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Is it just me or is office 365 just worse and more impractical than the old office suites?
I think it's mostly because they keep trying to push other services down your throat. For example, opening a link in Outlook opens it in Edge, even when your default browser is something else. I can't use Edge for that link, I'm not signed into stuff there. So now, because of retarded decisions like that, Outlook actually is missing basic features that Hotmail in the 90s had.
FYI you can change that in settings to launch the systems default browser. Extra steps yes, but the option is there.
because of retarded decisions like that
You know you could have just used shitty instead of using a slur, which would have the same emphasis without the baggage of the other word.
Idiot. Moron. Imbecile. All words used as retarded before it. 🤷♂️
Shitty has a different meaning. Above commenter meant to say the person making the decision was differently abled with regards to their cognitive capabilities. The other is excrement.
Seriously, wtf is wrong with this website? I saw this again just this week. Next I know these a holes will be going around calling things gay. "WeLl AlShUlLy ThE dEfInItIoN Of GaY iS HaPpY sO... "
If you really felt it necessary to offer a synonym, you could have said "backward" ... because that's what the word actually means
because of retarded decisions like that
"Retarded", really? JFC what is this, 2001?
The definition of "retardation" is as follows:
- The act or process of delaying or impeding.
- The condition of being delayed or impeded.
- The extent to which something is held back or delayed.
Considering that the features being complained about impede the user, calling those features "retarded" is an adequate description.
It is also in-fitting with the definition of lacking of intellectual development; as mentioned, other programs do not feature such impediments, and in the case of Office 365, may actually be a regression of features.
Caveat emptor ESL here but, while that's true, wouldn't under those terms "retarding" be a much better fit?
Yes the decision isn't retarded, it was made fast enough. The consequence is retarding though.
Retard has transitioned from an impartial term to one that is negatively loaded. For this reason, the term is now widely considered as degrading even when used in its original context.[10]
Much like today's socially acceptable terms idiot and moron, which are also defined as some sort of mental disability, when the term retard is being used in its pejorative form, it is usually not being directed at people with mental disabilities. Instead, people use the term when teasing their friends or as a general insult.[11]
Do you think people who have the condition of mental retardation experience bigotry in our society? Are you not aware "retarded" has been used extensively as a slur? And are you so inconvenienced you can't come up with a single less-problematic synonym?
Yes I am aware that retard has been used as a slur... Against those that don't have any reason to behave like a retard.
I do not see any issue.
In what way? I use it a lot and feel like it's still on par with the older versions. It's got some annoying "Microsoft-y" things typical to them from the last 10 years or so but I think the core functionality is still intact.