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It's all about the little things

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I love little things. Here is one I noticed this morning.

 

Go ahead and empty your recycle bin. Now create and delete two files, then go to empty the bin again. Note that it says “would you like to delete these 2 files”.

 

Ok, now empty the bin, and only delete one file. Now try and empty the bin again. Note that it doesn’t say the number, it gives you the file name that you’re about to empty. If there is only one element to be removed, we show the name of the element rather than the number.

 

Who thought to do that?

Comments

  • Anonymous
    November 17, 2004
    That's pretty impressive, but MacOS (pre-X, dunno about newer versions) really went above and beyond:

    http://www.mackido.com/Interface/Copy.html

    Despite the (sometimes pretty hysterical) anti-Microsoft rhetoric, the author does raise a bunch of good points about what seems like a pretty simple issue.
  • Anonymous
    November 17, 2004
    I'll guess it was the localizer who hated dealing with "1 file" and "2 files" in 37 different languages. If you special case 0 and 1 files to deal with, it's all plural forms.
  • Anonymous
    November 17, 2004
    Those little things like XP never displaying all process notification icons since SP1? Not hidden, just not there. For any reboot, I get a random set. SP2 improved things, but there is still often 1 or 2 that don't quite make it. I believe the missing ones are however always 'Startup' folder items, so I wonder if they can somehow get loaded before Explorer itself. Who knows, one of those little things...
  • Anonymous
    November 17, 2004
    The MacOS article that was provided by mschaef is rather ridiculous.

    They talk about pre-flighting a copy in an age where 100GB+ hard drives are the norm. Why pre-flight every stinking copy procedure when only 1 in 1000 will probably fail as a result of inadequate hard drive space? I'm typically more frustrated by copy procedures that fail because a file is in use. Solve that problem and I'll be happy to applaud.
    As the author stated, there are pro's and con's to both approaches. I fail to see how "little things" like pre-flighting a copy make MacOS a better operating system. Why not concentrate on the "big things" instead of the piddly little stuff that nobody even seems to care about?
  • Anonymous
    November 17, 2004
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