With word processing applications there are two types. Those that are too big and full of stuff you’ll never use, and those that are so minimal that most people can’t work with them. In the “too much” department, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice and Lotus Symphony come to mind. These are all full suites. In the “not enough”...

I learned of fixoutlook.org from this article, so I’d like to add into the fray why I don’t use Outlook personally. First of all, I used to use Outlook. And I’m not talking about Outlook Express here, I mean the full version of Outlook. The client was good but there were certain things about the software that really rubbed me the wrong way. I...