A desktop app for Jira - I want a global hotkey that allows me to add an issue and one that allows me to search an issue - just like 1Password.
Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you resurrect?
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#652"SoundMaker" by Alberto Ricci
http://www.riccisoft.com/soundeffects
Every audio editor I've used since then makes the user click too many times when dealing with multiple tracks.
As far as being full featured, it wasn't. I still miss it.
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#653Microsoft Money. I didn't have to give access to all my accounts to some website, or pay an annual subscription for upgrades. I got keyboard shortcuts and reports and I could search for things to find out how old my computer is or when I went to Vegas. It seems like in the physical economy, if you create something of value and you aren't making money off it, you will sell it and someone else can make money off it. Wi…
yes!!!!!!! hate hate hate quicken with a burning passion.
The parent comment immediately reminded how I loved the ux and flow of "quicken home and business 98" - I have hated every quickbooks version since.
Didn't inuit buy and kill / sell quicken or something. If they would of just kept the ux wrapper from Qhnb 98 and layered that over the DB of quickbooks it'd be okey with me.
I too hate hate hate quickbooks, and price structure, layout and all that.
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Wow. To this day. I can only find IDE's that do 1/2 of the features VB6 had. But yeah. After .NET hit, all the VB6 devs I know, bailed.
I'd say exactly the same for Delphi 5 and 6.
Out of curiosity what happened to Delphi? It always seemed quite good to me.
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#655Jasc Paint Shop Pro - before Corel picked them up and gave the software a horrible identity crisis. It had all the right features for graphics editing targeted at the web. Mixing vector layers with raster layers, both fully featured, is still something many modern programs either don't have, or half-ass. And it was dirt cheap, compared to the competition.
I feel similar with "Photoimpact" - which corel also bought, but has least made still available and not changed it much.
I still wish the previously free graphics library was attached and that the old GIF animator that was included with some versions previous was still available.
I keep buying it again to avoid hunting for the cdroms and activation codes buried. Also throwing some money at it keeps it from going to the graveyard hopefully.
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#656HyperCard.
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#657Earlier quoted context omitted.
Seconded! I'm working in a spiritual replacement ( http://tablam.org ) but with first-class support for mobile. I'm starting with a relational language, then a bridge to native UI Toolkits. Embed sqlite and good support for others RDBMS and as a larger hope, a custom RDBMS on top of LMDB or WiredTiger.
Why not SQL Lite?
Sqlite is just the RDBMS (aka: storage). I plan is build a general purpose language, interface with sqlite and others and maybe, a rdbms later
Re: Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you resurrect?
#658Fallout 1&2.
These games are classic, and without GOG, basically relics of the past. The isometric turn-based gameplay would be perfect for a mobile port. It would be great to add new assets and content. It would be quite fun to design sprites in the 90’s style the games have.
I’d be happy if Bethesda made a mobile edition, assuming they had the publishing rights to it. I’d pay whatever the going rate for a good mobile game is now adays (without micro transaction).
The trademark of Fallout is probably too valuable for anyone to be able to get away with making a ground-up port to a modern system in an open source fashion.
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#659* SmartDraw 6.5
nothing quicker for prototyping GUIs
* Adobe Illustrator without Creative Cloud subscription.
Occasional use just too expensive now
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Over two years after Pebble shut down I am still wearing my Pebble Time Round every day and it works just as well as the day I got it. There's really good community support with Rebble. You can still find Pebbles for sale in various places and I'd recommend getting one over any of the Android Wear watches. They're just that much better.
My Pebble Time Steel has been in my drawer for 2 years I think. I bought it on release and didn't really use it for that long because I honestly didn't found it useful. What do you use it for? Most of the time I just find it easier to take out my phone.
Bluetooth Smart Unlock makes taking out my phone easier, since I don't have to put in a code or fiddle with the fingerprint reader. I've really gotten used to it.
But the killer feature to me is notifications. I can keep my phone completely silent with no vibration and never miss an important call or text or calendar reminder. I never have to pat my pocket to see if my phone is vibrating. I can decline spam calls and decide whether to respond to messages without taking my phone out. I can even leave my phone in silent mode on the counter across the room and not miss calls or texts.
I also love the Google Maps integration (third party app). Being able to see my next turn on my wrist is very useful and the navigation screen is more informative and easier to read than the native Google Maps Android Wear integration. When I get in my car that doesn't have Android Auto, I can still say "OK Google, navigate to X" and without taking my phone out of my pocket I get voice directions through car Bluetooth audio and visual directions on my wrist.
It's also just a good watch. There are lots of faces to choose from, some with extra information like weather or stock prices or step count or whatever. It's far thinner than any other smartwatch and you don't have to flick your wrist just to turn on the screen and see the time.