I think it’s the best portfolio I ever seen! Loves it!!!
Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
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Re: Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
#182At this point do you even need a portfolio? You can already build amazing software, why not create your own startup?
Re: Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
#183At this point do you even need a portfolio? You can already build amazing software, why not create your own startup?
Not everyone wants to be an entrepreneur
Re: Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
#184At this point do you even need a portfolio? You can already build amazing software, why not create your own startup?
When I started building this I needed any design job more than I can explain haha
Re: Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
#185Wait! Was your score big for LIGR? Also hi from someone who comes from Brizzy! (SF now)
Re: Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
#186> A faithful XP-inspired interface, custom-built to showcase my [...] attention to detail.
Here goes:
1. "Welcome" on the login screen should be lowercase
2. Balloon is too high (should touch the icon), close icon is too small (should be roughly the same height as the balloon title)
3. About Me is missing the scrollbar on Firefox
4. Wrong gradient for "Social Links"
5. Start menu should have a shadow
6. In My Projects, two tiles are loading forever
7. Windows that cannot be maximized, but can be minimized, should have all three buttons, with the middle one disabled
8. Paint did not have the Windows logo in the corner. It would be better to show the JSPaint menu bar to make things like Undo accessible, and the JSPaint authors deserve attribution.
9. "Git Co-pilot" is not a thing, as Git ≠ GitHub. (On the XP project page.)
If I were making something like this, I would probably skip the boot and login screens (certainly would not require user interaction; indeed, XP would automatically log you in if you had a single passwordless user), and show "About Me" on startup, so that potential clients don’t give up before they learn more about you.
Re: Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
#187In 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…
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Re: Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
#188Wow, this reminds me of how Windows XP was such a beautiful UI.
UI these days are flat everything and pretty boring.
Re: Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
#189Earlier quoted context omitted.
i'll remember that next time someone says anything! thanks dude!
Just noticed: not sure if intentional, but with the CRT effect, I see a sort of moving line every few seconds or so. I don't recall my CRT monitor doing that, haha! But the tiny dots are spot on for me. The better a CRT monitor was, the smaller and less visible the dots were. But they were always easily visible from up close.
Haha it’s intentional yeah, just to add some extra drama
Re: Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
#190This shit is fucking awsome!