Active Desktop was ahead of its connection · Proposed air date:
A retrospective on Windows 95 Active Desktop prompts Dr. Dave to remember clients asking him to install a dynamic Internet desktop over slow connections. The idea was promising, but the available connection could not deliver it, leaving him to explain that neither Windows nor his installation was broken: the feature had simply arrived ahead of its supporting infrastructure.
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Proposed recording date: 2007-07-07. The exact broadcast date may differ.
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