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  • They didn’t make Publisher, it had been around for a few years before they acquired it.

    At the time (early 90’s), DTP was growing, fast. Publisher was stupid cheap compared to Aldus and Quark and could do all the day-to-day stuff for a fraction of the cost (and faster).

    I was using all 3 at the time, and my go-to was Publisher as it was easier, and way faster on the hardware then.

    I’d use PageMaker for multi-page, ongoing docs, but a single page? Publisher.

    MS acquired Pub around 1995. (They’d deny it, like they do with OneNote, but I was using Pub before they owned it).




  • I used ES File Explorer for 10 years before finally giving up on an old, pre-enshittified version, and switching to Mix.

    I don’t love it, but its the best out there today.

    Edit: Some of the way it works is really powerful, like the bookmark system, tab management, copy process, etc. I just can’t get it to look the way I want, with slightly larger everything, and higher contrast text/icons (I admit I’m too lazy to make it happen, pretty sure I could just create a skin).