Software Archive
Remember the software that shaped our digital lives. Explore their histories, discover why they disappeared, and share what you remember.
26 memorials
Adobe Flash
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Adobe Fireworks
Fireworks combined bitmap and vector-oriented work around the practical needs of screen graphics.
Adobe PageMaker
PageMaker helped establish desktop publishing as work that could happen on a personal computer.
Apple iDVD
iDVD turned home video into a disc with menus and a presentation of its own.
Apple iPhoto
iPhoto made a personal photo collection a central part of the Mac experience.
Apple iWeb
iWeb let Mac users assemble personal websites through visual templates and page editing.
AppleWorks
AppleWorks brought several everyday productivity tasks together in a recognizable integrated suite.
BonziBuddy
He just wanted to help. Mostly himself.
Google Desktop
Google Desktop applied search to material on the user's own computer, including files and messages.
HyperCard
HyperCard organized interactive projects as stacks of cards with links, controls, and scripts.
Internet Explorer
Best viewed in IE6.
iTunes for Mac
Sync in progress. Do not disconnect.
Microsoft Bob
Microsoft Bob presented computing through an illustrated domestic environment and animated helpers.
Microsoft Money
Microsoft Money organized accounts, spending, and budgets in a desktop application.
Microsoft Office FrontPage
FrontPage made building and managing a website possible through a visual editor.
Microsoft Plus!
Microsoft Plus!
Microsoft Works
The homework suite that came with the family PC.
Microsoft Encarta
Click the atlas one more time.
Netscape Navigator
Navigator became one of the defining browsers of the early commercial web.
Picasa
Organizing memories one folder at a time.
Picnik
Add one more sticker.
Winamp
It really whipped the llama's ass.
Windows Media Center
Media Center turned a Windows PC into a television-oriented media interface, with playback and recording functions designed for use beyond a desk.
Windows Movie Maker
Every home video needed a title and a transition.
Windows Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery combined organization, simple editing, and sharing around a personal image library.
WordPad
WordPad occupied the space between plain-text editing and a full office word processor.