Ask HN: What have we lost in tech and society?

Re:Ask HN: What have we lost in tech and society? by nicbou on Saturday September 24, 2022 @02:42AM (#32960215)

> The idea of using app X to write some files... but then app Y to store or compress them, app Z to search them

This is why an iPad is not a laptop replacement.

It blows my mind that the current generation of students doesn't quite grasp the concept of files. I don't quite grasp how you can do serious work without operating on files.

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Re:Ask HN: What have we lost in tech and society? by nikau on Sunday September 25, 2022 @02:16AM (#32969336)

I got caught out with the new version of Excel - opened up another sheet to use as a template, make some changes, then did a save-as to the new name.

Turns out all the changes were auto saving into the original sheet also.

I miss having a distinction between standalone apps and web apps.

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