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Author here! This was my burnout recovery project and holds a place near and dear to my heart. https://notes.jordanscales.com/98-css-reflections https://notes.j

Author here! This was my burnout recovery project and holds a place near and dear to my heart. https://notes.jordanscales.com/98-css-reflections https://notes.jordanscales.com/98-css-reflections

titzer 2mo ago
This is awesome. IMHO things like this were the whole point of CSS. Nice job!
bdickason 3mo ago
Great project. Thanks for making it! Brings back memories
timnetworks 2mo ago
I wrapped many projects in 98.css. And some in Aero and even XP. Thank you!
- rozap 2mo ago
  What are your favorite aero or xp css design systems?
mattgerstman 2mo ago
This is even more impressive knowing that its artisanal code, or as we called it back then, code.
sphars 2mo ago
Thanks for creating this, it fit perfect for a tiny web site I made[0]. Hits just the right mix of usability and nostalgia and makes me want to use it for more projects. [0]: https://www.mathsheets.net/ https://www.mathsheets.net/
- woqe 2mo ago
  Off topic, I love your site - it's a perfect homage to a loving family tradition (even if it was only for a couple of vacations). This site is, I think, an example of what a beautiful internet could be (and maybe is, if anyone knows got to find more sites like this-really authentic stories). Now, I hope I'm not being fooled by an AI generated story, but even if I am, I am happy to believe in that illusion. Edit: After reflecting on this situation, your creation, your art: the css library paired with your story gave me a modern day Norman Rockwell dopamine hit. This has been an absolute experience, bravo to the collaboration!
  - sphars 2mo ago
    I don't have any way to prove it but this was no AI hallucination, a completely true story and human generated site (there is a link to the GitHub on there). I do appreciate your thoughts and I too hope I'm not being fooled by an AI :)
- DigiEggz 2mo ago
  I went straight for the "circles" background. 98 UI and art will never tire me.
dsp2 2mo ago
I absolutely love this. Thank you for making it and sharing it!
montag 2mo ago
I used 98.css as starting point for the Winamp theme in https://chiptune.app https://chiptune.app. It was very easy to modify and extend, thanks!
- RedShift1 2mo ago
  Some car tuners are very jealous of your domain name...
- RedShift1 2mo ago
  I hear some pops and clicks every now and then when playing music... Using Vivaldi 8.1.4087.56 (Official Build) (64-bit).
uproarchat 2mo ago
You nailed it, I'm glad you had a good outlet for it.
vibbix 2mo ago
Thank you so much for your project! I have spent the last few months working on my own retro computing CSS library, but instead inspired by BeOS https://beta.mtechnic.me https://beta.mtechnic.me PS: while doing research on my project, I found your portfolio site as well. Was shocked to see we had the exact same taste in music, and genuinely made me curious if everyone whose doing retro throwbacks libraries did as well.
- rbanffy 2mo ago
  There was a time I replaced most Windows icons with their BeOS counterparts using a resource editor messing with the MORICONS.DLL (IIRC).
Gabrys1 2mo ago
Firefox (Nightly) on Android: tabs don't work: when clicking on a tab, the URL changes, there's a slight jump in content, but the new tab is not selected. Hope this helps
- jordanscales 2mo ago
  The tabs on the home page aren't wired up because doing so requires JavaScript > Tabs should be managed by adding custom javascript code. All you need is to add the [aria-selected=true] attribute to the active tab.
  - efreak 2mo ago
    I have a vague feeling that tabs should be doable in pure CSS/HTML, but I might be thinking of menus (where the menu is a sub element of the button and thus visibility can depend on mouse position)
    - Gabrys1 2mo ago
      one can do one level of tabs using # fragments and :target selector if I recall correctly
redbridgerock 2mo ago
You have brought back so many memories of mine through this one website. Thank you
dataAI 2mo ago
I've also once experienced burnout, a book called Pedram Shojai: The Urban Monk has kept it away since. It's practical, not religious. Highly recommend it!
M95D 2mo ago
> I no longer work on 98.css and I haven’t in a really long time. My only contribution to the project is monitoring the repo for high-quality pull requests. If I get one, I briefly scan through the author’s profile to make sure they’re not going to mine cryptocurrency on my user’s machines, and then I give them full commit access. “Looks good, go ahead and merge this yourself.” Very nice!
maxquinn 2mo ago
Wow SimGolf was something I spent so much time on as a kid and haven't thought about in years! Thanks for the nostalgia trip.
rbanffy 2mo ago
It’s a job well done. I personally liked 2000’s colour choices, but 98 managed to look modern enough a couple Unix window managers decided to copy it. As my GUI look of choice, I’d be between IRIX and OpenWindows. Motif always looked a bit unfinished and CDE was a child of its time - who sets up printers?

