privsecfoss@feddit.dk to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org · edit-22 years agoIn your opinion, which FOSS software is by many considered "old" or "obsolete", but are in fact, in your opinion, in many ways better than the newer alternatives?message-squaremessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squareIn your opinion, which FOSS software is by many considered "old" or "obsolete", but are in fact, in your opinion, in many ways better than the newer alternatives?privsecfoss@feddit.dk to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org · edit-22 years agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-text
I’ll start: RSS and blogs, news vs. social media XMPP vs. WhatsApp/FB messenger/Snapchat IRC vs. Matrix, Teams, Discord etc. Forums vs. Social media, Reddit, Lemmy(?)
minus-squareKodachrome@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoThe Thunderbird desktop mail client is far better (feature-rich, stable, interoperable) than any webmail or phone app mail client I’ve ever seen.
minus-squareargv_minus_one@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 years agoMicrosoft Outlook, from what I’ve seen of it, is horrible compared to Thunderbird. Why anyone would use the former is beyond me. You can’t even easily see message headers, so how the hell are you supposed to know whether a message is legit?
The Thunderbird desktop mail client is far better (feature-rich, stable, interoperable) than any webmail or phone app mail client I’ve ever seen.
Microsoft Outlook, from what I’ve seen of it, is horrible compared to Thunderbird. Why anyone would use the former is beyond me. You can’t even easily see message headers, so how the hell are you supposed to know whether a message is legit?