Things that haven't worked out for me

and the reasons.

Web services
Friendster- Wouldn't contact someone to be an "activity partner".
Technorati- too much huddled masses.
del.icio.us-too much huddled masses.
blogroll- updating my website is a pain.
Meetup- The two meetups I attended no one showed for.
Tribe.net- don't remember.
Musicmatch- not going to deal with DRM locking me to certain devices.
Ebay, Half.com, Overstock.com, deals-of-the-day type things- Despite a few trials they haven't worked their way into my spending.


Software
Microsoft Office- Very buggy with long documents, annoying interface, expensive.
Frontpage- code soup
Photoshop- Expensive. Filters don't improve images. Still good for some things.
Abiword- Bugs. Limited functionality.
Chat- any kind.
Nero Burning- didn't do well at spanning cds.
Applescript- basic functions missing.
Winamp- terrible to use.
Musicmatch- not bad but worse than itunes.
Browsers
Camino- No extensions.
IE- No tabs or extensions.
Safari- no extensions.


Things I continue to use but don't like*
Blogger, Flickr
Notepad, Real media, Dock, Windows, Explorer, Adress book, Mail.app,


Use often*
Firefox, openoffice, Thumbs Plus, Total Commander, Homesite, Text Wrangler, Quicktime, Thunderbird, Neooffice
Amazon, Google, IMDB, Netflix, Yahoo, Consumer reports.

Seldom used but good when I need them*
Grab, DVD capture, Windows Media Player, Stickies

*Applies in the past tense if Windows based