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> Computers and the software they run today enables us to do far more than we used to. This is true in the broadest sense -- certainly calc.exe is better than

> Computers and the software they run today enables us to do far more than we used to. This is true in the broadest sense -- certainly calc.exe is better than an abacus! -- but I'm not sure it's true on the 10-to-20-year timescale people are usually thinking about when they say software is declining. I use exactly zero features of my computer that were not available in Windows Vista, released in 2006.

8organicbits 6y ago
Look at Thunderbird since 2006 to see how the product has grown. Sure, we all used "email" in 2006, but email clients were terrible. * 2007 - message tagging https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/thunderbird_releasenotes/en-us/thunderbird/2.0.0.0/releasenotes/ https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/thunderb... * 2009 - search result filtering https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/thunderbird_releasenotes/en-us/thunderbird/3.0/releasenotes/ https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/thunderb... * 2010 - mail account setup wizard https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/thunderbird_releasenotes/en-us/thunderbird/3.1/releasenotes/ https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/thunderb... * 2012(ish?) Support to send large attachments via 3rd party, I.E. box.com https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/thunderbird_releasenotes/en-us/thunderbird/16.0/releasenotes/ https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/thunderb... * 2013 - ignore threads https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/thunderbird_releasenotes/en-us/thunderbird/24.0/releasenotes/ https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/thunderb... * 2014 - attachment reminders https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/31.0/releasenotes/ https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/31.0/releaseno... * 2016 - subject line spell check https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/45.0/releasenotes/ https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/45.0/releaseno... * 2018 - message templates https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/60.0/releasenotes/ https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/60.0/releaseno... * 2019 - mark all folders for account read https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/68.0/releasenotes/ https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/68.0/releaseno...
- csande17 6y ago
  I'm not saying that newer versions of Windows than Vista don't include additional features. Off the top of my head, Windows 10 includes Cortana and Paint 3D. I just don't ever use or care about them, just like how I've never had occasion to "mark all folders for account read". (And wow, I guess I was right to buy Microsoft, because they were eleven years ahead of the curve on message templates: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/send-an-email-message-based-on-a-template-56c645fc-1b25-4059-808b-55ee72b6bc2d#ID0EABAAA=Office_2007 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/send-an-email-mes... )
  - 8organicbits 6y ago
    Hmm, now I'm curious. What does the software stack you are using in 2020 that hasn't had a new feature (that you use) since 2006 look like? I can't tell if you are a linux user running a command line mail reader or if you use Win10 to run modern web sites in the browser.

8organicbits 6y ago

Look at Thunderbird since 2006 to see how the product has grown. Sure, we all used "email" in 2006, but email clients were terrible. * 2007 - message tagging https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/thunderbird_releasenotes/en-us/thunderbird/2.0.0.0/releasenotes/ https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/thunderb... * 2009 - search result filtering https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/thunderbird_releasenotes/en-us/thunderbird/3.0/releasenotes/ https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/thunderb... * 2010 - mail account setup wizard https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/thunderbird_releasenotes/en-us/thunderbird/3.1/releasenotes/ https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/thunderb... * 2012(ish?) Support to send large attachments via 3rd party, I.E. box.com https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/thunderbird_releasenotes/en-us/thunderbird/16.0/releasenotes/ https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/thunderb... * 2013 - ignore threads https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/thunderbird_releasenotes/en-us/thunderbird/24.0/releasenotes/ https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/thunderb... * 2014 - attachment reminders https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/31.0/releasenotes/ https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/31.0/releaseno... * 2016 - subject line spell check https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/45.0/releasenotes/ https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/45.0/releaseno... * 2018 - message templates https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/60.0/releasenotes/ https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/60.0/releaseno... * 2019 - mark all folders for account read https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/68.0/releasenotes/ https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/68.0/releaseno...

csande17 6y ago
I'm not saying that newer versions of Windows than Vista don't include additional features. Off the top of my head, Windows 10 includes Cortana and Paint 3D. I just don't ever use or care about them, just like how I've never had occasion to "mark all folders for account read". (And wow, I guess I was right to buy Microsoft, because they were eleven years ahead of the curve on message templates: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/send-an-email-message-based-on-a-template-56c645fc-1b25-4059-808b-55ee72b6bc2d#ID0EABAAA=Office_2007 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/send-an-email-mes... )
- 8organicbits 6y ago
  Hmm, now I'm curious. What does the software stack you are using in 2020 that hasn't had a new feature (that you use) since 2006 look like? I can't tell if you are a linux user running a command line mail reader or if you use Win10 to run modern web sites in the browser.