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

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389 points OuterVale | 1 comments | 06 Nov 24 02:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.285s | source
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OuterVale ◴[06 Nov 24 02:48 UTC] No.42056921[source]▶
Also worth checking out: https://botoxparty.github.io/XP.css and https://khang-nd.github.io/7.css
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pen2l ◴[06 Nov 24 13:01 UTC] No.42061613[source]▶
In both of these as well as submission link, one of the things that is clearly and strikingly different from modern UI is the lack of very abundant amount of padding space. I think it's almost the mantra that we need breathing room, e.g., between different options in a radio-group box list of items... but I find lesser space (as was characteristic of older UI's) to be more honest... more respectful to me as an end-user, more information-dense.

I don't want to discard whatever innovation has been done, but man I find myself being nostalgic of old UI quite often.

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1. culi ◴[06 Nov 24 18:24 UTC] No.42066840[source]▶
It goes back to an accessibility study that found that 1.5x line-height is the most readable.

As with a lot of things in ux accessibility research, these results were never replicated but the idea was seared into all our brains permanently. We know from research on fonts that ultimately, the most accessible font is the one the user is most used to. Sans vs. Serif vs. etc all don't seem to make a consistent difference across demographics. I suspect line spacing is something that's due for a relook