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I'm using Paint Shop Pro 7 as my main image editor[0], it has the best UX of any image editor i've used, was released 21 years ago and i have zero concerns abou
by badsectoracula 6y ago
I'm using Paint Shop Pro 7 as my main image editor[0], it has the best UX of any image editor i've used, was released 21 years ago and i have zero concerns about its security - not because i expect it to be secure (chances are it is using, e.g., a jpeg library with security bugs) but because there isn't any use case where that would matter.
Similarly i use Delphi 2 and C++ Builder (both around 25 years old) now and them for making small utilities (e.g. [1] and [2]) - again no internet connection nor any reason to worry about their security. Also i use Adobe PageMill (21 years old too) as a WYSIWYG word editor and simple site editor (like the sites i linked to) - that one can connect to the internet to upload stuff, but i use a separate (and under development) client for this.
Also aside the possibility for security issues there is also the probability for you to face them: after all just because a program has an issue it doesn't mean you'll encounter it - if anything, nobody is going to spend any time targeting such old software.
[0] https://i.imgur.com/wakdMXK.jpg https://i.imgur.com/wakdMXK.jpg (random shot i took some time ago)
[1] http://runtimeterror.com/tools/pastepreview/ http://runtimeterror.com/tools/pastepreview/
[2] http://runtimeterror.com/tools/winless/ http://runtimeterror.com/tools/winless/
- teh_klev 6y ago> I'm using Paint Shop Pro 7 Same here, and TextPad from the same era still works (I occasionally try the version in my download archive saved back around 2001).
- open-source-ux 6y agoTextPad is still being updated and available for sale (the latest release was on 11 April 2021). It's even older than PSPad. Wikipedia says it was first released in 1992, that's almost 30 years ago. (https://www.textpad.com/products/textpad/features https://www.textpad.com/products/textpad/features) I'm impressed by the longevity of both PSPad and TextPad and it's refreshing to encounter fast, native, nimble desktop programs.
- teh_klev 6y agoI usually keep up with TextPad's updates, and also bought and paid for it and their other tool called WildEdit which is pretty neat. Also TextPad's ability to handle monster files was and still is quite impressive.
- 51Cards 6y agoPaint Shop Pro 9 user here, and I dread the day it no longer works for me.