Tastier, too!

The ability to browse and maybe see something you weren't looking for. Looking for a film online is like looking through the letterbox of a library and asking for a book..

The GridPad was the first one I remember. That came out running MS-DOS, but could read your handwriting with a stylus. Must have been early 1990s. There was also the Apple Newton around the same time. That ran a custom OS, it wasn't anything like iOS. Soon after that there was a version of Windows 3.1 called Windows for Pens, or sometimes Windows PEN. It was a decent OS, and much better that the Newton.

And Altoids peppermint gum. Just as strong as the candy and the taste lasted longer than other gums. Wish they would bring back the gum and at least the tangerine sours

And God would I pay good money to be able to write on a tablet without special apps.

You can still get them in supermarkets here in Australia, but they are about 1/4 of the size and have less chocolate compared to what I remember from my childhood

The Lumia 1020. Best camera phone I ever had.

I remember when Netscape was released in the mid 90's. After using Mosaic for web browsing, seeing Navigator was a huge leap forward. Multi-threading! Images could all load at the same time instead of one by one! And then v2.0 came out with support for tables! What a time to be alive...

And it was way better than icrap

I got Lyme when I was 12, -3/10 do not recommend (thankfully I got antibiotics quickly and don’t have it anymore)

Betamax had a short recording time and refused to allow adult entertainment. That is what killed it.

The Concorde succeeded in everything it was designed to do. But the sonic boom meant that it couldn't fly supersonic over North America and other places, plus it was expensive to fly and maintain. Also, Air France and British Airways were the only airlines to operate it regularly, as most other airlines cancelled their orders. It was never built in sufficient numbers to render it profitable. It did have an excellent safety record, with only one incident resulting in loss of life (Air France 4590), but by the time of the accident the planes was becoming dated and nearing the end of their service life. Concorde was a remarkable aircraft, but in the real world, not a very practical one.

I nearly died once when someone sprayed Febreze at me when I came around a corner and walked in her door. Got me in the face. Couldn’t get to my inhaler fast enough. Had NO idea it’s that strong! Holy hell! And people pay MONEY to have all those chemicals in their homes?! Have they no brains?

Every social media site or app eventually grows uncool and fails.

Overpriced tea trying to pay the rent in overpriced mall space.

ICQ

This! RIP lime

The Flip camera! I still have mine. Lots of sweet videos of the kids on it.

It was called WHAT?!

The WiiU was great for families. My kids and I played Wii Party U together and had a blast. Super Mario 3D World is in my top 3 favorite Mario games of all times, and the original Splatoon with the map on the game pad was so, so good.

those are still pretty popular

That thing is a battery hungry monster, the Gameboy was much better with energy saving.

OMG at those instructions saying to use three sheets. One was more than enough for even the large loads. I know someone who cuts them in fourths. I rarely use a dryer sheet at all so the Kirkland branded package lasts me a few years.

PenguinEmp clearly doesn't understand how this site works.....

Probably its biggest appeal was that you didn't have to use iTunes.

I worked there when it launched. Customers couldn't get their heads round the fact that they had to wait for it, I think it was something like 7 minutes. We used to share them on our breaks.

And, if it's not on the list already, Geocities. My first website was on there.

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I love this movie! The richness and vibrancy of the colors is wonderful. I almost couldn't believe it when I first saw it.

The fact that people who wore them were called "Glassholes" tells you that the problem was sociological, not technological.

No, it was a very good phone. HP killed the brand for some reason, so there was never a follow up to it. I still have mine in my storage. Still worked the last time I pulled it out.

They're hiding in your grandma's closet or attic. Ask.

The person that ran that campaign is probably the same person running their Copilot campaign now.

As a long time SW developer, I have to say that MS makes some pretty amazing dev tools - .NET, Windows Terminal, Visual Studio (both Professional and Code), and so on. None of it is perfect, but they have come a long way when it comes to open source stuff.

Those were trippy. A former housemate had them in his living room and when the pitty I had at the time would bark it would trigger the lights. It was funny as hell to say Sybil, what's that? She would bark and the living room turned into a friggin disco.

I really miss Jello Pudding Pops! Those things were insanely good and rich tasting.

Sony's biggest enemy with the Vita was Sony. Everything was proprietary and severely overpriced compared to non-proprietary equivalents (especially memory cards).

I love/hate Google products. So handy in many ways, but also so pushy. I google things that have nothing to do with my location, yet it asks. I could ask it about spotted owls or what a Honda Civic looks like and it will ask, "Would you like to give your location for greater accuracy?" And the option to save a password in Chrome is Save or Never but "Never" just means until the next time you log in because it asks me every single fricken time. Stuff like that. But very handy for searches and maps.

Not to mention the McDLT. Good times...

Yeah, it was better. I use Feedly myself, and every so often I think about upgrading to a paying version so that I can use filters (so I don't ever have to see posts about the Kardashians ever again, lol), but I refuse to pay a monthly subscription for that. I'd do a one-time fee, but I hate subscriptions for software or services.

From what I am reading, Sims online wasn't a product that "shouldn't have failed". It was a product that failed for reasons, that might not have failed if done properly. I have never personally played any of the sims franchise - just seen others play it. But if I was playing it, most of what I'd want to do is essentially solo play. I wouldn't want to have to be online and pay a subscription for that. -=-- From the internet: ""The Sims Online" failed due to a combination of factors, including limited features, repetitive gameplay, a subscription fee, and a lack of player-created content support, ultimately leading to a dwindling player base and EA's shift in focus to other, more profitable titles. "

Pebble is still around making watches again

We still have our game cube. My 23 and 17 year old gamers will say it’s one of the best gaming systems. We also still have our original NES, gameboys, etc. My older son is somewhat of a collector and has some really neat stuff.

Remember Surge?

I don't know what you mean about frosty milkshakes but they still do have frostys.

But that’s just it: It was a horrible idea. Yeah, for consumers, it’s a dream come true, but as a product, there’s really no way to make it work, not unless the studios go along with the idea. Even as I took advantage of it, I knew was just a matter of time before it was ripped from my hands.

I blame EA. They cancelled Titanfall 3 to make the crappy live service Apex Legends game that no one cares about or plays.

I like Doritos, but my favorite thing about them is still the ultrasound commercia, with the fetus reacting to daddy's crunching chips.

It's still available, my friend had to report a threat to our Dean of Students because someone on that app said they were going to put a brick through his head (They didn't use his name, but they used some very obvious descriptors). This was less than a month ago.

There were many great space games and there still are some. Beside e.g. a whole bunch of Star Wars games we also got Freelancer, or nowadays Everspace 2.

Please Gd! But honestly, it’s not on the way out. It’s just getting used by younger kids.