Windows 2: The Final Fantasy of Operating Systems

Re:Windows 2: The Final Fantasy of Operating Systems by nkali on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @07:14AM (#42565577)

Windows 2 was an ugly duckling, yes. The interface was ham-fisted by coders, and it was supposed to support non-square monochrome pixels of CGA monitors, to make it worse.

That being said, I am really curious about your perception of other old systems, as I am trying to design an interface that can run on the 80s hardware. What is the earliest OS that you can tolerate? Macintosh from 1984, Windows 3, Windows 95, something even later?

If you have a moment, I would also appreciate your feedback on my UI, too. It is called "Orihime", and you can find the links to images in the "Pixel?art" section of ninakalinina.com/links.htm

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Re:Windows 2: The Final Fantasy of Operating Systems by hyperhello on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @08:18AM (#42565842)

Orihime looks very CRT Nostalgic. I don’t care much for anime and it looks like you are pretty committed to it. I thought black and white MacOS was brilliant, but the amount of clicking and holding you had to do for everything is better left in the past.

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Re:Windows 2: The Final Fantasy of Operating Systems by nkali on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @08:36AM (#42565914)

Thank you! I'll take a note :)

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Re:Windows 2: The Final Fantasy of Operating Systems by nunobrito on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @10:14AM (#42566476)

Nina, thank you for the article. Was really well written and a true pleasure to read. I've learned quite a number of new details, thanks to you.

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