Before They Spoiled the Software - 13 app we liked better before they were "improved"

[alsiladka]

Source - PC World

Sometimes a program's new version is actually worse than the previous one. Here are 13 apps we liked better before they were "improved"--plus tips on finding the earlier editions.


I am not posting the whole article as it is spread over many pages, but just the apps.

Instant Messengers
1. AOL Instant Messenger
2. ICQ
3. Windows Messenger, MSN Messenger, Windows Live Messenger

Media Players
4. Windows Media Player
5. MusicMatch Jukebox (Now Yahoo Music Jukebox)
6. WinAMP
7. iTunes
8. Quicktime Player

Image and Video Software
9. iMovie '08 (for the Mac)
10. Corel Paint Shop Pro
11. ACDSee

12. Adobe Reader
13. Eudora

The PC World site has posted links to the OldVersions.com site to get the old versions of many of the softwares.

This is an issue we all face with out popular softwares.
But i feel they missed out a few ones which should have made it to the list -

* Nero Suite ( Who would release nearly 3 4 updates of their old software when the new version is out!!)
* AdAware 2007 (18MB Download!!)

[Nav11aug]

never used the mentioned messengers except the live one, so cant say much.

And , I do believe WMP 11 rox compared to any of the previous versions. They screwed up Jukebox ,yes, same goes to WinAMP and Quicktime . I hate iTunes, thz a memory hoggin b*stard.

Nothing to say about the editing software.

Biggest sucker was Adobe Reader, infct 8 was so heavy that i dwngraded to 7.

Yeah, Nero shudve made it to the list

[fun2sh]

where is WINDOWS VISTA. IT SHOULD BE ON TOP OF THE LIST. :confuse:

[azzu]

^^lol

[i_am_crack]

^^..Nice laugh

[The_Devil_Himself]

Originally Posted by fun2sh

where is WINDOWS VISTA. IT SHOULD BE ON TOP OF THE LIST. :confuse:

The mother of all blunders.LMAO.

[adithyagenius]

IMO, Vista and Adobe Reader 8 are way too screwed up. The disadvantages overshadow the advantages.

[clmlbx]

I Don't Know Others But Wmp 11 Is Best

[anandk]

Originally Posted by fun2sh

where is WINDOWS VISTA. IT SHOULD BE ON TOP OF THE LIST

good joke for me !
but i take it, u didnt mean it as one

nice thread, btw

[eggman]

Originally Posted by fun2sh

where is WINDOWS VISTA. IT SHOULD BE ON TOP OF THE LIST. :confuse:

Ha Ha!!!!!!!!!!I couldn't agree more. Absolutely, BIGGEST BLUNDER!!!!!!!!!!

[fun2sh]

Originally Posted by anandk

good joke for me !
but i take it, u didnt mean it as one

nice thread, btw

no i mean it. are ye vista dimag kharab kar diya hai. for each n everythin it keeps askin u need admin permission......

[ratedrsuperstar]

wmp11 is much better than other versions of wmp but still hangs a bit at the start.i think FF should be on that list too.i still remember when ff1.0 and ff 1.5 was released the boost in performance which is gone is ff 2.xx.

nowadays the new versions only mean fixed bugs and security improvements rather than a new interface and features which were associated with newer versions a few years back.

even spyware doctor has the same prob. now

[adithyagenius]

I am typing this on a vista laptop. It isn't allowing me to save an image file to an external hardisk using opera. Today morning Vista Basic wasn't allowing my friend to add a file in D: partition to an iso file in C: partition using ultraiso. He got an "couldn't access file error". He had to copy it to c: drive before adding it. Vista takes ages to restart, shutdown or boot.

[Ankur Gupta]

Originally Posted by fun2sh

no i mean it. are ye vista dimag kharab kar diya hai. for each n everythin it keeps askin u need admin permission......

lol...just turn off UAC...

[Nav11aug]

@ankur... now that... is a really bad suggestion

[kumarmohit]

Adobe Reader pi$$ed me of after version 6 only, when it started to take eterninty to start. While i used it for some time, I moved to foxit soon after

[max_demon]

Windows Vista is worst , IMAO XP was such best software . vista ruined microsoft . microsoft suld only make service packs for XP

[sakumar79]

^^ When XP came out, many people had similar reaction.... After SP2, it has reached wide acceptance from most Windows users.... Most probably, Vista also will face such lifecylce...

Arun

[goobimama]

So you guys actually think XP is good?
:::ROFLs and LOLs thrown in for good measure:::

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

Originally Posted by goobimama

So you guys actually think XP is good?
:::ROFLs and LOLs thrown in for good measure:::

Anything that gets the job done is good enuf !

[Ankur Gupta]

Originally Posted by Nav11aug

@ankur... now that... is a really bad suggestion

Well thats the only solution to the problem..
Either he can have his security or freedom from permission alerts..
I believe UAC is for beginners and not for intermediate or advanced users...

[Nav11aug]

XP SP2 is sorta very good.. infact there was an article on ZDNET saying "Is Windows XP too good for Microsoft's own good? "

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=759

[casanova]

Most of the people complaining about Vista hardly use it.

Out of the 13 apps mentioned, I have used very few. I go with winamp and acrobat being spoilt but love the new WMP and messengers.

[navjotjsingh]

What is the problem with Adobe Reader 8? I am yet to discover.

[Nav11aug]

The problem is that there isn't a warning saying "Loading... ad infinitum"

And that there is very little memory to actually load the document after loading the program , the mammoth that it is.

[navjotjsingh]

Never took much time here. Loads perfectly.

[Nav11aug]

how much RAM do you have and do you have it in your startup?

[navjotjsingh]

512MB Ram. Adobe Reader using 26MB without any file open. With file open, 41MB. Not Bad.

[Nav11aug]

that is really strange , did you use Adobe Speedup or something to stop loading some of the plugins?

[adithyagenius]

I don't understand why windows media player is in the list. I feel wmp11 is the best of all wmps. I stopped using winamp because of it.