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Explore Wikipedia Like a Windows XP Desktop

133 points by smusamashah - 23 comments
Eonexus [3 hidden]5 mins ago
This is just beautiful. I wonder if this could turn into different styles, like that of a book, or a cabinet?
DeathArrow [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Well, it should also have Solitaire and Minesweeper. :)
dewey [3 hidden]5 mins ago
The shininess looks a bit more like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP_Media_Center_Editio... and not like the regular Windows XP, but still a fun project!
steveharing1 [3 hidden]5 mins ago
What a beautiful nostalgic feeling. Keep up the good work! Worth adding some start menu options as well.
kramit1288 [3 hidden]5 mins ago
This looks really cool. feels nostalgic. it would be more fun if it can be switched into whatever desktop mode i want like unix.
pixlmint [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Such a cool project! Now it's just missing search and a request for donations
emil-lp [3 hidden]5 mins ago
It's also missing the defrag tool. Without it, it's going to be very slow as the disk fills up.

Should put a shortcut to it on the desktop as well, so that users who experience significant lag can defrag at will.

arnon [3 hidden]5 mins ago
make it look like encarta 95 and you'll have a REAL winner on your hands
hnlmorg [3 hidden]5 mins ago
I guess appearance is subjective because I always considered XP to be the ugliest Windows ever released.
crabmusket [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Where does the hierarchical classification come from?
angilr [3 hidden]5 mins ago
It is nice. I randomly click on something interest just appear in my mind and lead to this: life -> death -> last_words -> More milk. But I can't find it on Wiki. I search More milk. and the first result is this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Michael_Jackson. Hmm, why is the name different?
flexagoon [3 hidden]5 mins ago
"More milk" is a redirect to that page

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=More_milk.&redire...

The "Windows XP" website displays the same article when you click on "More milk" there

angilr [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Wow, do you know what is the relationship between More milk and the death of MJ?
Kwpolska [3 hidden]5 mins ago
The Wikipedia article does:

> After several hours and several drug injections, Jackson was still unable to fall asleep, and, according to Murray, was repeatedly asking him for "milk", a nickname for the powerful surgical general anesthetic propofol, which Jackson had used in the past as a sleep aid. At 10:40 a.m., with Jackson still not asleep, Murray relented to his requests and injected him with 25 milligrams of propofol diluted with lidocaine. With Jackson finally asleep, Murray testified that he left his bedside to go to the bathroom, and after returning two minutes later, discovered that Jackson was not breathing and had a weak pulse.

angilr [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Thanks! TIL that Propofol has a nickname "Milk of amnesia". MJ asked more milk which meant more propofol.
sagacity [3 hidden]5 mins ago
This is genuinely a really fun way to browse Wikipedia. Only drawback is that folder names that contain ellipsis don't show the full name when clicked.
redox99 [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Is there a reason why it looks like Temu's Windows XP? Copyright concerns I guess?
sunaookami [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Because it's obviously vibe coded (look at the source code).
unrvl22 [3 hidden]5 mins ago
love how it loads instantly and feels smooth. imo useless but still cool
senfiaj [3 hidden]5 mins ago
I guess XP (x64) could run like this on modern PCs.
dolmen [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Yes. It definitely lacks the hourglass mouse cursor experience!
jdw64 [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Seeing the Windows XP theme I loved the most really brings back a wave of nostalgia
macwhisperer [3 hidden]5 mins ago
pretty cool! needs the search function to work tho to be useful