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What would you consign to the tech scrapheap?
cnbcwatcher
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My university uses Office 365 for their email system and they changed the layout today and it's vile. It's been Windows 8-ified and it's got to the point where I'm going to use Gmail all the time. I think it's fit for the tech scrapheap. I'd also consign:
Windows 8
Windows Vista
The ribbon toolbar in MS Office
Norton AntiVirus
McAfee Antivirus
Microsoft Access
What software or hardware would you consign o the scrapheap?
Windows 8
Windows Vista
The ribbon toolbar in MS Office
Norton AntiVirus
McAfee Antivirus
Microsoft Access
What software or hardware would you consign o the scrapheap?
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large tablets
Oh, and phones with styluses. It makes the user look like they've still got a Palm Pilot
I remember the Palm Pilot. Very hip in the 90s but like mobile phones mostly yuppies had them. Some of the late 90s/early 00s ones were good though and they even had downloadable "apps". I actually had one in 2004
(Sorry)
I'd love to consign everything made by Apple to the scrapheap, just to watch their slavish users squeal.
iTunes
New Google Maps
Latest versions of Chrome
Probably more, but these are things that have changed in the last few years I would scrap (in favour of the prior good versions)
However, using the word app to refer to programs run on conventional computers can be very confusing.
I don't have a tablet so can't comment on them, but I agree about smartphones. I don't like the term used for full sized programs, and the "All Apps" screen in W 8 is a joke as that includes control panel items etc
That's almost in the scrapheap, replaced by G+ Photos
It shouldn't be confusing. It's meant programs run on conventional computers for a lot longer than it's meant programs run on smartphones and tablets.
I don't know what you mean !
What's a 'phablet' ?
A big Phone
Cross between tablet and phone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phablet
I had to use it for a university assignment back in early 2009 and my god it was horrendous! You need a PhD in computer science to be able to work it. I never want to use that clunky piece of sh1t again if I can help it. I'm sure there are other database programs out there that are not as clunky as M$ Access. Argh! I hate Microsoft :mad: