Came here to say this.

As soon as it popped up, I was like; oh, shit, yup - there it is.

WinAmp and it's fantastically on-point UI-mockup and functionality was also a super nice touch.

tbh I still use Windows XP SP3 in my VM on my Mac for the occasional Windows utility I need. It's super no-cruft and lightweight - especially as a VM - compared to anything since - and is surprisingly compatible. Because it's in a VM, I'm not too worried about the security issues, and most of the Windows-only utilities I use are fairly archaic anyway. (In computer years)

I am hoping to someday see total stability in ReactOS to the level where we can use that as a Windows VM. I forget what that VirtualBox mode is I think its called Seamless it would be neat to be able to just run ReactOS in Seamless mode in a VM with low memory footprint.

Wait are we seriously at the point where XP is now considered "super no-cruft and lightweight"? XP? How times have changed.

> How times have changed.

Windows has become a 20+GB OS with a mess of dumbed down UIs. So yes, XP was effective and light by today's standards. That's partially because your current mobile phones are more powerful than the PCs that used to run XP.

Which is used in https://98.js.org/ . (submitted: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24955925)

Needs anti-aliasing disabled on the text - really ruins the otherwise awesome effect and otherwise excellent effort.

Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised that the Winamp EQ is fully functioning.

I appreciate that it can only be dismissed. Clicking the bubble as asked does nothing.

how do I secure it?

Ctrl + W (Or Command + W on Mac)

For me, it was the fading to grey when you hit "Shutdown"

I hadn't noticed that. That is a small but very authentic part of the XPerience. I didn't even remember it did that, until I saw it happen in this.

It just needs periodic "Messenger Service" popups to be 100% authentic.