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Re: Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio

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Post by Etherlord87 »

gloosx wrote: post #220
Etherlord87 wrote: post #205

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You're wrong. You can clearly see a difference between 20ms reaction time (as instantaneous as it gets because of what you say, 1/60 = 16.6666...), whereas 150 ms is a fast reaction but it definitely is a noticeable lag. I wish your opinion didn't exist because how can we expect to get rid of the lag everywhere if some people even claim it doesn't matter.

Well, most of this sub 150ms lag everywhere in the interfaces is actually artificially designed, and believe it or not, some people do prefer it like this, so it's being designed like this. I'm personally for making everything as fast as it would be, but for most people it really doesn't matter.

So you're saying there could be a designed behavior that I misinterpret as a lag? Sure, but unlikely (rarely), because I'm quite perceptive in this regard as I programmed a lot of GUI myself. If I press a button and an animation starts after a while (sometimes in javascript after around a second!) then it's not by design. Similarly if someone is bad at optimization but not as bad and the animation starts after ~100 ms.

I am aware there could be something like a non-linear alpha animation, and so there could be a period of time where the alpha is so little, and it accelerates so slowly, that I could miss the first 100 ms of it - but then again because I'm experienced in gui programming, I would consider that.

For the most part people are just bad at optimizing gui, especially in HTML.

Re: Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio

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Post by keepamovin »

jventura wrote: post #201
mitchivin wrote: post #152

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this ^ while also completely disregarding portfolio conventions. some have even said "If i was a recruiter I would instantly click off because it takes too long to load" hahah

If you're still working on this, you can add a "Pedantry mode" ou "Really faithful" switch that turns some of the suggestions on. It could work as a way to show that you're really aware of the shortcomings of the first implementation without messing too much with what you've got already done. And it can also work as a way to show some kind of "appreciation" for the feedback you're getting here.. Personally, I've used…

But if he’s not a pendant, why would he add the mode? One should never have to bow to the pendants. However, should a pendant wish to implement its pedantic paradise by its pendant self it should be possible.

Re: Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio

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Post by nashashmi »

bartread wrote: post #198

It’s neat: I like it a lot actually. But the problem with you billing yourself as a graphic designer and reimplementing Windows XP is that you’re copying a design that already exists rather than showcasing your own design skills, so I can’t immediately tell how good a designer you are[0]. I can look at your projects under the IE icon, which gives more of an impression, but some of the visuals there do look decidedly…

Hey, copying someone's design is a talent itself. And this was quite a beautiful copy of a design. The "concerns" are mostly unanswered questions, or presumed limitations.

Re: Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio

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Post by oceanhaiyang »

ChrisArchitect wrote: post #124
oceanhaiyang wrote: post #65

> I started from zero knowledge and spent months collaborating with AI agents as a learning experience. Every pixel and every function went through me. The AI translated what I asked for into code, but every decision was human. This is so absurdly cringe and absolutely not coding. It’s like saying I spent absolutely trying to get ChatGPT to write my college essay for me. At the end of the writing period, I wrote noth…

+1 Who's hiring a graphic designer based on a Windows XP aesthetic that they didn't even produce? Of course novelty. But then what. Not really promoting the graphic design side. Not really promoting the development site. Bizarre noob accounts here loving it. He cooked. (But not really) And we're all cooked.

Well said!

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Post by II2II »

Philip-J-Fry wrote: post #296
II2II wrote: post #262

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> Literally, I could do this, and I suck at design. Are you sure about that? I've seen plenty of imitation XP interfaces in my day, and there are virtually always elements that are jarringly wrong. While I won't claim that MitchIvin XP is a faithful reproduction of XP, in the sense that one could compile a long list of inconsistencies with Windows XP, the experience is pleasant enough.

I think their point is that the skills of making a website which looks like Windows XP is adjacent to the skills needed to be a good graphic designer. Pretty much most days I am the person who is taking a design from a designer and reimplementing that in HTML/CSS. I couldn't tell you where to start when creating a design, but as far as taking something someone else has created and reimplementing it in code? I can do…

Keep in mind that something you most days may seem conceptually simple to you, but may be overwhelming to others. That is true even if they work adjacent to you, such as creating the actual designs. Perhaps a better question is: how difficult would it be to teach a designer how to implement it.

Re: Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio

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Post by [deleted] »

oceanhaiyang wrote: post #326
ChrisArchitect wrote: post #124

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+1 Who's hiring a graphic designer based on a Windows XP aesthetic that they didn't even produce? Of course novelty. But then what. Not really promoting the graphic design side. Not really promoting the development site. Bizarre noob accounts here loving it. He cooked. (But not really) And we're all cooked.

Well said!

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Re: Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio

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Post by Obscurely »

This was so nostalgic... I really like it and I am very impressed by how well it performs. Regardless of wether the design is original or not if you implemented this from the ground up and used something else as inspiration this is still a clear showcase of your skills. I think this could be considered as the equivalent of looking on StackOverflow for backend programming solutions.

Congrats!

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