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A look back: WordPerfect on DOS (2023)

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32 points TMWNN | 1 comments | 01 Apr 25 21:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.199s | source
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russellbeattie ◴[01 Apr 25 22:00 UTC] No.43551778[source]▶
I think it's interesting how modern TUI apps never seem to look as nice as mid-80s DOS apps like WordPerfect or Lotus 123. I wonder if it's the blue background.
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lmz ◴[01 Apr 25 22:30 UTC] No.43551983[source]▶
I wonder if it's "responsive design" i.e. variable terminal sizes versus the fixed size DOS terminal.
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1. bombcar ◴[02 Apr 25 01:34 UTC] No.43552942[source]▶
It’s both - no fixed window and suspicious use of color.

Now and then you find one still working well with thought in it. But it’s rare.

The modern terminal could be amazing with Unicode support and 16 million colors …