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1ke
Comment #2 Wednesday, January 12, 2005 4:59 PM
Comment #2 Wednesday, January 12, 2005 4:59 PM
You know, for a very long time before I discovered WindowBlinds, I put a lot of effort into making things look as much like 3.11 as I could. I still love the look of it, but damned if I'm going to dedicate CPU cycles and a little RAM to emulating it through another program, there's just something, oh, silly about that.
/fires up ProgMan and tries to get rid of silly Start button/taskbar
/fires up ProgMan and tries to get rid of silly Start button/taskbar
RomanDA
Comment #3 Wednesday, January 12, 2005 5:06 PM
Comment #3 Wednesday, January 12, 2005 5:06 PM
Ok,
Its good work, but why would I want to make my pc look like something that was really BAD when it was out?
Sorry
Its good work, but why would I want to make my pc look like something that was really BAD when it was out?
Sorry
Fenek
Comment #6 Wednesday, January 12, 2005 7:06 PM
Comment #6 Wednesday, January 12, 2005 7:06 PM
I can't rate any skins, maybe someone know why? 
SebastianII
Comment #7 Wednesday, January 12, 2005 7:33 PM
Comment #7 Wednesday, January 12, 2005 7:33 PM
Oh God here comes another psychology session.
All the bad flashbacks and nightmares
All the bad flashbacks and nightmares
Mackintosh
Comment #8 Wednesday, January 12, 2005 7:57 PM
Comment #8 Wednesday, January 12, 2005 7:57 PM
I'm giving it a high rating because it's a well designed skin. While I don't suffer from such extreme nostalgia, giving credit where credit's due is a whole another thing 
Good job 
Good job 
Jan Oscar
Comment #10 Wednesday, January 12, 2005 11:10 PM
Thanks for making this one! Those were the days...
Comment #10 Wednesday, January 12, 2005 11:10 PM
Thanks for making this one! Those were the days...
keymastr1008
Comment #11 Wednesday, January 12, 2005 11:23 PM
Comment #11 Wednesday, January 12, 2005 11:23 PM
I'm old school - 31 yrs old - but not really diggin this one. I mean, yeah, it's a throw back... but it doesn't mean it represents something I miss. Good job with the skin though.
Lotherius
Comment #12 Thursday, January 13, 2005 1:28 AM
Comment #12 Thursday, January 13, 2005 1:28 AM
I'm just as old school as keymastr - 31... ack...
Anyhoo, I don't dig it not because it's bad, but because it isn't nostalgia for me. Back in the Win 3.1 days I was avoiding Windows by first using DesqView/386 and then OS/2 Warp 3.0.. It took the failure of my first attempt at a usable Linux system and significant forays of Windows 95 (and OSR2 release) before I finally went the darkened path. If IBM hadn't dropped consumer support of OS/2, I'd probably still be using it today. OS/2 was just so much more stable and fast than those early windows versions.
Anyhoo, I don't dig it not because it's bad, but because it isn't nostalgia for me. Back in the Win 3.1 days I was avoiding Windows by first using DesqView/386 and then OS/2 Warp 3.0.. It took the failure of my first attempt at a usable Linux system and significant forays of Windows 95 (and OSR2 release) before I finally went the darkened path. If IBM hadn't dropped consumer support of OS/2, I'd probably still be using it today. OS/2 was just so much more stable and fast than those early windows versions.
pieter@kraaima.com
Comment #13 Thursday, January 13, 2005 6:33 AM
When I was young ......
I love it! a big 5 star for you!
Comment #13 Thursday, January 13, 2005 6:33 AM
When I was young ......
I love it! a big 5 star for you!
Frogboy
Comment #14 Thursday, January 13, 2005 9:40 PM
Comment #14 Thursday, January 13, 2005 9:40 PM
Very nice but I would rename this to Windows31 or something so that people searching for it can find it.
LittleBearJason
Comment #15 Saturday, January 15, 2005 3:54 PM
Yes! Exactly what I needed!
So retro and classic looking , it almost makes me want to get out Windows 3.11 and install it on a newer computer just for the heck of it!
Comment #15 Saturday, January 15, 2005 3:54 PM
Yes! Exactly what I needed!
So retro and classic looking , it almost makes me want to get out Windows 3.11 and install it on a newer computer just for the heck of it!
starone
Comment #17 Saturday, January 15, 2005 10:53 PM
Comment #17 Saturday, January 15, 2005 10:53 PM
Seems I'm a little late in seeing this. You did great! So glad to see a windowblind from you.
SkinStudio
Comment #18 Monday, January 17, 2005 1:00 AM
Comment #18 Monday, January 17, 2005 1:00 AM
Thank you for your kind words!
As to installing Windows 3.11 - I installed in on a Virtual PC and it's incredible. Everything is instantaneous! The system starts within a second and that's within the virtual machine. Now imagine a good modern machine running it... Now if only there was any software still available for it
Funny thing though. I managed to get a few GPS'es without even installing a single thing. Perhaps it's not such a good idea after all?
Yeah, better simply enjoy the skin and skip the trauma.
As to installing Windows 3.11 - I installed in on a Virtual PC and it's incredible. Everything is instantaneous! The system starts within a second and that's within the virtual machine. Now imagine a good modern machine running it... Now if only there was any software still available for it
Funny thing though. I managed to get a few GPS'es without even installing a single thing. Perhaps it's not such a good idea after all?
Yeah, better simply enjoy the skin and skip the trauma.
rivest
Comment #19 Tuesday, January 18, 2005 8:38 PM
Comment #19 Tuesday, January 18, 2005 8:38 PM
Its about time someone does a decent job with Windows 3.11
keep up the good work
Next up: Windows 2.x and windows 1.x
keep up the good work
Next up: Windows 2.x and windows 1.x
PurrBall
Comment #20 Wednesday, January 19, 2005 3:38 PM
Comment #20 Wednesday, January 19, 2005 3:38 PM
Wow. Nice! I remember 3.1 being white though....
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Comment #1 Wednesday, January 12, 2005 4:54 PM