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[sasha]

Not while my account's frozen......

More & more I'm finding mass-produced software violating at least two key principles of engineering: KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) & "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". Microsoft Word is one of the worst offenders - in trying to do everything for everybody, it's become so unwieldy that it serves no one especially well. Sure, it can do almost anything you'd ever ask of a word processor - as long as you're willing to dig through menus within menus across tab after tab, hunting for ways to turn off annoying features like automatically capitalizing any letter immediately following a period, or assuming you're listing bullet items just because you've typed an asterisk. God, I hate that program. I usually compose in Notepad, and even that's been infected with the "fancier is always better" pathogen.

It can't be a coincidence that open-source software is usually far more usable than the bloated crap profit-driven tech companies shit out. I've been using Audacity & IrfanView for years, & while they can be a bit quirky, they're nearly as powerful as their elephantine commercial counterparts, and a whole lot easier to use.

I don't want to waste time relearning how to use my tools after every release - I just want to USE them..........