What Apps Should You Never Install? | Ask The Readers

“In a dated but still relevant post, technologist Anil Dash calls out a couple of software apps that no one needs to install these days, like WinZip and ‘sketchy codec packs.’ I’d add any software manufactured by AOL, Adobe Reader, and digital camera-specific photo software to that list. (You’re better off with 7-Zip, Pidgin, Foxit Reader, and Picasa.) How about you? What dated apps do you uncover on your co-workers’ and relatives’ computers that should have never been there to begin with?” Here’s a tip of the hat to Bill Pevlor, one of the readers of the blog who first talked with my about FoxIt Reader vs. Adobe Reader. Click the title to read the article and the reader comments…