alt.hn

5/19/2025 at 5:39:59 PM

Show HN: Windows 98 themed website in 1 HTML file for my post punk band

 https://corp.band

by jealousgelatin

5/19/2025 at 7:28:22 PM

Various css files for retro-theming. Each of these have been discussed here previously.

  - Windows 98: https://github.com/jdan/98.css
  - Windows XP: https://github.com/botoxparty/XP.css
  - Nes: https://github.com/nostalgic-css/NES.css
  - Mac OS (classic): https://github.com/sakofchit/system.css
  - DOS: https://github.com/vinibiavatti1/TuiCss

by amenghra

5/19/2025 at 7:45:03 PM

-counter strike 1.6: https://cs16.samke.me/?

by sigmaisaletter

5/19/2025 at 8:42:22 PM

Went searching and found a few more:

-PlayStation: https://github.com/micah5/PSone.css

-Gameboy: https://github.com/luttje/css-pokemon-gameboy

-Windows7: https://github.com/khang-nd/7.css

-Win95: https://github.com/AlexBSoft/win95.css

-Oldschool RPG: http://ronenness.github.io/RPGUI/

-MacOS 8: https://github.com/npjg/classic.css

-MacOS 6: https://github.com/sakofchit/system.css

And some that are more than just CSS:

-386 DOS: https://github.com/kristopolous/BOOTSTRA.386 (Bootstrap Theme)

-Terminal: https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js

-another Terminal: https://github.com/andersevenrud/retro-css-shell-demo

-90s website: http://code.divshot.com/geo-bootstrap/ (Bootstrap)

by sigmaisaletter

5/20/2025 at 1:05:38 AM

I had the 386 bootstrap theme as an option on a site I had several years ago. I did not like modals at the time. Make sure to test. Every other Bootstrap theme I tried at the time could simply drop in and work.

by al_borland

5/19/2025 at 10:16:43 PM

This is also featured in other Valve games. It's called vgui or something like that

by throwaway148773

5/19/2025 at 6:44:13 PM

Having a linkedin page as a band is metal

by ayushrodrigues

5/19/2025 at 7:41:09 PM

> We have approved a series of musical releases for our employees to listen to while working. Far better than the standard music available on Spotify, we have found that listening to “Whispers from the Water Cooler” and other corporate approved releases can increase productivity of employees by up to 20%.

> For middle-managers, we have not found this same result and have therefore have limited their listening to the only song that had any positive effect, “I’m Not Cute, I’m Handsome”, an earlier release from CORP.

I love it. You made my day, thanks.

by aziaziazi

5/19/2025 at 8:31:09 PM

Judging by the incredibly smooth video streaming, something makes me think this isn't Windows 98 at all — but rather BeOS with a Windows theme applied. Bravo!

by mrcwinn

5/19/2025 at 6:33:58 PM

Very cool but the back button is very buggy.

by 65

5/19/2025 at 6:50:13 PM

It pushed to the browser history too much, so the back button is basically navigating in place

by asynchronousx

5/19/2025 at 7:00:36 PM

I think the problem isn’t really pushing the browser history, but for me the windows don’t get reopened when navigating back. So from the desktop, I open 3 windows after each other but when going back, I get 3 times the Emory desktop. When directly opening the 3 steps from the history, it works though. On safari on iOS.

by echoangle

5/19/2025 at 7:38:52 PM

Thanks for finding this! I bet this is because I was getting a bit fancy manually setting the urls and it probably messes with the state of the open windows.

Will have a look after dinner.

by jealousgelatin

5/19/2025 at 6:30:39 PM

cute!! i love it. especially the recycle bin functionality.

one little note i have is the native scrollbar in the Music 'window' - i didn't realize there was more underneath the Spotify and Apple Music links at first.

by GuinansEyebrows

5/19/2025 at 7:41:20 PM

Thank you! And UX feedback noted and added to the docket!

by jealousgelatin

5/19/2025 at 7:25:14 PM

I'm a little bit of a music nerd and I really like 925. Love that vibe and the video too!

by every_other

5/19/2025 at 8:28:19 PM

Very nice! Would be very cool to also add some apps, like Winamp and ICQ, or AIM :)

by Demiurge

5/19/2025 at 8:20:50 PM

I was hoping for some kind of easter egg if you drag the music into the trash.

by blindstitch

5/20/2025 at 4:49:50 AM

This is a really cool retro desktop UI! The aesthetic is spot on.

