Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you resurrect?

Post by krackers » Sat, Dec 08, 2018, 4:19 PM UTC

bhauer wrote: post #156

* Windows Phone. We need a third viable option in the mobile space. This week we are concerned about the loss of a browser engine, recognizing this is unhealthy for the market. Windows Phone was terrific in many ways and recent concepts by fans such as @boxnwhisker (Harry Dohyun Kim) [1] show how beautiful the Metro design could be today. * Microsoft Image Composer. A little known sprite-oriented graphic arts program…

Post by q3k » Sat, Dec 08, 2018, 4:20 PM UTC

iamcreasy wrote: post #174

Norton GoBack [1] I remember this software runs before the OS and allows you to revert the enter HDD in a different time. It can even fix the OS if it stopped working for some reason. I thought it was pretty cool. Anybody know if similar tools exists? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoBack

Post by pmarin » Sat, Dec 08, 2018, 4:21 PM UTC

Post by __michaelg » Sat, Dec 08, 2018, 4:22 PM UTC

iamcreasy wrote: post #174

Norton GoBack [1] I remember this software runs before the OS and allows you to revert the enter HDD in a different time. It can even fix the OS if it stopped working for some reason. I thought it was pretty cool. Anybody know if similar tools exists? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoBack

Post by albertgoeswoof » Sat, Dec 08, 2018, 4:23 PM UTC

sheepybloke wrote: post #176

Is no one going to mention Pebble? It's the only smartwatch I've ever wanted, and I was so sad that it got bought and died right when I had enough money to spend some on a smart watch. It just had the perfect combo of good design, long battery life, and usability.