Show HN: I built my site as a Windows 95 experience (2025)

https://wes.dev/

by WesSouza • 3 months ago

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Have fun with the disk defragmenter.

jdw64• 3 months ago

Cool.A personal wish of mine is that Windows would bring back those nostalgic old click sounds.

ivere27• 3 months ago

funny. how can i make Blue Screen of Death?

CableNinja• 3 months ago

uhg, good job but i regret clicking it! It made my eye twitch slightly, reminding me of a software i occasionally have to deal with called OpenLM.. its truly truly the worst webexperience ever had. Have you ever wanted a windows ui... but for a browser based application? No? Me either, and yet here this thing is!

Its like they took a look at the windows 98 ui and decided thats how their app should be, exactly. It even has a start button, and everything opens as a "window" in the browser screen.

And even worse, i initially thought it was some theme someone applied, but no, it was literally intentionally designed like that, and theres no alternative theme or formatting

bentesla• 3 months ago

This is surprisingly well executed The consistency of the Windows 95 UI is what sells it.

thisisharsh7• 3 months ago

looks great. really like the blog page.

i built something similar for my own site but with a macOS vibe - https://thisisharsh7.github.io

starwalkn• 3 months ago

I really hope that if there are any problems with the site, a blue screen of death will appear.

minvariance• 3 months ago

It would be cool if you had a persistent MS Paint app that allowed visitors to draw on

amit9968• 3 months ago

This is super cool, brought back the nostalgia of 90s. I would add "Blue Screen of Death" if anyone clicks multiple times.

ClaridocsCTO• 3 months ago

Needs Minesweeper, solitaire, paint, and a recycle bin

kalabrium• 3 months ago

Lovely! the old ui feels more calming for some reason.

patrickhener• 3 months ago

This is just to funny. Feeling old knowing this interface and way older ones :D

Show HN: I built my site as a Windows 95 experience (2025)

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