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>It was beautifully coherent. Not really. While Linux DEs had open in place, Windows would keep opening new Windows when clicking a folder. Until the UI crashe
by sigg3 6y ago
>It was beautifully coherent.
Not really. While Linux DEs had open in place, Windows would keep opening new Windows when clicking a folder. Until the UI crashed. I believe the NT line had open in-place.
That's besides the point though. The same list of actions would randomly BSOD in one case and not the other. Windows 95 was not coherent it was chaotic.
You only had 4 hours left on the 0day FtP WaReZ site? Tough luck. Deadline at work? Too bad. With Win95 randomly crashing and corrupting files whether you'd get there or not depended on Russian roulette kind of luck.
- Delk 6y agoFolders opening "in place" was a deliberate design choice called spatial file management or so [1]. It has its downsides and IIRC I wasn't a huge fan, but I wouldn't call it incoherent. I don't think anybody misses Windows 95 in terms of technological quality, but there was actual deliberate and well-researched design behind its UI. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial_file_manager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial_file_manager