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

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838 points bennettfeely | 1 comments | 21 Apr 20 23:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.259s | source
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kup0 ◴[22 Apr 20 14:05 UTC] No.22945665[source]▶
I don't know what it is about the 95, 98, 2000 era of Windows UI and aesthetics but I still strongly prefer it.
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AnIdiotOnTheNet ◴[22 Apr 20 15:20 UTC] No.22946483[source]▶
It was functional and clear, unlike modern "hide everything" UIs?
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1. kup0 ◴[22 Apr 20 15:39 UTC] No.22946703[source]▶
Very true, especially when it comes to scroll bars and similar elements. While I do enjoy some "modern" aesthetics from time to time, the Win98 style UI just feels far more "productive", for lack of a better term.

And as much as I like that Linux in many ways often keeps that type of UI around, I still feel like Win98 did it better (almost can't believe I'm saying that).