Comments on: Floppy Insertion Detection in Windows 95 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2009/04/03/floppy-insertion-detection-in-windows-95/ Thu, 16 May 2013 08:22:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christopher http://mjtsai.com/blog/2009/04/03/floppy-insertion-detection-in-windows-95/comment-page-1/#comment-530977 Christopher Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:05:08 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/?p=1899#comment-530977 @ssp: That wouldn't be an issue if the Mac desktop actually updated in a timely fashion. There shouldn't be a lag on Finder window updates, but with Snow Leopard on a MacBook Pro, I notice them all the time. Maybe it's my workflow... @ssp: That wouldn't be an issue if the Mac desktop actually updated in a timely fashion. There shouldn't be a lag on Finder window updates, but with Snow Leopard on a MacBook Pro, I notice them all the time. Maybe it's my workflow...

]]> By: ssp http://mjtsai.com/blog/2009/04/03/floppy-insertion-detection-in-windows-95/comment-page-1/#comment-492852 ssp Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:03:49 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/?p=1899#comment-492852 My theory is that Microsoft simple _love_ providing refresh commands everywhere. And a dumb floppy drive is just a great excuse for that. Even current Windows versions come with one _for the Desktop_. And it's rather unclear why that is the case. I have seen Windows users complain about the Mac's Finder _not_ having a Refresh command ("How can I know the Desktop is up-to-date?") My theory is that Microsoft simple _love_ providing refresh commands everywhere. And a dumb floppy drive is just a great excuse for that. Even current Windows versions come with one _for the Desktop_. And it's rather unclear why that is the case.

I have seen Windows users complain about the Mac's Finder _not_ having a Refresh command ("How can I know the Desktop is up-to-date?")

]]> By: Raymond http://mjtsai.com/blog/2009/04/03/floppy-insertion-detection-in-windows-95/comment-page-1/#comment-492844 Raymond Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:15:32 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/?p=1899#comment-492844 You have to put on your 1995 hat: In 1995, a floppy drive spinning up without the user explicitly accessing it meant that you had a computer virus. How soon we forget the Jerusalem and Michaelangelo viruses. You have to put on your 1995 hat: In 1995, a floppy drive spinning up without the user explicitly accessing it meant that you had a computer virus. How soon we forget the Jerusalem and Michaelangelo viruses.

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