Delightful.The XP vibe is spot on, the startup sound and taskbar feel right.
Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
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#102Delightful.The XP vibe is spot on, the startup sound and taskbar feel right.
it's all about the feels
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#103I love the little things, like the paint program and music player. This was so fun.
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#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
you're probably right and I've actually had someone tell me that no monitor during the XP era would've been a CRT one haha so the whole things a bit off but I think people can let it slide
> I've actually had someone tell me that no monitor during the XP era would've been a CRT That person is incorrect. WinXP started selling at retail in Oct 2001. I started using it at work in early 2002 and as a senior employee in a tech company I had a pretty deluxe 21-inch Viewsonic CRT which ran at 2048 x 1536 resolution. That Viewsonic cost $1600 new in 2000 and looked great. The company didn't upgrade to flat scr…
noted and I appreciate the detail!
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#105There’s even a command line where you can run commands, that’s really nice!
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#106Earlier quoted context omitted.
He said it took months, so perhaps we need to coin a new term for it. Maybe AI crawling?
its been a nightmare trying to word it... haha. I really do feel like it's something that nobody else is really doing, at least that I have seen. but if I really think about, why would anyone do this? hahaha
"vibe designed"?
I suspect that this sort of design wouldn't come up a lot, but do you think about the difference between this experience and the experience of designing something where you used a workflow that you were familiar with? Or put another way, if you did this again, would it go faster or would it take the same amount of time?
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#107hey haha I tried to post this a few weeks ago but my post didn't go through - i'm glad you guys are enjoying it! edit: I'm new here! let me get some of that sweet sweet karma!
Really polished! And it really captures that windows XP aesthetic, but also the spirit of that aesthetic.
If Windows XP had had some kind of super professional “create a portfolio” app that would output an executable binary that you could download it would’ve been lauded as amazing and beautiful if it looked like what you created.
This is great. It shows your skills, but also brings back the beauty of Windows XP, in a contemporary but historically accurate format.
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#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
It'll defintely be in my MitchIvinXP Wrapped this year
If you didn’t know, Chiddy has been releasing new music. It’s just him now, no Xaphoon, but still pretty decent.
I actually didn't know that, but my favourite part of this comment is seeing Xaphoon mentioned. I love Xaphoon! I still listen to some of his old remixes on youtube some times haha
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#109In general, it is even smoother than the real Windows XP. Kind of a magnetizing experience, and I do not know why. There is something attractive in this idea in terms of UI/UX, aside from the obvious nostalgia.
Another interesting aspect of this particular implementation is that it blends naturally with a browser tab hierarchy, it does not try to overrule it, it just blends in. Probably thanks to a distinctive taskbar, or maybe it is due to the startup screen/login/sound that set up a distinctive boundary "you are here now, and this is a friendly place to be".
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#110In general, it is even smoother than the real Windows XP. Kind of a magnetizing experience, and I do not know why. There is something attractive in this idea in terms of UI/UX, aside from the obvious nostalgia. Another interesting aspect of this particular implementation is that it blends naturally with a browser tab hierarchy, it does not try to overrule it, it just blends in. Probably thanks to a distinctive taskba…
obviously the nostalgia is a huge factor but you might be onto something with the login sound haha. did you try logging out? :)