[krisrm]

"Things" is pretty broad.

Thinking of software, probably early "beta" Gmail. There was so much about the email experience that was improved by a stable web client, with what felt at the time like unlimited storage.

Thinking of hardware, I've never been much for Apple products, but the iPhone (particularly early models) is undoubtedly a design marvel.

[jbullock35]

> Thinking of hardware, I've never been much for Apple products, but the iPhone (particularly early models) is undoubtedly a design marvel.

I am surprised that no one else has mentioned the iPhone. It seems to me like an obvious choice.

I'm speaking of the hardware, not of iOS. There's a lot to admire about iOS, but it also has its share of design flaws.

[znpy]

early gmail was just magic.

modern gmail is trash.

i switched my personal gmail account to html-only mode (no javascript) and it's definitely better.

[papertokyo]

I deeply miss my iPhone 5. Small, light, pleasingly minimal. I'm so glad they released the new mini models.

[tkgally]

The iPad, too. I spend hours with it every day—mostly reading and watching videos—and I rarely have to think about it as a device. It just lets me get absorbed in whatever I’m looking at.

I don’t use it much myself, as I’m not an artist, but the iPad app ProCreate seems to be a masterpiece of good design, too.

[smoldesu]

Things has a really good open-source clone called Planner[0] that I quite like. Now, if only they'd package it some way other than flatpak...

[0] https://github.com/alainm23/planner

[bullen]

I think you can still use the old by following this URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/