Archive for the hall of shame category

Hall of shame #2: Adobe

I am running the Adobe Creative Suite 3 installation utility on Windows XP. It is consuming 180MB of memory. For the setup utility. Software like this makes me want to cry.

Online system hall of shame – first of a series

The first entry of what I hope will be a series of entries about online systems that don’t act like they’re supposed to be online. My first victim is City of Oshawa Leisure On-Line. Signing up for recreation classes on-line seems like a no-brainer: avoid lineups, busy phone lines, and find what you want easily. […]