Programs you used to use regularly which are now obsolete?
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Winamp is very good, in fact I have got the paid version way back when because it was head & shoulders the best. But eventually you just got say goodbye as it isn't receiving the dev attention it deserves - AOL killed it & its new owners don't seem keen to allow any serious development so until that changes I'm afraid it is obsolete for me as I've moved over to Foobar2000.
Others:
Program Manager - still used that with XP until they took it away
Open Office - now use MS Word (well I had to for uni so I just kept it) or Libra when I can be bothered to install it
Lotus 1-2-3 - the best spreadsheet program ever. Now use Excel for my sins though some of the actually workbooks are the same files as I used with Lotus 1-2-3's but converted, macros & all.
Wordworth - like most Amiga programs this one made MS Word look like the unstable mess from the dark ages it was.
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Program Manager - still used that with XP until they took it away
Open Office - now use MS Word (well I had to for uni so I just kept it) or Libra when I can be bothered to install it
Lotus 1-2-3 - the best spreadsheet program ever. Now use Excel for my sins though some of the actually workbooks are the same files as I used with Lotus 1-2-3's but converted, macros & all.
Wordworth - like most Amiga programs this one made MS Word look like the unstable mess from the dark ages it was.
AOL can't kill WINAMP. WINAMP is still working perfectly fine and for an audio player, it is much more convenient than YouTube. In YouTube there is extremely large latency between switching songs. And in YouTube you can't have your playlists in your own order. And in YouTube most likely the audio quality is lower, too.
Have no idea why that program Foobar2000 got your attention. For me, it's completely unknown and have no willingness to know it better, too
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I can't. I have to read that size or above because I have sight in 1 eye only with a lens prescription of -27.
I didn't use Foobar 2000, but I do remember it. It was very well known like you said.
Does anyone remember Sonique? Back in 1999, it was all about Winamp vs Sonique
Actually, when you say this, I tried to take it from my memories and if I am not mistaken I have tried it once upon a time, maybe for a couple of days.
Didn't actually like it because it stressed my central processor much more than WINAMP and is inferior in all possible sides
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Actually, when you say this, I tried to take it from my memories and if I am not mistaken I have tried it once upon a time, maybe for a couple of days.
Didn't actually like it because it stressed my central processor much more than WINAMP and is inferior in all possible sides
What were you trying to run it on, a calculator?
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What were you trying to run it on, a calculator?
TBH, it isn't Foobar but another audio player, it is also with amp in its name. Any guesses which it is?
Not a calculator since calculators cannot run Windows
But a decent configuration, and that program with amp in its name loaded the CPU to 35%, which is a lot.I am used to WINAMP where the load is around 3-4 max maybe 10%...
Foobar load for me is 0-0.1% whilst playing. But Winamp will always be remembered fondly by me & if the dev team gets beefed up & new versions come out I'll be more than happy to install it again!
Hmm I still use IRC every day so maybe I'm stuck in the past . Having said that I also use Discord but that seems to be more about games where as IRC is more technical in nature.
I used to use Winamp as well but these days all my music comes from Spotify. I can't remember the last time I listened to a CD or listened to an MP3, AAC, FLAC audio file. I used to love ICQ as well. Had some fun times on that just ******* around.
. Having said that I also use Discord but that seems to be more about games where as IRC is more technical in nature.I used to use Winamp as well but these days all my music comes from Spotify. I can't remember the last time I listened to a CD or listened to an MP3, AAC, FLAC audio file. I used to love ICQ as well. Had some fun times on that just ******* around.
Oh I got you all beat I've used Lotus Organiser since 2003 as my personal diary and note taker
Also been using mIRC daily since 1996 to keep in touch with my gaming mates, who I've known since that time. Best bit of software ever made imo.
I've used Lotus Organiser since 2003 as my personal diary and note taker Also been using mIRC daily since 1996 to keep in touch with my gaming mates, who I've known since that time. Best bit of software ever made imo.
I did use it for a good amount of time back in the day. I was the one guy who loved Lotus software
The absolutely best error message I've ever seen on any PC was cc:Mail's very obscure dialogue box saying "Error: No error"I did use it for a good amount of time back in the day. I was the one guy who loved Lotus software
** The winner of best error message on any platform must go to the Amiga's "Guru meditation error"
Quarterdeck QEMM and Cleansweep, which where a DOS memory manager and a Windows program install tracking program respectively. Back in the day when eeking out every last scrap of conventional memory and the genuine feer of installing something on Windows 95 and not knowing every trace of it could be removed when it came to deleting it, were things.
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Napster, limewire, mIRC msn messenger, yahoo messenger, Nero, all the usual suspects
I do, I havn't found anything that matches it for compactness of size and function
7zip just feels amateurish by comparison. Its handy in a tight spot but I always put WinRar back on asap.
You guys don't use Winamp anymore...? Why not? It's great
I do, I havn't found anything that matches it for compactness of size and function
7zip just feels amateurish by comparison. Its handy in a tight spot but I always put WinRar back on asap.
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The absolutely best error message I've ever seen on any PC was cc:Mail's very obscure dialogue box saying "Error: No error"
Funniest / weirdest error message I saw was on MS Excel '97 at a previous workplace around year 2000 time. I'm not sure how it happened as MS wouldn't have worded an error like that. Plus, the computers there were so locked down that you couldn't even open the clock (to see the time/date), so I doubt it was a macro or custom content either? Could have been an Easter egg though? One of Excel 97's Easter eggs was a flight sim inside of the program
I still use Nero, Ms office 2002 and Paint Shop pro 9