Websites that look like desktop GUIs • Hacker News Board

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by peterburkimsher » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 8:33 PM UTC

The Chinese QQ website had a similar desktop style back in the day! I was quite impressed by it, the windows could be dragged around too.

I wish I could see more classic Mac OS style sites; the platinum interface really appealed to me.

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by iso8859-1 » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 8:36 PM UTC

Moxdi wrote: post #3

i need a distro that looks like this

https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by iso8859-1 » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 8:37 PM UTC

bitwize wrote: post #5

Moxdi wrote: post #3

i need a distro that looks like this

fvwm95 is still a thing.

No, it is abandoned. But there are some bugfixes at https://flaterco.com/util/index.html

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by mortenjorck » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 8:39 PM UTC

The choice of the Windows 9x “My Computer” iconography for the sites is nice and appropriate, but there’s one thing missing. It just feels like they should require a double-click to launch!

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by iso8859-1 » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 8:39 PM UTC

faebi wrote: post #10

It's a lot worse when you have to use corporate software who implements a windows manager inside a browser window.

Could it be Ext.js? https://examples.sencha.com/extjs/7.2.0/examples/classic/des...

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by codecamper » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 8:40 PM UTC

is this done in webassembly?

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by iso8859-1 » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 8:42 PM UTC

ggcdn wrote: post #2

Ha, well done. I really enjoyed Ash Kyd's site. https://ash.ms/

He released the UI library for it: https://github.com/AshKyd/ui95

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 8:43 PM UTC

mortenjorck wrote: post #24

The choice of the Windows 9x “My Computer” iconography for the sites is nice and appropriate, but there’s one thing missing. It just feels like they should require a double-click to launch!

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Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by Anon4Now » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 8:43 PM UTC

Reminds me of an app I saw in the late 90's developed with Delphi. I never used Delphi, but apparently it had the ability to compile an app to an ActiveX plug-in and run a full desktop-like application in Internet Explorer. Of course, ActiveX had major security problems, but the UX was amazing.

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by paultopia » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 8:48 PM UTC

I tried to make my personal website[1] look like an old PalmPilot --- but the look didn't completely translate, especially on the desktop. Alas.

[1] https://gowder.io