Finder-hang on unexpected disconnected server

[arri]

ok, this is not really a question,
i was wondering about your opinion,
and maybe solutions/workarounds for this ever returning problem;

you mount volume of some remote computer,
but this machine gets disconnected..
result is that the finder will hang for some minutes,
and sometimes other apps..

i noticed this also happens when trying to access a 'recent folder'
(from go > recent folders-menu) when the remote machine is disconected..

i found that relaunching the finder often takes as much time,
as waiting for the finder to finally get out of it's coma..

anyway, already since pre-osx systems this was happening,
i hoped for osx to have solved this problem..

why is apple unable to solve this in an elegant way?
or am i doing things wrong?
is there a solution?
(appart from this apple-script i once downloaded,
which would only run after the finder finally gave the
"server doconnected" popup)

i think this is one of the greatest design-flaws in osx

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[Go3iverson]

Is this a general question, or do you have specific file sharing services in mind?

For example, AFP -> SFM 2000/2003 will hang since it keep trying to initiate a session reconnect, since its in the 3.1 AFP code Apple uses. Unfortunately, its not in the 2.2 code that MS uses for its server platform. This usually causes a bit of a hang, I've seen.