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Ask HN: Abandoned/dead projects you think died before their time and why?

358 points ofalkaed | 1 comments | 11 Oct 25 22:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.243s | source

Just curious and who knows, maybe someone will adopt it or develop something new based on its ideas.
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kurtis_reed ◴[12 Oct 25 00:30 UTC] No.45554030[source]▶
Windows Phone
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Froedlich ◴[12 Oct 25 02:22 UTC] No.45554595[source]▶
Windows Phone's UI is still with us, from Windows 8 onwards. Everything on 8, 10, and 11 is optimized for a touch interface on a small screen, which is ridiculous on a modern desktop with a 32" or so monitor and a trackball or mouse.
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1. Findecanor ◴[12 Oct 25 08:59 UTC] No.45556622[source]▶
From Windows 10, there is a switch between desktop and touch mode.

They stopped supporting small tablets some years ago though, and made it worse with every Windows update. I can only surmise that it was to make people stop using them. Slow GUI, low contrast, killed apps.