reviews

Noteware

2004-12-10

commandline software, dead, DOS software, loved, reviews, software, text editors

Software > Text editors >

A TSR note-taking program.

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Guild Wars – (2005 game)

2004-03-23

dead, disliked, entertainment, games, misadventures, multiplayer games, online games, payware, proprietary software, reviews, software, Windows software, Windows XP software

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.guildwars.com/en/

I really thought Guild Wars had it all when I learned of it. I went out and found all of the resources i could, and noted all the specs and rumours and whatnot. I ended up becoming a beta tester for it and everything.

Sadly, during gameplay I was very severely disappointed and walked away. I went back to try it a second time and what I considered to be very serious and obvious issues were not and apparently would not be addressed. This topic only remains for amusement’s sake, as a testament to my ability to waste huge amounts of time for nothing.

Note that I am bound by a beta tester’s NDA, so I cannot discuss the various things which went on during my time as a tester.
Followed by Guild Wars 2 – (2012 game)

4 comments

Odigo

2000-12-06

dead, disliked, freeware, GUI software, instant messager clients, internet software, proprietary software, reviews, software, windows 3.1 software, Windows software

Software >

(on Wikipedia)
~~www.odigo.org/~~

An instant messager program.

I can best place these notes from a little before 2000-12-06, as I have a note referencing this software from Opera – Ancient Windows notes which was written around that date.

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Mozilla

2000-10-10

abandoned, disliked, freeware, GUI software, image viewers, Linux software, open-source software, reviews, software, web browsers, Windows software, Windows XP software

Software > Web browsers >

(on Wikipedia)
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/browsers.html

The problem with the Mozilla of browsers is that decent functionality isn’t included out of the box. This is what drove me away from Windows and I don’t want to waste my life configuring things anymore.. so I can’t really stand this browser.

Mozilla: Firebird, Phoenix or whatever other names.
This project is dead – see SeaMonkey.

3 comments

Mailwarrior

2000-08-23

abandoned, archivism, dead, email clients, freeware, GUI software, loved, Mailwarrior, my writing, payware, personal, proprietary software, reviews, software, Windows 9x software, Windows software

Software > Email >

https://web.archive.org/web/20010803123208/http://www.kaufmansoft.com:80/Index.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20021209043641/www.kaufmansoft.com/Index.htm

A capable email client tiny enough to fit on a floppy!

This program prompted my very first review!

aka Kaufman Mail Warrior

2 comments

NeoPlanet

1999-07-30

abandoned, dead, email clients, freeware, GUI software, image viewers, loved, proprietary software, reviews, software, web browsers, Windows 9x software, Windows software

Software >

(on Wikipedia)
was neoplanet.com

A Windows 16bit internet browser+email suite. It leveraged Internet Explorer‘s HTML rendering engine.

This is probably the most significant piece of software I’ve ever used, because it was the initial prompt for my writing and publishing reviews. It pushed a major hobby and has influenced whole careers. As for it being any good.. well it had potential that it didn’t meet. At the time it was better than Opera but it just didn’t survive the web browser marathon.

3 comments

Netscape Navigator

1996-12-26

abandoned, dead, email clients, freeware, GUI software, image viewers, internet software, liked, proprietary software, reviews, software, web browsers, windows 3.1 software, Windows software

Software > Web browsers >

(on Wikipedia)

One of the classic web browsers.

aka Netscape
aka Nutscrape

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Doom II

aka Doom II: Hell on Earth

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The last level from Doom 2 has a certain sound which I’ve heard in movies. Perhaps it came from somewhere else, but I’m forever calling it the Doom sound.

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