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

(jdan.github.io)
838 points bennettfeely | 5 comments | 21 Apr 20 23:51 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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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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1. 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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2. 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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3. speedgoose ◴[22 Apr 20 10:05 UTC] No.22943976[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.

4. squiggleblaz ◴[22 Apr 20 10:10 UTC] No.22944006[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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5. winrid ◴[23 Apr 20 03:04 UTC] No.22952459{3}[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...