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Re: Windows 96

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Post by Frost1x »

systemvoltage wrote: post #13
pier25 wrote: post #5

These UIs definitely look outdated, but somehow they seem better than current Windows UIs. Not, sure if it's nostalgia or if there's something there.

I predict we're going to come full circle in ~10 years.

Tech does a lot of circles. I'm convinced it's some combination of short memory and attention span in industry, industry management, or consumers. Sometimes it's about reapproaching old problems with similar approaches where something is slightly different or new. A lot of times it's just as if people forgot or don't check the history.

Re: Windows 96

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Post by Frost1x »

LaserDiscMan wrote: post #26

Very nice work. Not sure if it's the intended behavior, but when opening the start menu if "Programs" is clicked, the start menu closes as if an executable option was chosen instead. Same case for the sub directories under this menu.

Isn't that how the menu systems worked, IIRC. You had to painfully mouse over through the menu and sub menus. I feel like if you clicked a high level menu it disappeared.

This site is so nostalgic.

Re: Windows 96

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Post by teruakohatu »

neatze wrote: post #20
tyingq wrote: post #9

Now I'm curious what this is: https://staging.windows96.net/entry/

did you figure it out ?

I gave it a good try, trying phrases from the Windows 95 launch video, named Start Me Up [1], and from the Rolling Stones [2]. No dice.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0AJM6HMYjM

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGyOaCXr8Lw

Re: Windows 96

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Post by Koshkin »

asddubs wrote: post #8
pier25 wrote: post #5

These UIs definitely look outdated, but somehow they seem better than current Windows UIs. Not, sure if it's nostalgia or if there's something there.

if you feel that way, you might want to check out the serenityos project. it's a custom unix with a classic windows interface

The worst of both worlds. (I’d prefer Windows with a classic Unix interface.)

Re: Windows 96

#45

Post by Scienceer »

teruakohatu wrote: post #43
neatze wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

did you figure it out ?

I gave it a good try, trying phrases from the Windows 95 launch video, named Start Me Up [1], and from the Rolling Stones [2]. No dice. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0AJM6HMYjM [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGyOaCXr8Lw

hi, this is from someone who has access to this prompt and contact with the site devs, this is actually for testing of prerelease versions of this "WebOS", it's actually something compiled and we test new versions before releasing to the main site

Re: Windows 96

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Post by actually_a_dog »

For some reason, I can't get this to load past ">> Mounting C:/ system drive..." on a recent-ish Firefox version. AdBlock Ultimate says it blocks one thing, but, even when I disable it, I still can't load the UI.

Works like a charm in Safari, although I am annoyed that Safari won't give me an actual full screen experience without fiddling with some setting I've probably never paid any attention to before ("Always Show Toolbar in Full Screen").

Re: Windows 96

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Post by hoppyhoppy2 »

actually_a_dog wrote: post #46

For some reason, I can't get this to load past ">> Mounting C:/ system drive..." on a recent-ish Firefox version. AdBlock Ultimate says it blocks one thing, but, even when I disable it, I still can't load the UI. Works like a charm in Safari, although I am annoyed that Safari won't give me an actual full screen experience without fiddling with some setting I've probably never paid any attention to before ("Always Sho…

It's working fine for me on FF90, even with a bunch of adblockers

Re: Windows 96

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Post by stirlo »

nomy99 wrote: post #23
thirsteh wrote: post #10

wow went to package manager, installed Half-Life Uplink, and it's playable.. and a Windows 95 emulator! lol

Sadly doom didn't work. I was able to pick a level but the slayer wasn't moving. Still really impressive.

Doom worked for me in that I could select the menus, start a new game and move the character around. But it seems the “shoot” button is not working. From googling it seems “shoot” is mapped to the ctrl button which then I assume is not passed through the browser to the emulator :(
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