[crazygringo]

Honestly, for most things I would agree... but F.lux has made such a difference in my own sleep, at least, and therefore overall life quality, that I feel like it's one of the very few thing that deserves to be posted every month or two (in fact, I can't really think of anything else).

It's funny how, even after years, it's such an amazing tiny piece of software... that still almost nobody knows about, outside of mostly just the hacker community.

I mean, it's almost a crime it isn't already a native part of OSX and, especially, iOS.

[GuiA]

Yes- I always point to f.lux as an example of little feature that every single graphical operating system could benefit from having, and yet that no OS creator includes as a feature. More than that- I want an entire OS that has dark on light windows/text/widgets/etc. during the day, and light on dark at night - this would be configurable, but by default automagically determined by your geographical location. On OSX, one can hack such a setup using an app like Nocturne, but it's clunky.

At every new Windows, OSX, iOS, Android release we get new features (some debatably useful - i.e. notification center in OSX, or integration with the new social network of the day) - but some key stuff that would make human-computer interaction noticeably better is just missing.

A few other things that I can't believe are still not standard in a 2014 OS: better copy and paste (the damn thing has been clunky for 30 years, see Ted Nelson's rant), better window management, better support for interacting across multiple nearby computers (Airdrop is a tiny step in that direction), ...

[ishansharma]

There's a side project idea right there, hnlist or something similar which lists things/questions that HN users are fond of posting. Maybe auto updates to include every mention's thread as well!