One thought: when clicking the 'CORP' button, instead of the browser's default alert() (or confirm() based on the text), it might enhance the immersion even more if it triggered a custom pop-up styled like a classic Start Menu. That menu could then house the links like 'Official Band Website', 'GitHub', etc. It would fit perfectly with the overall theme.

Just an idea! Love the project.

by jaydenyuchi

5/20/2025 at 12:56:49 AM

As someone who has made a lot of websites for bands in my early days as a programmer, kudos. This is unique, original, and fun. Good job!

by VladVladikoff

5/19/2025 at 6:39:24 PM

Might want to fix the link to your Youtube channel...

by sltkr

5/19/2025 at 7:33:18 PM

Fixed, ty!

by jealousgelatin

5/19/2025 at 6:42:57 PM

Merch mentions .mp3 which is weird.

Mailing list has no way to sign up but no indication that anything broke.

by mattl

5/19/2025 at 7:45:48 PM

Interesting, works on my end but I'll admit its slightly weird.

It should automatically make a POST to mailchimp and and open a new page showing your successful email list subscription.

I'd be curious what is happening in your network tab or if the navigation to the mailchimp success page is disabled somehow.

Let me know your browser and system anyway, would be much appreciated! Thanks for looking nonetheless!

by jealousgelatin

5/19/2025 at 9:00:44 PM

I don't even see the form on my phone. I suspect I'm just blocking Mailchimp outright. On desktop I see the form.

by mattl

5/19/2025 at 6:11:10 PM

bug report for you: clock in lower right corner fails to update the minute when a new minute begins on the "host" system

you're welcome :)

by wergwtg4g34g4g

5/19/2025 at 6:55:01 PM

Lots of small things to pick on. Doesn't matter. This is really cool.

I've tried to build a mockup for a retro/"fantasy" OS; some details that you'd think are easy or obvious turn out to be time sinks once you try to perfect them.

by rollcat

5/19/2025 at 7:46:43 PM

Added to the growing bug report list :) Thanks for checking it out!

by jealousgelatin

5/21/2025 at 8:48:43 PM

But whyyyy? It strikes me as so not punk.

by gumboshoes

5/19/2025 at 7:55:43 PM

Nice website and good music, thanks for sharing! I'm very happy that people still contribute to post-punk.

by npteljes

5/19/2025 at 6:15:47 PM

It's faster than McMaster-Carr.

by sixothree

5/19/2025 at 8:49:59 PM

That's high praise. :D

by space_ghost

5/20/2025 at 1:53:44 AM

Cool website!!! The Spotify link is not working for me :(

by r00bot

5/20/2025 at 1:54:58 AM

Wait, just checked again and it worked. Might have been on my end.

by r00bot

5/20/2025 at 1:58:34 AM

It's missing Napster, Winamp, and Age of Empires.

by intalentive

5/19/2025 at 11:55:28 PM

Double-clicking desktop icons is broken: the site is so fast the first click opens a window, and the second click registers inside the open window. This is probably a race condition.

I wasn't deliberately looking for bugs - I just subconsciously defaulted to double-clicking when I saw the UI.

by normie3000

5/19/2025 at 11:11:46 PM

Much snappier than most modern websites.

by henning

5/19/2025 at 7:14:38 PM

Nice

by Arn_Thor

5/19/2025 at 8:58:25 PM

loving the decapitation queue in the console

by skgough

5/20/2025 at 6:58:52 PM

I'm glad someone found it! Good luck in the queue! :)

by jealousgelatin

5/20/2025 at 2:46:00 AM

Love the little easter egg in the socials lmao

by scuff3d