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Re:Bill Gates on Windows Usability (2003) by Lammy on Saturday October 26, 2019 @01:01AM (#21361822)
Windows codename Neptune: https://microsoft.fandom.com/wiki/Microsoft_Neptune

It’s interesting to see twenty year old experiments with flat UI designs considering how dominant that style is today with Android 5, iOS 7, Windows 8, etc.

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Re:Bill Gates on Windows Usability (2003) by TheKarateKid on Saturday October 26, 2019 @03:44AM (#21362338)
Indeed. Ironically, I think I remember reading that the Neptune apps’ UI was HTML-based, since Microsoft wanted IE to power everything.

And now many apps use HTML/JS/CSS for styling and rendering.

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Re:Bill Gates on Windows Usability (2003) by garaetjjte on Saturday October 26, 2019 @11:34AM (#21364262)
These apps looks like they are made in IE6-era Electron..
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Re:Bill Gates on Windows Usability (2003) by Lammy on Saturday October 26, 2019 @05:14PM (#21366243)
They are! The same tech powered Active Desktop and the "smart" Explorer sidebars in Windows XP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML_Application
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