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Re:The Windows 95 user interface: A case study in usability ... by gattilorenz on Saturday February 28, 2026 @08:07PM (#47202489)
No, Windows NT until 4.0 had the same interface design as Windows 3.x (although there existed a semi-official SP/addon to give NT 3.5 the Chicago interface, making it quite similar to 95), and NT 4.0 came later than 95
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Re:The Windows 95 user interface: A case study in usability ... by sillywalk on Saturday February 28, 2026 @08:22PM (#47202597)
From Raymond Chen's Old New Thing:

How did the Windows 95 user interface code get brought to the Windows NT code base?

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20251028-00/?p=11...

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