Author here! This was my burnout recovery project and holds a place near and dear to my heart. https://notes.jordanscales.com/98-css-reflections https://notes.jordanscales.com/98-css-reflections

titzer 2mo ago

This is awesome. IMHO things like this were the whole point of CSS. Nice job!

bdickason 3mo ago

Great project. Thanks for making it! Brings back memories

timnetworks 2mo ago

I wrapped many projects in 98.css. And some in Aero and even XP. Thank you!

rozap 2mo ago
What are your favorite aero or xp css design systems?

mattgerstman 2mo ago

This is even more impressive knowing that its artisanal code, or as we called it back then, code.

sphars 2mo ago

Thanks for creating this, it fit perfect for a tiny web site I made[0]. Hits just the right mix of usability and nostalgia and makes me want to use it for more projects. [0]: https://www.mathsheets.net/ https://www.mathsheets.net/

woqe 2mo ago
Off topic, I love your site - it's a perfect homage to a loving family tradition (even if it was only for a couple of vacations). This site is, I think, an example of what a beautiful internet could be (and maybe is, if anyone knows got to find more sites like this-really authentic stories). Now, I hope I'm not being fooled by an AI generated story, but even if I am, I am happy to believe in that illusion. Edit: After reflecting on this situation, your creation, your art: the css library paired with your story gave me a modern day Norman Rockwell dopamine hit. This has been an absolute experience, bravo to the collaboration!
- sphars 2mo ago
  I don't have any way to prove it but this was no AI hallucination, a completely true story and human generated site (there is a link to the GitHub on there). I do appreciate your thoughts and I too hope I'm not being fooled by an AI :)
DigiEggz 2mo ago
I went straight for the "circles" background. 98 UI and art will never tire me.

dsp2 2mo ago

I absolutely love this. Thank you for making it and sharing it!

montag 2mo ago

I used 98.css as starting point for the Winamp theme in https://chiptune.app https://chiptune.app. It was very easy to modify and extend, thanks!

RedShift1 2mo ago
Some car tuners are very jealous of your domain name...
RedShift1 2mo ago
I hear some pops and clicks every now and then when playing music... Using Vivaldi 8.1.4087.56 (Official Build) (64-bit).

uproarchat 2mo ago

You nailed it, I'm glad you had a good outlet for it.

vibbix 2mo ago

Thank you so much for your project! I have spent the last few months working on my own retro computing CSS library, but instead inspired by BeOS https://beta.mtechnic.me https://beta.mtechnic.me PS: while doing research on my project, I found your portfolio site as well. Was shocked to see we had the exact same taste in music, and genuinely made me curious if everyone whose doing retro throwbacks libraries did as well.

rbanffy 2mo ago
There was a time I replaced most Windows icons with their BeOS counterparts using a resource editor messing with the MORICONS.DLL (IIRC).

Gabrys1 2mo ago

Firefox (Nightly) on Android: tabs don't work: when clicking on a tab, the URL changes, there's a slight jump in content, but the new tab is not selected. Hope this helps

jordanscales 2mo ago
The tabs on the home page aren't wired up because doing so requires JavaScript > Tabs should be managed by adding custom javascript code. All you need is to add the [aria-selected=true] attribute to the active tab.
- efreak 2mo ago
  I have a vague feeling that tabs should be doable in pure CSS/HTML, but I might be thinking of menus (where the menu is a sub element of the button and thus visibility can depend on mouse position)
  - Gabrys1 2mo ago
    one can do one level of tabs using # fragments and :target selector if I recall correctly

redbridgerock 2mo ago

You have brought back so many memories of mine through this one website. Thank you

dataAI 2mo ago

I've also once experienced burnout, a book called Pedram Shojai: The Urban Monk has kept it away since. It's practical, not religious. Highly recommend it!

M95D 2mo ago

> I no longer work on 98.css and I haven’t in a really long time. My only contribution to the project is monitoring the repo for high-quality pull requests. If I get one, I briefly scan through the author’s profile to make sure they’re not going to mine cryptocurrency on my user’s machines, and then I give them full commit access. “Looks good, go ahead and merge this yourself.” Very nice!

maxquinn 2mo ago

Wow SimGolf was something I spent so much time on as a kid and haven't thought about in years! Thanks for the nostalgia trip.

rbanffy 2mo ago

It’s a job well done. I personally liked 2000’s colour choices, but 98 managed to look modern enough a couple Unix window managers decided to copy it. As my GUI look of choice, I’d be between IRIX and OpenWindows. Motif always looked a bit unfinished and CDE was a child of its time - who sets up printers?