Will we be able to show our grandchildren how did old stuff work, or “Cannot connect to server” will be the only message that will be displayed?
https://dmitryelj.medium.com/windows-95-how-does-it-look-today-feda837922d9
@npisanti well, no, in a sense, the article argues that this won't. Window Media Player ships with win95 I think, and as long as copies of this skin lives on, this shall not be lost.
@neauoire sorry you're right, i just wanted too much to be melodramatic about how wicked skins are not a thing anymore...
but yes it clearly state in the article that was just most of the internet stuff not working, and luckily most of the programs in win95 were offline-first
@npisanti @neauoire Things like this might live on through intentional nostalgic compatibility, like Audacious, that is still built to use Winamp Skins. https://audacious-media-player.org/
@doxanthropos
an adventurous audio player
@npisanti @doxanthropos
do your remember sonique
@npisanti @doxanthropos
it was a really good player the UI will never pass this days project managers and UXs experts
the tiranny of designers
maybe only vst plugins still keep the heritage of funky skins
(pictured: ohmforce predatohm)
@cyrstem @doxanthropos keep them safe!
@npisanti @doxanthropos find them first, gonna go on a hunt for a floppy disk reader to, if such a thing still survive somewhere in Quito
@cyrstem @doxanthropos
we got a usb floppy disk reader in the local hackerspace, maybe you can find a similar device (or get it second hand)
@npisanti @doxanthropos i had a bunch of them on a floppy drive somewhere