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1996 chat room simulator connected to Win95 and System 7 web desktops

133 points · 47 comments · henrychannel

  1. katzenq · · focus · HN ↗
    Vibe-coded garbage full of nonsense LLM text.
    1. amlib · · focus · HN ↗
      Vibe-coded or not what grinds my gears in those throwback computer interfaces is how imprecise they are. I the case of Windows, 9x had a meticulous pixel perfect alignment of widgets, great looking 2px thick bevel effects and all the proportions needed to be right for it feel "right". But almost all those throwback attempts, and specially now with AI coding, forget about this and seem to only go as far as thinking having a grey background with some tacky bevel is enough to recreate it.
      1. samlinnfer · · focus · HN ↗
        And the font, the font is always off
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