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

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

funny. how can i make Blue Screen of Death?

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

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

looks great. really like the blog page.

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

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

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

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

Needs Minesweeper, solitaire, paint, and a recycle bin

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

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