The image downloading and viewing software that comes with the cameras (powershot elph130is) vs the old version of software that came with my powershot 560.
Downloading the images is 10 times more work.
Before I plugged in camera and it did it all, saved images into folders by year/ month (which if still does) then removes images from camera with absolutely ZERO interaction. Unplug camera and zoom brower would open with thumbnails of all the images you just loaded again with ZERO interaction.
With the new software.
Plug in camera. Software requires me to OK auto download or it does nothing. Not very automatic.
When it's done it reuires me to OK that it is done. It's not like there is a chioce to not OK it, so what am I OKing?
Unplug camera. Now I have to OK that it will auto open the image browser. It does nothing till I OK. Again, not what I call automatic.
Finally we at ready to view the pictures except the new software for that takes 10+ minutes to thumbnail a dozen pictures. The old view did it in seconds.
But wait, still not done. Since the new software won't auto delete images on camera after download now I need to go do that manually.
Old software= zero interaction. time required= zero.
New software= Have to sit here and keep clicking OK to progress, then wait for slow viewer, then manually delete off camera.
The new tool is junk.
Before you tell me it's the user, I am a IT administrator with 30 years of experience, started on Unix before Windows existed. Which is why I find it so anoying Canon would supply software that sucks when the old stuff was great. Change is fine if there is a resaon to change, but at least don't change it to make it worse. And yes, I did try every possible way to get the new camera to work with the old software, it would not.
The thread right below this someone else started complaining about the spead. If you search there is another about the software not auto deleteing after download.
