It would probably be easier to list the applications that do work, fully, without administrative rights... or power user rights.

I wish I had mod points because you've hit the nail on the head with this one.

I agree, for the most part, and this is what happens in today's closed source world. Vendors want bugs regarding their software to be silent until they patch it. Even after it's patched, their security advisories, changelog, and patch notes don't go in to great detail regarding the issue. In today's open source world, bugs are mentioned and fixed in a timely fashion.