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by mitchivin 1y ago
obviously the nostalgia is a huge factor but you might be onto something with the login sound haha. did you try logging out? :)
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by mitchivin 1y ago
I actually didn't know that, but my favourite part of this comment is seeing Xaphoon mentioned. I love Xaphoon! I still listen to some of his old remixes on youtube some times haha
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by mitchivin 1y ago
noted and I appreciate the detail!
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by mitchivin 1y ago
it's all about the feels
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by mitchivin 1y ago
just like the site itself, I'm slowly trying to piece something together in a coherent way when the process itself was the complete opposite. When I do figure it out I'll do a post/series of posts on LinkedIn most likely. the
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by mitchivin 1y ago
thank you!
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by mitchivin 1y ago
if they remember the site, they'll remember me :) kinda?
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by mitchivin 1y ago
its been a nightmare trying to word it... haha. I really do feel like it's something that nobody else is really doing, at least that I have seen. but if I really think about, why would anyone do this? hahaha
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by mitchivin 1y ago
some of those redditors don't know what they're saying then, huh? thats such a good point - couldn't I run XP on a CRT monitor today if i wanted to
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by mitchivin 1y ago
i'll remember that next time someone says anything! thanks dude!
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by mitchivin 1y ago
thank you so much only since a few days ago haha
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by mitchivin 1y ago
I might have to re-elevate the goals after this haha, I thought it was cool personally but truly didn't expect this kind of reaction
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by mitchivin 1y ago
thanks for letting me know! i've had someone else mention that it didnt work on folding devices, but considering i've never even held one this makes more sense to me so ill look into it
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by mitchivin 1y ago
It was definitely a long fought battle haha Yeah for sure, I completely get it - I can genuinely understand the large majority of reasons people have for holding that opinion and I don't even necessarily disagree with many of them. I w
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by mitchivin 1y ago
thank you so much for the kind words, appreciate it more than you probably realize :)
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by mitchivin 1y ago
yeah I would also love to get that working - at one point that was the plan but things changed. It's something i'll look into updated, thanks for the suggestion. btw, if you let your mail app open - whatever you typed into my cont
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by mitchivin 1y ago
fair call! the CRT toggle was fairly recent in comparison to the full screen toggle so it was a case of seniority haha but I'm at the point now were I can spend time on things like that and the icons will be getting a refresh at some s
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by mitchivin 1y ago
aside from the frustration it's been pretty cool building it, its almost like im back in 2006
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by mitchivin 1y ago
i've got no statistics to back it but I'd bet my life savings on it being exactly that (its $0, but still)
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by mitchivin 1y ago
cease and desist followed by the announcement of windows on mobile any day now
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by mitchivin 1y ago
the site is built on extreme nitpicking my friend, its welcomed and encouraged. I'll look into it!
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by mitchivin 1y ago
fun fact: this whole journey started because of that effect. I had that and was trying to think how I could use it haha
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by mitchivin 1y ago
you're probably right and I've actually had someone tell me that no monitor during the XP era would've been a CRT one haha so the whole things a bit off but I think people can let it slide
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by mitchivin 1y ago
thank you so much
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by mitchivin 1y ago
thanks for testing - thats really strange, i've never experienced anything like that myself or had anyone else mention it. ill try and recreate it with the info you gave me - thanks mate
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by mitchivin 1y ago
do it!
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by mitchivin 1y ago
thanks boss!
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by mitchivin 1y ago
interesting, if you can be bothered - could you let me know if disabling the screen effect via the system tray toggle makes any difference? thanks for letting me know
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by mitchivin 1y ago
thanks for that! I was a fresh account when I originally posted it so I completely understand. cheers!
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