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Re: Show HN: I reverse engineered Apple's video wallpapers

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Nice project, thank you for sharing! Out of curiosity: how much did you need to steer Claude while working on this project, and how long did it have? Asking partly because I see "Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) ", and partly because I keep hearing "so what do you do with all these agents", and this is a good example of what people do with all these agents.

Not much, Claude was trying different things on their own for hours. It was Opus 4.6, this public release was done by 4.7

Re: Show HN: I reverse engineered Apple's video wallpapers

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I’m imagining dozens of people worldwide sharing your nostalgia for Vista.

It's called frutiger aero now. Lot of people very bored with modern safe design nostalgic for when tech and UI was weird and bold.

The funniest thing about the "frutiger aero" thing is that it looks nothing like how I remember vista looking

Re: Show HN: I reverse engineered Apple's video wallpapers

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The app now has a landing page with a download link and you can also see my other projects: the largest one is Refrax browser, but I also have many other small utility apps! https://kagerou.glass/phosphene/ https://kagerou.glass

How did you bring up the page so quick? And what helped you design it?

Re: Show HN: I reverse engineered Apple's video wallpapers

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It's called frutiger aero now. Lot of people very bored with modern safe design nostalgic for when tech and UI was weird and bold.

The funniest thing about the "frutiger aero" thing is that it looks nothing like how I remember vista looking

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Re: Show HN: I reverse engineered Apple's video wallpapers

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The little IE4 widgets called "active desktop"?

You could set a full-screen, interactive browser page as the backdrop of your desktop. Not sure what communication it was allowed to have with the desktop events, but I always thought it was a clever hack that could have been explored and expanded further.

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Re: Show HN: I reverse engineered Apple's video wallpapers

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It's called frutiger aero now. Lot of people very bored with modern safe design nostalgic for when tech and UI was weird and bold.

The funniest thing about the "frutiger aero" thing is that it looks nothing like how I remember vista looking

It’s the same idea but dialed up to 11. Apple’s Liquid Glass is a more restrained application of the style.

Re: Show HN: I reverse engineered Apple's video wallpapers

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The little IE4 widgets called "active desktop"?

You could set a full-screen, interactive browser page as the backdrop of your desktop. Not sure what communication it was allowed to have with the desktop events, but I always thought it was a clever hack that could have been explored and expanded further.

Making even the background run electron, eh?
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