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98.css – design system for building faithful recreations of Windows 98 UIs

(jdan.github.io)
838 points bennettfeely | 8 comments | 21 Apr 20 23:51 UTC | HN request time: 1.083s | source | bottom
1. winrid ◴[22 Apr 20 02:46 UTC] No.22941530[source]▶
Oh yes. I can't wait to think of a product to build using this design system.
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2. enhdless ◴[22 Apr 20 03:53 UTC] No.22941941[source]▶
I think it would be hilarious to use this in a desktop Electron app and come full circle.
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3. runawaybottle ◴[22 Apr 20 03:53 UTC] No.22941943[source]▶
I’ve got one, build the windows desktop with an IE link, basically a div with an iframe, and a text box.

I wonder how many windows apps we can build out in a few lines of JS.

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4. winrid ◴[22 Apr 20 06:03 UTC] No.22942724[source]▶
Meant something that'd actually make money. For extra giggles.
5. winrid ◴[22 Apr 20 06:04 UTC] No.22942733[source]▶
To top it off the bundle size and memory usage would still be more than just running Win95 in a VM...
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6. speedgoose ◴[22 Apr 20 10:05 UTC] No.22943976{3}[source]▶
I ran windows 95 in VirtualBox recently to play an old game. You need a shady kernel hack because modern CPUs are way too fast, and some shady display drivers.

Electron sounds nicer.

7. squiggleblaz ◴[22 Apr 20 10:10 UTC] No.22944006{3}[source]▶
It would give you the authentic feeling of running Win95 on a machine that maybe only had 8 MiB ram.
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8. winrid ◴[23 Apr 20 03:04 UTC] No.22952459{4}[source]▶
My sister had a Win95 machine with 32mb of ram and 2mb of video memory. What a powerhouse! Played 3D games on that thing...