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Computer De-Evolution: Awesome Features We've Lost

Posted by samzenpus on from the way-of-the-dodo dept.

jfruhlinger writes "If you listened to tech marketing departments, you'd believe that advances in computers have been a nonstop march upwards. But is that really true? What about all the great features early hackers had in the '70s and '80s that are now hard to find or lost forever, like clicky keyboards and customizable screen height? This article looks at much beloved features that lost the evolutionary war."

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  1. Re:Not-a-concept by DriedClexler · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Wow, good thing they didn't use it in a biological context, or that *would* have been an error! As it stands, it only trips up people who are bad at metaphors and other abstract thought.

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