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

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838 points bennettfeely | 2 comments | 21 Apr 20 23:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.643s | source
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jannes ◴[22 Apr 20 10:04 UTC] No.22943965[source]▶
I noticed that it's using box-shadow for the "3d effect" on buttons and window borders.

I'm a bit disappointed they didn't use the "inset" or "outset" border-style [0] which pretty nobody uses anymore these days. I thought this kind of design is pretty much why these border-styles exist.

[0]: https://htmldog.com/references/css/properties/border-style/

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runxel ◴[22 Apr 20 10:50 UTC] No.22944205[source]▶
It may be because the transition wouldn't be as smooth as it is now?
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1. jannes ◴[22 Apr 20 14:33 UTC] No.22945978[source]▶
Did Windows 98 have smoooth transitions, though?
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2. runxel ◴[22 Apr 20 15:09 UTC] No.22946355[source]▶
Haha, you got a point there ;)