Japan's government has finally eliminated the use of floppy disks in all its systems, two decades since their heyday, reaching a long-awaited milestone in a campaign to modernize the bureaucracy. By the middle of last month, the Digital Agency had scrapped all 1,034 regulations governing their use, except for one…
  • JeenaEnglish
    32•5 months ago

    Great job!

    Although, using floppy disks has the advantage that everyone has to make sure their file sizes are small enough to fit on them. Which makes for much easier handling for those who don’t use floppy disks.

        • kamenLady.English
          8•5 months ago

          Installing Photoshop with disks was a chore, or rather a cumbersome task.

    • NaibofTabrEnglish
      11•5 months ago

      or… you end up with more smaller files to keep track of in order to carry the same information that could’ve been in one large file

      • @intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
        6•5 months ago

        The best big data solution is those big boxes with 100 floppy disks. Just make sure you get one with the labels included. Not making that mistake again.

    • @borth@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3•5 months ago

      How does small file sizes in floppy disks make it easier handling for those won’t use floppy disks? Genuinely curious.

      • ѕєχυαℓ ρσℓутσρєEnglish
        7•5 months ago

        I think it’s because it’ll promote smaller sizes in general, which is almost always better to handle. (If it can be done without significantly losing quality.)

      • @randon31415@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3•5 months ago

        Think if Twitter for government documents. If the pure text can’t fit in a floppy, nobody’s got the time to read it.

    • @cm0002@lemmy.worldEnglish
      -4•5 months ago

      Although, using floppy disks has the advantage that everyone has to make sure their file sizes are small enough to fit on them. Which makes for much easier handling for those who don’t use floppy disks.

      What? How is that at all relevant in today’s age?

      • @eRac@lemmings.worldEnglish
        20•5 months ago

        The lack of pressure leads to absurd file sizes for silly things.

        A few weeks ago, I needed a vector company logo, so I asked our graphics team for one. The file they sent me was 6MB. While working with it, I noticed it was actually quite clean, so I exported it as an SVG and it came out to 2KB. 1/3000th the size for the exact same graphic.

        I opened their file up in a text editor and found font configs for specific printer models (in a graphic with only filled curves), conditional logic, multiple thumbnails, and other junk.