Microcrap’s popups have invaded Sympatico mail…

Good God! Is there no place that is safe from Microcrap’s annoyances?

When I went to check my mail this morning, I was greeted by a popup recommending I “upgrade” to Outlook. I know Sympatico Mail (Bell Canada) uses Microsoft technology because I encounter the same word processing problems I do with Word, so why would I want to switch to outlook?

Microcrap is like a bad smell that just won’t go away.

I hate Microsoft Word…

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This was borrowed without permission from the following website: http://www1.appstate.edu/~clarkne/hatemicro.html.

My apologies to the author, but it was too good not to share.

Why I Hate Microsoft Word.
“Parental Warning”: some profanity.

 

I hate Microcrap: Example #2

As a writer I spend at least eight hours per day on the computer, and a good portion of that is wasted on wrestling with MS Word. Annoyances like:

• chasing the pointer as it arbitrarily jumps around the page;
• deleting, and then retyping the misplaced copy that results (i.e. words in another line or paragraph);
• when I press the shift key, Word frequently block-formats lines or partial paragraphs so that the next keystroke deletes these blocks;
• undoing the above action;
• wrestling to undo the alternate characters (the blue ones on the keypad) that arbitrarily appear from time to time;
• trying to maintain my trend of thought while doing all this unnecessary manipulation;

Regarding Microsoft in general:

• Before I cancelled the automatic updates, Windows would suddenly reboot without warning (wiping out whatever I hadn’t saved), and to add insult to injury it would then send a pop-up to say that, “Windows has just updated your computer.” No kidding!
• A while back I purchased an update from Word 2007 to 2010 ($160), thinking it had remedied the above-listed glitches, but to my utter chagrin it hadn’t. Moreover, when I saved my unfinished manuscript to 2010 it deleted the spaces between words on over 200 pages – (130,000 words)!

So why do I not complain directly to Microsoft? Believe me I would love to, but Microcrap has made it virtually impossible  to contact them in the ordinary way. So their public relations is no better than their crappy programs

In short, Microcrap is the best advertisement for Macintosh there is, and I’m sold on switching with my next computer purchase.

Demand that your computer supplier install a Mac operating system on your next computer or laptop.

I hate Microsoft: Example #1

I had need to use Internet Explorer today. Ordinarily I use Google Chrome, but my bank gets somewhat suspicious if I use a browser they’re not familiar with. Therefore, I was forced to push the dreaded “IE” key.

Even before the page opened, the first of at least four pop-ups appeared, i.e. “‘Would you like Internet Explorer to be your default browser?” To which I mumbled, “NO … FOR GOD’S SAKE NO!” Then I proceeded to the next one, and the next, until I finally got my banking business done.

You would think that since they have a virtual monopoly on operating systems, they would be satisfied with 90% of the action. But apparently not. Besides, IE is as slow as the ‘second coming’, so why would I want it to be my default browser?

Go suck, Microcrap.

In a few words….

And…

 

Why I hate Microsoft…

Microsoft, or “Microcrap” as I call it, has been a pain in my butt to the point of sabotage for longer than I would care to think about it, and so I have created this blog to at least let me vent my frustrations.

This is made necessary because Microcrap has (cowardly) made it impossible to contact them directly.

So if, like me, you are fed up to the  teeth with this uncaring, arrogant monopoly, spread the word or join me.

Gerry B.