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In 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? (feddit.dk)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by privsecfoss@feddit.dk to c/foss
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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(?)
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[–] Kissaki@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Outlook

  • hides email address => security issue; eases phishing (even beyond not showing whether it's ensured valid)
  • can't have an inbox filter that moves emails and gives you a normal notification of unread email
  • can't have an inbox filter that is both server side and gives a desktop notification
  • can't save your reply email next to the replied to email in the inbox - but can in the folders
  • can't handle specific column orders (was it category before date then not working? sth like that)

I switched / had to switch at work. It works. I got used to it for the most part. But I'd much prefer using Thunderbird.

Because I'm using both now in both I never intuitively navigate to the delete button. Because the layout is different between the two.