I kinda miss when computers looked like this.
There's a certain timelessness in the simplicity and purity of these old designs.
Windows 2000 CSS Theme
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Re: Windows 2000 CSS Theme
#22Oh, I was working on something like this, but for Windows 95. I didn't finish it, unfortunately.
On a related note: http://win95.ajf.me/
(And http://cloudnt4.ajf.me/, but the VM isn't running for now)
Re: Windows 2000 CSS Theme
#23The use of page-wide nearest-neighbour scaling makes this look horrid on mobile browsers. I'm not sure it's even necessary anyway, treating 9x-style Windows UI as vector looks great.
Re: Windows 2000 CSS Theme
#24A fun project. Here's another, a lost version of Windows from a parallel universe: http://www.windows93.net/
Re: Windows 2000 CSS Theme
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
really?
Yeah. I still use the classic theme in Windows 7. It's fluff-free. I like that Win 8/10 have gone simpler with the UI theme, but absolutely hate that hidden sidebar thing. Aero on Vista/Win7 is just too gaudy (though better than XP was). Before you accuse me of being a curmudgeon, know that I love the Ribbon as well. :)
I've always wondered about people that like the old Win2000 or 95 look. And I am hoping you can answer some questions for me.
The actual OS aside, do you prefer the look of Win2000 over the look of Win8?
I get that Win2000 is minimalistic. But it's not too flat that you can't tell what is what. And I like that. But what I hate about it is the colours. Especially the grey, turquoise, and dark blue. They literally nauseate me sometimes. Do you not find the colours off-putting?
Re: Windows 2000 CSS Theme
#26The use of page-wide nearest-neighbour scaling makes this look horrid on mobile browsers. I'm not sure it's even necessary anyway, treating 9x-style Windows UI as vector looks great.
what do you mean "page-wide nearest-neighour"? it looked good on ios safari/chrome
Re: Windows 2000 CSS Theme
#27A fun project. Here's another, a lost version of Windows from a parallel universe: http://www.windows93.net/
Windows 93 is fun, but the visual inaccuracy always bothered me. It resembles the Win9x/Classic look but only just.
Re: Windows 2000 CSS Theme
#28I kinda miss when computers looked like this.
I've seen this look achieved with the Classic95 icon pack and Mate, if you search for 'Mate95' something should come up. Maybe if you picked the right browser and set up some user style sheets you could get things just right.
There was a window manager for RedHat that copied the look of 95:
Re: Windows 2000 CSS Theme
#29The use of page-wide nearest-neighbour scaling makes this look horrid on mobile browsers. I'm not sure it's even necessary anyway, treating 9x-style Windows UI as vector looks great.
what do you mean "page-wide nearest-neighour"? it looked good on ios safari/chrome
Re: Windows 2000 CSS Theme
#30A fun project. Here's another, a lost version of Windows from a parallel universe: http://www.windows93.net/
Similar idea, but focused much more on comedy.
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