> The history of "It is now safe to turn off your computer"
> LINK · Why is there a screen that says “It is now safe to turn off your computer”? by Raymond Chen
A fascinating post on the Microsoft dev blog originally posted in 2016 about a feature from Windows 951, illustrating just how differently an engineer thinks compared to the average computer user.
This message was displayed when shutdown was complete and the computer did not support software-initiated power-off. It told the user, “Okay, shutdown is complete. It’s okay. You can hit the power button now. I won’t get mad; I promise.”
Boy do I feel old.↩