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Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by coding123 » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 8:55 PM UTC

I'm curious about the tech in some of these. Probably a mix of straight up HTML reinterpretation, probably some web assembly, feels like at least one or two are running a full win9x dist in either docker or something...

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by rahimnathwani » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 8:56 PM UTC

paultopia wrote: post #30

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

I love this. It reminds me of riding the London Underground, reading Wired articles in the AvantGo app on my Palm V.

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by paultopia » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 8:59 PM UTC

rahimnathwani wrote: post #32

paultopia wrote: post #30

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

I love this. It reminds me of riding the London Underground, reading Wired articles in the AvantGo app on my Palm V.

Thanks! That brought a huge smile to my face. I was a total Palm nerd back in the late 90's; I remember buying a gigantic clip-on cellular modem for one to get email on it.

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by MeanSpirit » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 9:01 PM UTC

https://webamp.org/ this really took me back! Even the equalizer works, and the magnetic window stickiness!

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by jasoneckert » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 9:05 PM UTC

I love this. This is exactly the type of creativity that makes the Web fun!

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by boreq » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 9:08 PM UTC

https://glenda.0x46.net/ Website resembling the Plan 9's rio desktop environment.

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by pgnas » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 9:11 PM UTC

This is fantastic!

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by chrismorgan » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 9:19 PM UTC

A major accessibility problem with this: the list uses s with click handlers, rather than links. This makes it not respond properly to clicks with modifiers (e.g. Ctrl+click), not have the right context menu options, not show the href in the status bar, and be completely unusable to users of tools like screen readers or those that would navigate by keyboard.

Never ever do this. If it opens a new page, it’s a link. with a click handler is the wrong thing >99.99% of the time: it should be a link or a button.

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by keosariel » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 9:25 PM UTC

it has a little of retro look and feel. Nice job

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by syx » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 9:25 PM UTC

chrismorgan wrote: post #38

A major accessibility problem with this: the list uses s with click handlers, rather than links. This makes it not respond properly to clicks with modifiers (e.g. Ctrl+click), not have the right context menu options, not show the href in the status bar, and be completely unusable to users of tools like screen readers or those that would navigate by keyboard. Never ever do this. If it opens a new page, it’s a link. wi…

hi I'm the creator of the page, thank you for the suggestion and for the explanation