abandoned

Smalltalk leads to Squeak, the open source implementation, and through one if its main contributors (Alan Kay) leads to the Croquet Project. I don’t even know where to begin to describe this project. It’s an open and programmable 3D environment designed for communication and collaboration. Or something. You have to see it to believe it. And maybe not even then.

Atari

2005-11-30

abandoned, Atari, emulation, music, oldschool, platforms

just a placeholder / dump for notes

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Neverwinter Nights – (2002 game)

2005-11-30

abandoned, dead, disliked, entertainment, games, Linux software, multiplayer games, online games, payware, proprietary software, reviews, software, Windows 10 software, Windows software

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://web.archive.org/web/20151105102937/http://http://nwn.bioware.com/

An online MMO type thing. I was using Linux at the time, and so I suppose my options were limited.

GOG.com: Neverwinter Nights – Diamond edition

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Watir

2005-10-19

abandoned, dead, freeware, glances, GUI software, internet, liked, open-source software, programming, Ruby, Ruby programming, Ruby software, software, software testing, web browser software, Windows software, Windows XP software

Software >
Ruby > Ruby web programming, Ruby testing >

(on Wikipedia)
(old website, archive)
was watir.com

A functional testing tool for automating browser-based tests of web applications. It drives the Internet Explorer browser the same way people do. It clicks links, fills in forms, presses buttons. It also checks results, such as whether expected text appears on the page.

I did some simple website testing with it.

aka Web Application Testing in Ruby.
Pronounced “water”.
my Watir scripts
Water 2.0 had support planned for Linux and Firefox using the “selenium” engine. 2019-09-29 – That engine appwars to have become https://www.selenium.dev/
Abandoned – 2024-04-22 – No website updates in a while, and the domain is down.