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The Window Manager and opening/closing/dragging/resizing effects were really impressive for 1993. Way more than Mac at the time, or even Linux 3-4 years later.

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To be fair, though, this webapp emulates the look & feel of Windows 95 (or greater), which was released in August 1995. Windows 3.1(1) (and NT 3.1 as of July 1993) were the current versions of Windows in 1993; each had far less polished effects: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3.1x for screenshot. :)

it's a shame it's fiction

Seems to have no OLE support, so pretty authentic in my book, as that only came later. Surprised the ancient computer isn't dying under the strain of so many visits.

It's not a computer. It's not a Windows release. It's not even old.

It's a recent site that mimics (satrizes) some of the behaviors of Windows 95.

> It's not a computer. It's not a Windows release. It's not even old.

Win93 seems pretty olds to me.

> It's a recent site that mimics (satrizes) some of the behaviors of Windows 95.

How can this mimic or satitise Windows 95? I understand a less complex system can simulate a more complex system, but only slower, or maybe, but _2 years_ between releases with superior Wm functionality degraded???

It doesn't even have Winsock, and that was done in 1992!

Your comments are less funny than you think they are.

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