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Re: Macsurf, "modern" web browser for macOS 9

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Post by prokopton »

manytimesaway wrote: post #10
bensyverson wrote: post #9

This is fantastic. To me, this is one of the greatest side-effects of agentic coding; adding new functionality to vintage, abandoned or obsolete hardware. It gives me hope for a solarpunk future where e-waste gets a more functional second life.

So, making obsolete hardware relevant by using the technology that's accelerating their "irrelevanceness" ?

Can hardware became more obsolete?

Re: Macsurf, "modern" web browser for macOS 9

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Post by hyperhello »

manytimesaway wrote: post #10
bensyverson wrote: post #9

This is fantastic. To me, this is one of the greatest side-effects of agentic coding; adding new functionality to vintage, abandoned or obsolete hardware. It gives me hope for a solarpunk future where e-waste gets a more functional second life.

So, making obsolete hardware relevant by using the technology that's accelerating their "irrelevanceness" ?

To me it proves that a technology can be understood and implemented by one person.

Re: Macsurf, "modern" web browser for macOS 9

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Post by ndiddy »

felixding wrote: post #6
Cyan488 wrote: post #3

When I owned a iMac G3, the Classilla browser was surprisingly good. Looks like development ended in 2021. Also, the branding was "Mac OS 9".

Exactly. I don't know why some people'd change the branding.

Apple keeps changing the name of their desktop operating system, so Hacker News has some sort of filter to automatically change "Mac OS" to whatever the newest name is in order to fit Apple's brand guidelines. This has the consequence of making some submission titles read as anachronistic when the sumission is about an old OS version.

Re: Macsurf, "modern" web browser for macOS 9

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Post by Wowfunhappy »

simgt wrote: post #5

Cool! I've been wondering for some time if a good low-distraction but pleasant environment could be an old Mac OS on a (good looking) Hackintosh. The UI was baked with UX research at least.

It's a significantly newer Mac OS than Mac OS 9, but this is basically my life. Mavericksforever.com.

Re: Macsurf, "modern" web browser for macOS 9

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Post by bensyverson »

manytimesaway wrote: post #10
bensyverson wrote: post #9

This is fantastic. To me, this is one of the greatest side-effects of agentic coding; adding new functionality to vintage, abandoned or obsolete hardware. It gives me hope for a solarpunk future where e-waste gets a more functional second life.

So, making obsolete hardware relevant by using the technology that's accelerating their "irrelevanceness" ?

Life isn't black & white

Re: Macsurf, "modern" web browser for macOS 9

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Post by bbbbbbbbbbbvyt »

bensyverson wrote: post #9

This is fantastic. To me, this is one of the greatest side-effects of agentic coding; adding new functionality to vintage, abandoned or obsolete hardware. It gives me hope for a solarpunk future where e-waste gets a more functional second life.

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Re: Macsurf, "modern" web browser for macOS 9

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Post by yjftsjthsd-h »

manytimesaway wrote: post #10
bensyverson wrote: post #9

This is fantastic. To me, this is one of the greatest side-effects of agentic coding; adding new functionality to vintage, abandoned or obsolete hardware. It gives me hope for a solarpunk future where e-waste gets a more functional second life.

So, making obsolete hardware relevant by using the technology that's accelerating their "irrelevanceness" ?

How is AI making old hardware obsolete faster?
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