Ha, well done. I really enjoyed Ash Kyd's site. https://ash.ms/
That's fun!
It'd be cool if it randomly BSOD'ed.
Websites that look like desktop GUIs
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#12This is the coolest thing I have found on HN even
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#13Many webdevs have used systems like those for their development work. Today, the web can nicely represent them right in the browser. This makes it quite easy for the new generations of devs to take a feel of those systems. Feels like the Web is giving something back. Thanks for sharing!
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#14I found an interesting Easter egg on that website. Hide the window using the up triangle and touch or click the face of the agent.
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#15I found an interesting Easter egg on that website. Hide the window using the up triangle and touch or click the face of the agent.
try pressing CTRL+C :)
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#16http://www.therestartpage.com/ full screened would make a good prank. The Windows XP startup sound invoked a surprisingly strong reaction from me.
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#17It's neat to see themes reminiscent of Irix and Solaris as well.
The vast majority of people have only been exposed to Windows and Mac graphical operating systems and might not realize that lots of these ideas had roots in not-so-personal computers.
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#19https://www.windows93.net is quite fun! I opened a terminal and typed reboot. Voila! it did reboot
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#20For some reason i was reading something on the CERN website a few days ago and while noticing the layout was odd, it never really clicked it was modelled after a desktop GUI. That's pretty cool though.