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Windows Software Ugly, Boring & Uninspired

An anonymous reader writes "CPU magazine has written a very straight-to-the-point editorial on the lack of quality and innovation in software for the mainstream OS. They compare it to the Mac, which is found in a much different light. Where has all the innovation gone?" From the article: "There's too much coal and not enough diamonds within the sphere of downloads. The greatest pieces of software are plagued by unintelligent design, and very few rise to the level of ubiquity. Windows users don't have a strong sense of belonging; there's no user community rallying around the platform. We use the computer, certainly, or is the computer using us?"

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  1. Re:Garbage by PsychicX · · Score: 1, Troll

    So, it seems to me that the problem is that this Chris Pirillo idiot defines consistent, functional, and efficient user interfaces as "Ugly, Boring, & Uninspired".

    Maybe he's right. A real man's computer consists of hundreds of tiny little fragments, each of which behaves completely differently and shows no relation or connection to any other fragment. Now that's innovation.

  2. Re:Garbage by sgant · · Score: 1, Troll

    NetInfo. ooops. (and you say I don't know what I'm talking about?)

    If your trying to compare NetInfo to the registry of Windows then yeah, you don't know what you're talking about.

    You haven't demonstrated any knowledge regarding both platforms, so I'll be merciful and leave you be now. But I know that someone like you just can't leave well-enough-alone and come back for more cause you'll want the last word.

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