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7 Sep 2024 07:24:08 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Failing Gracefully... iTunes doesn't  
From: andrel
Date: 6 Jul 2008 06:41:34
Message: <4870A195.8040408@hotmail.com>
Eero Ahonen wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>>
>> I liked the Amiga mechanism much better. You drag a file onto a disk 
>> icon, it pops up a window saying the drive is write-protected, you 
>> take the disk out, unprotect it, put it back in, and it automatically 
>> clicks "retry" for you.
>>
> 
> That can't be good, 'cause it assumes that user can and will do 
> something to prevent the error, 
You had always the option of cancelling in stead of solving the problem.

> while computers Should Just Work (or be 
> delivered to service company).

I also like the MS solution of giving the error but no retry option (at 
least unto XP). Works great when copying lots of files and after 10 
minutes one of the last ones encounters a disk full.


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