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If you want something a little more secure, you can get Radmin for windows machines. It's much much faster than any other remote program I've ever used.
It costs $50, but is shiny. They have a 30-day free trial version at [link]
Combine any remote program with dyndns.org and you have a remote solution.
Just wish they had a version of Radmin for OSX.
Huh. Wonder if I could access my home computer from work that way.
I use VPN for work. The guy here set it up, so I don't have any idea about difficulty or cost, but it works well.
logmein.com is pretty cool, and works through work firewalls. GotomyPC.com is very similar, except not free (from memory).
I'd say logmein.com is secure enough, Polter-Cow. It's been around for many years and I've never heard of any problems with it.
There's also a utility which lets you access a Windows XP PC from an iPhone. You don't need to install anything on the iPhone for it to work, it's browser based.
I have to write up a little bit on a UI that I like and why and a UI that I dislike and why. The like was easy - I went with my iPhone (loves). I know there are UIs I hate, but none are coming to mind this fine Monday morning. Want to throw some out there to get my brain moving? Can be apps but also can be Web sites.
Lotus Notes?
Office 2007. Word 2007, in particular. It's as if a 4 year old was asked to redesign it.
Offline apps I hate - SAP springs to mind. Online, phpBB.
SoftImage also has a horrible UI, but it's such a fun app to use that I forgive it (most of the time).
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Office 2007.
Oh HELL yes. My workstation PC hasn't been upgraded yet, but whenever I log onto a computer that has been, my eyes start to bleed a little.]
SAP springs to mind.
Eww, yes.
Online, phpBB.
Eww, yes.
Oh, SAP! That thing is the most shitty thing I've ever used. (It's also my works main business system). It makes NO NORMAL SENSE. (And some of the error messages are randomly in German).
Vista. Anybody ever tried setting an IP address for a network card in Vista? Try it. Mind boggling.
And some of the error messages are randomly in German
Now that's one I haven't encountered yet, but it doesn't surprise me even a little bit.
My main beef with SAP, apart from it's overall non-worky-ness, is that the icons were designed by blind wombats from Mars. There is no reason in the world that a training session should have to include the phrase "Okay, now see the icon that looks like a little brick with lightning coming out of it? That's your Inbox."