An interesting and cool idea: OldVersion.com . The site offers for download the freeware/shareware older versions of popular programs. A great feature, not only for historical interests, but also for practical reasons: very often the newer versions are bloated, are slow and memory-greedy and have features you probably never use. A great example for this would be Winamp.. (actually I did discover this site when searching for alternative locations for downloading Winamp).
Pe vremea asta…
- 2007: Iesi din casa si fugi la vot
- 2005: Halequin’s note 2012
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Software engineer; master in cercetare algoritmica la Ecole Polytechnique Paris; a lucrat in Paris in software bursier.
May 19th, 2005 at 1:51 pm
wow, cool, thanks!
cu singura observatie ca multe firme au inceput sa “reproseze” userului tot mai violent faptul ca nu a upgradat la noua versiune. de la “hey, there’s this new x.y.z version, wanna upgrade?” la “to use this feature, you need to upgrade” (desi al naibii feature era available si-n versiunea ta curenta, cand actuala nu exista! si nu, nu s-a schimbat protocolu’ sau mai stiu eu ce…).
acu’ sincer sa fiu, ca developer, si mie-mi vine (e omeneste) sa “iau userul de gat” in the good sense, adica “maaaan, e super-cool ce-am facut noi, versiunea veche mi se pare asa lame acum, incearca sa vezi, mega-cool!”
two sides of the story…
—bogdan
May 20th, 2005 at 1:16 pm
But it is still cool to use some old apps on new machines; on my work-computer, winamp 2 feels like on Rocket Fuel
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May 23rd, 2005 at 1:27 am
On Saturday I got to use the site aforementioned, and I feel good:
After a failed upgrade to Yahoo Messenger 7(beta), and since reverting back to Yahoo Mess 6 failed(the app was crashing right after starting it), I decided to try to use Yahoo Messenger 5, downloaded from the OldVersion site.
Miracle: it works and it works great: it connects to the server in a matter of seconds(about 30 seconds, vs the 5 minutes version 6 needed to connect), and is extremely responsive. Offcourse, I don’t have any access to the Y! Avatars, nor to the animated and extended smileys. But in all matters concerning Instant Messenging, I greatly prefer it to all upgraded versions.
Now.. if only I learned how to disable the “You need to upgrade” notification….