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Author here – happy to see this posted again! This was my burnout recovery project and I wrote some thoughts on it recently https://notes.jordanscales.com/98-c

Author here – happy to see this posted again! This was my burnout recovery project and I wrote some thoughts on it recently https://notes.jordanscales.com/98-css-reflections https://notes.jordanscales.com/98-css-reflections

sphars 2y ago
Thanks for your work on this! I recently used 98.css in my fairly simple web app[0] for a recreation of something from my childhood, and it worked beautifully for my purposes. [0]: https://www.mathsheets.net/ https://www.mathsheets.net/
- prezjordan 2y ago
  Phenomenal work
- Jackim 2y ago
  I'd suggest using checkboxes instead of radio buttons for the operator selection. It would be useful, I think, to have a mix of just addition and subtraction, or just multiplication and division, instead of having one option or all four.
  - sphars 2y ago
    I hadn't thought of that use case, thanks for the feedback!
- phatskat 2y ago
  Thank you for including houndstooth :,)
lioeters 2y ago
> burnout recovery I hope you're feeling better. Interesting how retro computing, like old games and operating systems, can be comforting and even healing. I've had similar experience with emulators - playing Gameboy and Nintendo games from childhood, or running Macintosh System 9. Reminds me of Pico-8, SerenityOS, TempleOS. There's a common thread of a retro-style computing environment that can be entirely understood and controlled by the user. I imagine there's deeper psychological dynamics to this, like a safe "sandbox" as a therapeutic tool. It also says something about design with empathy and focus on user experience. There are so many hostile dark patterns these days in technology and society, that it's a relief to find some space (physical or mental) that's designed for your comfort.
- lobsterthief 2y ago
  It’s more that nostalgia is apparently very healthy for you
wg0 2y ago
This is the most accurate replication I have ever seen of Windows 98. Wish there's one for Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

sphars 2y ago

Thanks for your work on this! I recently used 98.css in my fairly simple web app[0] for a recreation of something from my childhood, and it worked beautifully for my purposes. [0]: https://www.mathsheets.net/ https://www.mathsheets.net/

prezjordan 2y ago
Phenomenal work
Jackim 2y ago
I'd suggest using checkboxes instead of radio buttons for the operator selection. It would be useful, I think, to have a mix of just addition and subtraction, or just multiplication and division, instead of having one option or all four.
- sphars 2y ago
  I hadn't thought of that use case, thanks for the feedback!
phatskat 2y ago
Thank you for including houndstooth :,)

lioeters 2y ago

> burnout recovery I hope you're feeling better. Interesting how retro computing, like old games and operating systems, can be comforting and even healing. I've had similar experience with emulators - playing Gameboy and Nintendo games from childhood, or running Macintosh System 9. Reminds me of Pico-8, SerenityOS, TempleOS. There's a common thread of a retro-style computing environment that can be entirely understood and controlled by the user. I imagine there's deeper psychological dynamics to this, like a safe "sandbox" as a therapeutic tool. It also says something about design with empathy and focus on user experience. There are so many hostile dark patterns these days in technology and society, that it's a relief to find some space (physical or mental) that's designed for your comfort.

lobsterthief 2y ago
It’s more that nostalgia is apparently very healthy for you

wg0 2y ago

This is the most accurate replication I have ever seen of Windows 98. Wish there's one for Windows 2000 and Windows XP.