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Definitely a forgotten program. Another one from that era (that actually survived until Win 10 I just learned) is the "Briefcase". It was basically a primitive
by voidfunc 4y ago
Definitely a forgotten program. Another one from that era (that actually survived until Win 10 I just learned) is the "Briefcase". It was basically a primitive file syncing tool for multiple devices.
- nly 4y agoWinpopup checking in
- 2000UltraDeluxe 4y agoThe Briefcase was a godsend back when removable storage was used to move files between computers and there was no other way to keep things synced. It's a shame they removed it.
- TheSpiceIsLife 4y agoYou could always just build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. ;)
- iso1631 4y agoCertainly more reliable than dropbox
- bzxcvbn 4y agoWhat could it do that onedrive cannot do?
- 2000UltraDeluxe 4y agoWork offline. That's about it.
- jaywalk 4y agoOneDrive can work offline if you set it to actually sync all of your files.
- kolinko 4y ago“offline” as in - on a computer that has no internet conmection whatsoever and syncing with floppy drives etc
- 2000UltraDeluxe 4y agoPrecisely. Also, no internal network. Employees shared data by passing floppies back and forth.
- dcist 4y agoNever used Briefcase. I just remember being confused by it as a kid. I did, however, use Iomega Zip Drives to move large (at the time) files.
- 2000UltraDeluxe 4y agoThe briefcase was for situations where you'd have local copies of many smaller files, and wanted to keep the files up-to-date between multiple computers. Back in '95 it wasn't uncommon for multiple employees, pupils or family members to share a small number of computers. Many homes had none. Working straight against the floppy was too slow, but syncing everything with the briefcase once you were done would speed up the workflow.
- andrepd 4y agoBack when? :) Putting things on a flash drive and plugging it elsewhere is still the best/easiest way to move files in many situations.
- karmajunkie 4y agoThink floppier...
- stuaxo 4y agoNever had a clue what that thing did.
- unethical_ban 4y agoAs a kid, I used the briefcase as a normal folder (I think) just because the icon looked cooler.
- garaetjjte 4y agoBriefcase also used shell extension madness, and allowed registration of merge handlers: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/lwef/briefcase-reconcilers https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/lwef/briefcas...