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Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't exist anymore?
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Re: Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't exist anymore?
#82Albert Yale's (RIP) Telnet Scripting Tool.
Was it better than expect? (there's a windows port: http://docs.activestate.com/activetcl/8.4/expect4win/ )
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#83DESQview
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#84Borland C++
Re: Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't exist anymore?
#85Deluxe Paint: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deluxe_Paint ArtGem was a nice spiritual successor but sadly it's gone too: http://www.rlvision.com/artgem_about.asp
I've no direct experience, but I've heard it said that "pro motion" is a successor of sorts to Deluxe Paint: http://www.cosmigo.com/promotion/index.php
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#86MacProject and HyperCard
I wrote my first program in HyperCard.
"HyperCard was created by Bill Atkinson following a LSD trip."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperCard
HyperCard somehow managed to be almost as captivating as the web, with barely any resources.
Re: Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't exist anymore?
#87Deluxe Paint: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deluxe_Paint ArtGem was a nice spiritual successor but sadly it's gone too: http://www.rlvision.com/artgem_about.asp
Evilpixie (http://evilpixie.scumways.com/) is supposed to be a sort of modern update of Deluxe Paint. It's a one-man free project, so it probably doesn't have a lot of ultra-modern features, but it might suit you.
Re: Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't exist anymore?
#88The iPad 1.
It was great for web browsing but nowadays it dies when opening most web pages with advertising.
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#89CodeWarrior
Didn't expect to see this one here. I worked for Nokia at the time that they bought some of the CodeWarrior assets from Metroworks. Coming from Visual Studio, CodeWarrior felt like a big step down. What do you miss about it?
Re: Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't exist anymore?
#90Winamp
I remember first running Winamp on a 486/25. It would play music, but you couldn't run anything else at the same time.
I used it anyway.