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Comment on 3.5" floppy disks were peak tactile feedback in storage: easy to stick in, drives had a button to immediately eject them, big enough to get labels, thin enough that stacks didn't take too much space

Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

I fail to see how this is better than CDs or DVDs. They had the same advantages you mention here. You can label them. They’re super thin and easily stacked, especially with a spindle. They also easily inserted and removed from the drive at the press of a button. All that, and with a way higher storage capacity.

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Windex007@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I think this is a disingenuous assessment of the “only” advantage.

The fact that 3.5" floppies were self-sealing to make handling irrelevant (put your greasy fingers on any surface you fucking want) is a painfully obvious advantage.

Maybe consider for more than 0.2 seconds before making such sweeping assertions.

(This isn’t the only extra advantage, I leave that for an exercise to the reader)

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- akacastor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  
  Maybe consider for more than 0.2 seconds before making such sweeping assertions.
  
  What an unnecessarily adversarial, and rude, reply. Maybe consider for more than 0.2 seconds if being an asshole is necessary.
  
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  - Windex007@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    You’re right. I edited my post to make the words more accurately capture my intention. Thanks for the vibe check. I was out of line.
    
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mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
squares > circles

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ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
3.5’s hard plastic immediately makes it “feel” better to handle, as it also protects the actual disk inside. Putting in and removing a 3.5 from a computer was also faster than the later disks. If you think about it, CD/DVD’s jewel cases were the equivalent of the floppy’s casing

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