alt Hacker NewsBest part of VB5 was that when you hit F1, you instantly got help for whatever was under the cursor. VB6 changed it to use some much slower MSDN help system instead.
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nurettin • today at 5:29 AM
It was the best part of turbo pascal as well. Before IDEs decided to hide information.
This was also the best part of QBASIC.
It was just wonderful. I owe so much to that thoughtful feature as a child.
I wish I could meet the person who decided that. You’ve changed my life.