Intrusive Software
I hate software that's intrusive or attempts to make decisions for me or "guide" me to a decision favouring the software vendor. Check out this installation screen:
How about:
- No and never bother me with this again!
I actually like the EasyShare software - this screen just peeved me off. I also hate software that installs all sorts of background services and Windows toolbar buttons without asking permission to. To this day, anything from Real Networks is software that's given a wide berth. I heard on an episode of "The Gilmore Gang" that Real have supposed to have toned down their "in your face" software attitude. Still don't believe it. Software vendors need to take into account the long term memory of users before deciding to treat their users without some basic level of respect. Microsoft are still living with the pain left in their customer's memory from years of problems - even when they're doing lots of things "right" in recent years (in my opinion anyway).