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Continuing in that vein, it'd be interesting to see a Win98 version. Edit: https://retr0.id/stuff/deslop/ https://retr0.id/stuff/deslop/

by Retr0id 5mo ago

ghrl 5mo ago
That's refreshingly usable and not-slop-looking, nice additional style.
vitalyan1234 5mo ago
i love this so much it's unreal
properbrew 5mo ago
This one works well. I think it's because there's no shine to it, it's just the data, what you need, right there without trying to fluff it all out with rounded edges and superfluous stuff.
- econ 5mo ago
  The opposite, to change it into the modern version remove all borders and make all backgrounds the same color. That is how to make it uneasy on the eyes.
- shooly 5mo ago
  What? Do you not see all those borders and insets literally everywhere here?
  - properbrew 5mo ago
    Well yes, but if I wanted a completely flat lifeless page I would just use excel and turn off borders.
Gander5739 5mo ago
For some balance in the replies, I must say I find this rather hideous. To each their own, I suppose.
slopinthebag 5mo ago
Unironically the best one out of the lot. Man, we digressed so far from where we were...
- econ 5mo ago
  I fix some bugs here https://phpbb.go-here.nl https://phpbb.go-here.nl
thewebguyd 5mo ago
Wow, that's immediately so much better than the others to the point its kind of sad. We've really went behind in terms of UX as an industry.
unleaded 5mo ago
I really wish CSS added an option to set font antialiasing and hinting. Would make all these old windows style websites look 1000x better.
econ 5mo ago
I use to make whole websites using system colors. The colors kept getting worse and eventually everyone hated it including myself.
dofm 5mo ago
Oh man. I am a sort of pragmatic AI cynic and I wasn't even a fan of how Windows 98 looked but my heart just skipped a beat. What does it do if you suggest it looks like an OpenLook/XView/OpenWindows application? (That is where my heart really belongs) Doubt there's much in the training set...
contextfree 5mo ago
It's really funny that it uses the Windows dotted-line focus rectangle as a stylistic signifier of "Windowsy thing" while having no idea what it's for.
- Retr0id 5mo ago
  Heh well there was a dashed border in the "original" version and I suppose it just made it the windows-y equivalent. I imagine it wouldn't have done the same if it was prompted from scratch. ("it" being Opus 4.8 btw)
vunderba 5mo ago
There's an entire lightweight CSS lib around the Win9x look as well: https://jdan.github.io/98.css/ https://jdan.github.io/98.css/

Continuing in that vein, it'd be interesting to see a Win98 version. Edit: https://retr0.id/stuff/deslop/ https://retr0.id/stuff/deslop/

by Retr0id 5mo ago

Continuing in that vein, it'd be interesting to see a Win98 version. Edit: https://retr0.id/stuff/deslop/ https://retr0.id/stuff/deslop/

ghrl 5mo ago

That's refreshingly usable and not-slop-looking, nice additional style.

vitalyan1234 5mo ago

i love this so much it's unreal

properbrew 5mo ago

This one works well. I think it's because there's no shine to it, it's just the data, what you need, right there without trying to fluff it all out with rounded edges and superfluous stuff.

econ 5mo ago
The opposite, to change it into the modern version remove all borders and make all backgrounds the same color. That is how to make it uneasy on the eyes.
shooly 5mo ago
What? Do you not see all those borders and insets literally everywhere here?
- properbrew 5mo ago
  Well yes, but if I wanted a completely flat lifeless page I would just use excel and turn off borders.

Gander5739 5mo ago

For some balance in the replies, I must say I find this rather hideous. To each their own, I suppose.

slopinthebag 5mo ago

Unironically the best one out of the lot. Man, we digressed so far from where we were...

econ 5mo ago
I fix some bugs here https://phpbb.go-here.nl https://phpbb.go-here.nl

thewebguyd 5mo ago

Wow, that's immediately so much better than the others to the point its kind of sad. We've really went behind in terms of UX as an industry.

unleaded 5mo ago

I really wish CSS added an option to set font antialiasing and hinting. Would make all these old windows style websites look 1000x better.

econ 5mo ago

I use to make whole websites using system colors. The colors kept getting worse and eventually everyone hated it including myself.

dofm 5mo ago

Oh man. I am a sort of pragmatic AI cynic and I wasn't even a fan of how Windows 98 looked but my heart just skipped a beat. What does it do if you suggest it looks like an OpenLook/XView/OpenWindows application? (That is where my heart really belongs) Doubt there's much in the training set...

contextfree 5mo ago

It's really funny that it uses the Windows dotted-line focus rectangle as a stylistic signifier of "Windowsy thing" while having no idea what it's for.

Retr0id 5mo ago
Heh well there was a dashed border in the "original" version and I suppose it just made it the windows-y equivalent. I imagine it wouldn't have done the same if it was prompted from scratch. ("it" being Opus 4.8 btw)

vunderba 5mo ago

There's an entire lightweight CSS lib around the Win9x look as well: https://jdan.github.io/98.css/ https://jdan.github.io/98.css/