Monday, June 17, 2013

Windows Annoyance (part 9) - the news app

The full page News app nags to be upgraded by occupying that first news item. Ok I updated it. Why is it now in Times New Roman font? Should it be that Windows 8 font? Ok, whatever font is ok as long as it is not Courier New.. fine.

Now the first page news headline is scrollable (to the right only of course, due to the idiot narrow-horizontal-long screen design). When you click on a news item you get PAGING only interface. You better be absolutely done reading the page (columns of reading up and down) before going to the next. Come on, paging interface... is it a step backward like the 1980s Hercules apps you see bank workers use?

Fine. I can also live with this.

Boom it likes to CRASH with no error dialog box, no BSOD. just takes you right back to the Start page. And when I try again it usually works.

Speechless.

It is amazing to see king of software heading straight down to oblivion as everyone will soon abandon it if it continues to suck. 8.1 better be much better.

Don't get too happy here Apple! Your Finder stinks. Learn a thing or two from Windows' Explorer.

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