Windows 98 Icons are Great

Re:Windows 98 Icons are Great by Waterluvian on Sunday January 15, 2023 @09:17PM (#34396019)

I’d love to know the story behind why CD player is so different. Gotta be cool?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Windows 98 Icons are Great by LeoPanthera on Sunday January 15, 2023 @09:30PM (#34396099)

It's from the Windows 98 Plus Pack. They didn't rewrite it for Windows 2000, they just used it as-is, so it retains the Windows 98 "Plus" look.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Windows 98 Icons are Great by Waterluvian on Sunday January 15, 2023 @09:35PM (#34396137)

Oh that old chestnut. Is 2000 filled with 98 and 95 UIs like modern times?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Windows 98 Icons are Great by chungy on Sunday January 15, 2023 @10:50PM (#34396575)

Yes, but 95+98+2000 were basically all of the same design philosophy, so it doesn't stick out like a sore thumb when something was not changed from 95.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Windows 98 Icons are Great by kevin_thibedeau on Monday January 16, 2023 @02:20AM (#34397849)

Except for the folder chooser from Win 3.1 that still lingers around in Win 11.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Windows 98 Icons are Great by Lammy on Monday January 16, 2023 @02:50AM (#34398027)

> It's from the Windows 98 Plus Pack

Relevant: demo of this in Computer Chronicles' Windows 98 episode: https://youtu.be/N3s0_yf2mS4?t=1022

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Windows 98 Icons are Great by RedShift1 on Sunday January 15, 2023 @09:32PM (#34396111)

IIRC that cd player wasn't from Microsoft itself, they bought it from another company.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Windows 98 Icons are Great by p_l on Sunday January 15, 2023 @09:21PM (#34396050)

1990s multimedia skeumorphism.

Honestly, the cd player is quite understated there...

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Windows 98 Icons are Great by cokeandpepsi on Sunday January 15, 2023 @09:22PM (#34396057)

it was made to look like a car streo i guess

[ Parent | on HN ]