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		yumraj on April 26, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the ... ICQ Old, not evil Google Absence of FB Geocities Cricinfo Slashdot Codeguru/Codeproject

Pxtl on April 26, 2020 [–]

ICQ makes me miss old software in general. In particular, programs that didn't roll their own GUI framework and just used vanilla UI widgets. Stuff that didn't bring in massive frameworks, just simple MFC/winforms apps that were peppy and seamlessly fit into the OS UI.

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