[Sigia-l] ISO an adjective

Mike Quibuyen mike at thinkcloud.com
Tue Apr 17 14:58:17 EDT 2007


Sniglets immediately came to mind when I read this.

I vote for "everythingbutware." Software which does everything, but...

http://bertc.com/sniglets.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sniglet

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Mike


On Apr 16, 2007, at 9:06 PM, Ziya Oz wrote:

> Sometimes you find an app or a utility that does everything it's  
> supposed to
> do perfectly. It even delights you in unexpected ways.
>
> Except there's one or two little things you wish it did that it  
> just doesn't
> cover and it's driving you nuts.
>
> What's the adjective that describes this software?
>
> Anyone want to coin a new word, if none currently exists?
>
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