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so computer papers don't fall out i think (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 168 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (38 children)

If I remember correctly, it was a regular folder with a special icon. The intention was that you could drag&drop it to some removable media to move between computers.

I guess MS envisioned it as a digital replacement for the physical suitcase of documents you'd bring to/from work.

Furthermore, this "digital replacement" strategy can be seen in other (now mostly defunct) MS programs such as that program that was bundled with windows 3.11 ( I think it was called wincard.exe) that mimiced a rolodex.

I'll take my MCSE now, thank you.

EDIT: Seems there was some sync stuff with it as well. I'll settle for some junior certification, thank you.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think it was very slightly more than a regular folder in that there was a sync wizard IIRC.

I think you set it up with a piece of removable media and then you could press the sync button when it was present to take the newest file from either the removable media or the local disk. I also vaguely remember a conflict resolution screen where if both copies had changed you could keep one, the other or both. I'm trying to remember if you could have a 3-point sync where you used the removable media as a way of keeping the briefcase on your home and work computers in sync, but I never used that feature if it did exist.

So yeah, It didn't do much more than just dragging and dropping (as I think the OS dialog had similar conflict resolution at least from windows 98ish) but the two way aspect was pretty useful.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Yep - it kept files in sync.

I never used it, though I always thought it was useful idea. Not sure how problematic it could be how did it handle collisions?)

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