HN Explorer

20 comments

[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 68.8 ms ] thread
xtacy
Can someone throw light as to how this is done? It seems to use the native Safari app, unless I am wrong.
modernerd
It uses WebKit rebuilt with 8-bit png image assets, combined with the PixelMix font[1] and what appears to be a custom library called 'Pixelifier'[2]. Very clever.

[1] http://www.dafont.com/pixelmix.font [2] (Examined package contents and found 'PixelifierDynamic.dylib')

NathanKP
It launched but almost instantly crashed.
wmf
Are you running on a 64-bit computer? That might be too many bits; try running on an 8-bit machine.
templaedhel
Or open 8 more copies, that should be enough bits right?
ot
I thought it would be 8 times faster instead
ashleyw
Using a 32bit OS? Crashes on my 2006 Core-Duo MBP too.
jacknagel
I have a 2006 Core Duo MBP also. Running file on the binary produces this:

Pixelfari: Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64

Guess I'll have to find a 64-bit Mac so that I can play with it.

Udo
Yeah, same here. But it did open and stay alive on the third launch, probably some initialization issue.
jamesbkel
Same here, worked second time fine.
mkramlich
Needs to become an item inside Minecraft.
freedrull
Why don't you just use Dillo. :P
othermaciej
Adorable. Some folks on the team were sad that it does not pixellate videos (yet?).
taylorbuley
Finally I find something I want to use with Geocities but, alas, I am too late.
[deleted]
(comment deleted)
smbwrs
Not every idea is a good one.
erickhill
Would love a version of Safari that looks like it came from a Vectrex, too (think Tempest).
limmeau
That reminds me of the good old 80s, when URLs were 8+3, web pages were scripted in GW-BASIC, and we spent our youthful evenings in Space Quest Online.
georgemcfly
low-res and 8-bit are not the same thing.