WordPerfect. Loved the simple typewriter model for a document.
Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you resurrect?
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#662The Zune desktop software music player was, hands down, the best desktop music playing experience I've ever had.
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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.
I use it for as few things as possible and it does them very well. I only want notifications for things that may be immediately relevant (phone call, text msg, calendar event reminders) so when I walk away from my phone I'm not worried about missing something important. It works with Smart Lock on Android so my phone stays unlocked when I'm close and locked when I'm not. Vibrating alarm clock that won't wake the whole house, sleep & exercise tracker without needing to carry my phone. I don't actually "use" it very often, but it is a very passive yet essential part of my routine and keeping myself on track. I am very forgetful and used to have entire weekends pass by where I forget to check my phone unless something reminds me to and the Pebble helps make sure I get only the essential information when I need it without unnecessary interruption. It also shows time and weather at a glance ;)
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#664Project Gotham Racing 1-4
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Does not look comparable. Appears to be basically a heart rate and step counter. One of the great things about smart watches is notifications.
As far as I can find on the internet, it does support notifications, even says so on their official site. So not sure what your comment is referring to.
Ah yes. The pictures I found made it look like it didn't have a proper display but it actually does. Definitely not e-ink though.
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#667Carmen Sandiego
I've always wanted to write an grown-ups disney musical about her. A few years ago I even called up the IPO and said that if I had the money and the right team, he'd consider it. I have neither. Alas.
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At one point I cleared out all TB folders and started from scratch, problem reappeared, so I don't think that's it. Very strange indeed.
The items mentioned above should be done periodically, not just once. Perhaps there are some giant files in there too?
Maybe the old folders used mbox, which stuffs entire folders of emails in a single file, while the current stardard (for a while now) is Maildir, a file per email.
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#669* The Borland Turbo IDEs, but modified for modern languages. * Paradox for DOS (with PAL = Paradox Application Language), but with SQL backends.
Do you mean the TUI interfaces? I love those, still. If you can get setedit or RHIDE working then you can revisit the experience on Linux.
Yep, that's what I meant. Thanks for the RHIDE and setedit recommendations.
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#670Microsoft 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…
The interface may not be the same, but I highly recommend http://plaintextaccounting.org . I've used ledger and currently am using beancount. Both are great! There's also gnucash, never used but its interface may be similar to Microsoft Money (which I also never used).
I’m a tortured Gnucash user. The best I can say of it is that it’s free, and it works.
I would not recommend anyone start using it if they are not already.