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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 (programming.dev)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Post title at limit, but meant to be peak tactile feedback in computer storage.

The space saved from being thin made it bad for looking up and finding a specific disk within a stack, tho, as it couldn't fit an end label

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[–] [S] 1 point 10 months 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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