Couple of things for me.
One is tiny croutons. I don’t see them anywhere anymore. They taste the same but it’s kind of a pain sometimes to keep the big ones on your fork. The small ones were a little more satisfying to snack on too.
Second is Blue Nehi. Never met anyone else that’s tried or heard of it. Damn it was good though. Big Blue is kinda similar but those always taste under carbonated.
User friendly and logically designed interfaces. The crap that is designed now is stupidly designed and I’ve seriously lost my enjoyment of using electronics.
Windows 7. no ads, no sudden candy crush, no cloud data stealing.
For me it’s Vista. I’ve always felt like I’m the only person who actually unironically liked that thing. It just looked so good, and for my computer at the time at least, it also worked so good (I got a new one specifically for Vista anyway, so I didn’t have the complaints most people had).
7 felt like it improved in some areas (performance on weaker hardware, lack of bloat, better customisability, and so on) while in contrast it was basically nerfed in other areas (more generic design language, worse taskbar by default, too few new features, etc). It took me a short while before it would end up growing on me.
Vista was FULL of security issues though. I did PC support in that era and I kept going to one house in particular because they would pick up some crazy virus / Spyware from thier kid visiting sketchy porn sites. Didn’t matter what I did or how I locked it down, or what AV I installed he would manage to get it reinfected. After the 8th time or so I just made them buy a XP license and told them they need to have a hard talk with thier kid about all the sites he was visiting. Once I had XP installed and appropriate AV, it stopped being an issue.
Edit: Whoops, nevermind it was Windows ME. Carry on with your Vista love (though I’m still not sure why you loved it)
I know I’m not the only one but I’ll say it anyway:
Altoids Sours.
Buttons.
Have you ever used an apple TV remote?
You can’t even navigate without swiping on a little touch pad.
Modern Samsung remotes have changed to a toggle sort button where you move it up and down and then depress for mute.
Good compromise but difficult for the elderly.
Almost every tv has gone to a digital number interface. Remotes do not have numbers on them unless you’re using an antiquated cable reciever with a dedicated remote. Alternatively you can buy third party remotes but with the digital interfaces it will only work on some models.
Think the best modern compromise are the Samsung universals and the LG magic remote. Superfluous wii remote esque arrow navigation so replacements cost $50. However, perfect hybrid of modern design and function.
Thank you for coming to my television remote Ted talk.
It is not necessarily a niche opinion here on lemmy, but the direction tech design is going is overengineered for a problem that never existed.
I own an Apple TV and you don’t have to use swiping. You can tap or click the buttons. I’m not able to confirm it right now, but I also think you can turn off the swiping gesture.
My ex wife.
That’s sarcasm. But when I was in college, there used to be Popeye’s all-you-can-eat buffet locations and also a “Super Popeyes” that sold liquor and fajitas when you were flush and had $20 bills. I don’t want to eat unlimited fast food today but I wish young people today could have the experience of being lit and eating all the Popeyes.
The pandemic stole the last Popeye’s buffet from us: https://nola.eater.com/2021/12/8/22823504/last-popeyes-buffet-closed-lafayette-louisiana
