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Windows 95 in an Electron App

Shown by felixrieseberg on Aug 23, 2018. Click the card to turn it over.

213points

110comments

#162of 2,155 in 2018

Top 8%of 2018 by points

How HN took it

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11 positive, 24 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 8 critical, out of 44 comments about the project. Thread score +0.07.

Idea: 2 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against

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Nostalgic and fun to see Windows 95 in Electron
From 4 comments
- This brought back so much of nostalgia ... Thanks, man! Thanks a lot!!
  rcshubhadeep on HN
- This has made my day.
  lenova on HN
- This is simply delicious.
  smpetrey on HN
- "Should this have been a native app?" - "Absolutely" lol. love it. Brings back all the nostalgia.
  igolden on HN
Native-looking UI in an Electron app
From 1 comment
- Glad to see an Electron application that finally has a decent, native-looking, unsurprising UI :-). (Edit: sadly, I'm only half-joking. I was thinking about how fun it would be…
  alxlaz on HN

Electron is bloated for a single OS-in-app
From 3 comments
- * me, crying * Please, no, you can't just Electron everything * hacker news points at Windows 95 * Electron'd
  nategri on HN
- A whole OS and it's still on the relatively small side for an Electron app...
  SmellyGeekBoy on HN
- 37 MB for the deb package... Wow. That's incredibly small compared to some other Electron apps.
  jannes on HN
Internet Explorer cannot browse websites
From 1 comment
- Sucks that "Internet Explorer" can't browse websites. I just want to open aol, geocities, altavista may be?
  nojvek on HN
Restarting from Start Menu breaks it
From 1 comment
- I just restarted it via Start Menu and it won't start anymore. Bug?
  graycrow on HN

Add classic macOS versions
From 1 comment
- I’d love a version of this running classic macOS versions (7,8 and 9)
  tambourine_man on HN
Support for Windows 98 or Win 3.x
From 2 comments
- Win 98 next!
  bevenky on HN
- I think you would be better off getting Windows 3.x going in Dosbox.
  digi_owl on HN
Ability to copy files into the VM
From 2 comments
- I'd love to try out some old 16-bit and/or MS-DOS games on it. But I don't see a way to copy files into its sandbox. Anyone had any luck doing this?
  johnhattan on HN
- Yeah you can add drive to the array at the top of https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows95/blob/master/src/renderer/renderer.js So build an ISO using imgburn or something and…
  sp332 on HN

Is Windows 95 copyright still in force?
From 2 comments
- Has Win95's copyright expired?
  jacob019 on HN
- It's more than just "a couple of decades", it's 70 years.
  Liquid_Fire on HN
What is the practical purpose?
From 1 comment
- There should be some practical purpose for this, like some Win-95 only app I loved from my childhood that I can now experience again. But I struggle to think of any.
  AdmiralAsshat on HN

DOSBox and Windows 3.x
From 2 comments
- I think you would be better off getting Windows 3.x going in Dosbox.
  digi_owl on HN
- Dosbox?
  digi_owl on HN
Online Windows 95 at win95.ajf.me
From 1 comment
- What is a rationale for an Electron app when there has long been an online version of Windows 95? https://win95.ajf.me
  niutech on HN
Anvil and Lazarus IDE for VB-style building
From 2 comments
- > give me Visual Basic 6's UI builder and all the greatness of a 21st century machine, so that I could finally whip up an UI without yelling profanities at the CSS reference…
  meredydd on HN
- Also the Lazarus Pascal IDE is still around and is keeping the old-school VB flame alive. Just looking at the screenshots will make you nostalgic. https://www.lazarus-ide.org/
  johnhattan on HN