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arguably the only really compelling feature of BeOS (Spotlight) I’d argue the most compelling feature of BeOS, one that to my knowledge has still not been repl
by Scramblejams 5y ago
arguably the only really compelling feature of BeOS (Spotlight)
I’d argue the most compelling feature of BeOS, one that to my knowledge has still not been replicated anywhere else, was its amazing UI fluidity. Seems like it didn’t matter how bogged down the system got, the UI was flawlessly responsive and boasted latencies today’s desktops could only dream of.
I still miss it.
- watersb 5y agoarguably the only really compelling feature of BeOS (Spotlight) Be filesystem (BeFS) was terribly compelling, but only after you had lost your first draft of your first book to filesystem corruption. Or so I'm told.
- wmf 5y agoBeFS was very compelling compared to FAT32 or HFS+ but it's no big deal compared to what we have today.
- int_19h 5y agoOne particular thing that was kinda nice was a separate MIME type attribute for all files, fully distinct from filename (and specifically extension), and used consistently throughout the OS to determine available actions etc. Although the real magic here is the latter - providing storage for an extra attribute in the filesystem is easy enough.
- luckman212 5y agoThat's exactly what I remember about it too! No spinning beachballs there. Meanwhile, my M1 Mini shows me the pinwheel frequently...especially when launching any apps from Adobe Suite or Microsoft Office...