKnoHe@d2025
Winamp 3

yeah...

Posted by BeatFreak on Jan-10-2003 17:50:

quote:
Originally posted by Tranex02
AOL sucks big time.... i don't use AOL...but whenever i'm visiting some friends who have AOL.... it's bad! when you install it... it puts like 6 desktop icons advertising like 'FREE ICQ' , 'FREE AOL PLUS', 'GET 20 HOURS FREE', 'GET $50 REFER A FRIEND'.... and once u sign on...u get a whole bunch of ads...and the same once u sign off....its pathetic...

thank goodness for cable....

I agree.

I also didn't like ICQ. That shit sucked.

Posted by Matt on Jan-10-2003 18:13:

Internet Explorer
RealONE

both suck ass

Posted by Lira on Jan-10-2003 18:25:

Odigo: one day, the bloody thing deleted my whole ICQ and MSN contacts

Real Audio: it's useful, I know, but it could be lighter - takes ages to load

quote:
Originally posted by decode
Netscape navigator

Why!? This programme owns internet explorer. I use the 7.0 version and it's almost perfect

Posted by Matt on Jan-10-2003 18:43:

quote:
Originally posted by Maaz
Odigo: one day, the bloody thing deleted my whole ICQ and MSN contacts

Real Audio: it's useful, I know, but it could be lighter - takes ages to load

Why!? This programme owns internet explorer. I use the 7.0 version and it's almost perfect

and Mozilla is perfect

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