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by amelius 805 days ago
Windows 3.1 was based on async programming, and wasn't responsive every now and then.
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Wasn't Windows 3.1 or 95 also the one where things looked like they were going faster if you jiggled the mouse?
Yes it was Windows 95, probably the original release, as a lot of things were improved in OSR2: https://www.extremetech.com/computing/294907-why-moving-the-...