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Explore Wikipedia Like a Windows XP Desktop

https://explorer.samismith.com/
96•smusamashah•2h ago

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unrvl22•1h ago
love how it loads instantly and feels smooth. imo useless but still cool
dolmen•47m ago
Yes. It definitely lacks the hourglass mouse cursor experience!
senfiaj•8m ago
I guess XP (x64) could run like this on modern PCs.
dewey•1h 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!
angilr•1h 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•1h 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•57m ago
Wow, do you know what is the relationship between More milk and the death of MJ?
Kwpolska•46m 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•45m ago
Thanks! TIL that Propofol has a nickname "Milk of amnesia". MJ asked more milk which meant more propofol.
pratio•3m ago
Here's Robin Williams describing it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOIBBE3ObRY

He describes taking propofol for sleep as Having chemotherapy because you're tired of shaving your head

jdw64•59m ago
Seeing the Windows XP theme I loved the most really brings back a wave of nostalgia
redox99•55m ago
Is there a reason why it looks like Temu's Windows XP? Copyright concerns I guess?
sunaookami•15m ago
Because it's obviously vibe coded (look at the source code).
macwhisperer•49m ago
pretty cool! needs the search function to work tho to be useful
sagacity•40m 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.
crabmusket•30m ago
Where does the hierarchical classification come from?
boshomi•4m ago
Wikipedia category namespace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles
pixlmint•29m ago
Such a cool project! Now it's just missing search and a request for donations
emil-lp•18m 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.

kramit1288•20m 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.
steveharing1•13m ago
What a beautiful nostalgic feeling. Keep up the good work! Worth adding some start menu options as well.
hnlmorg•11m ago
I guess appearance is subjective because I always considered XP to be the ugliest Windows ever released.
arnon•11m ago
make it look like encarta 95 and you'll have a REAL winner on your hands
DeathArrow•6m ago
Well, it should also have Solitaire and Minesweeper. :)
Eonexus•6m ago
This is just beautiful. I wonder if this could turn into different styles, like that of a book, or a cabinet?
hliyan•2m ago
Incredibly beautiful, possibly because it maps so well to the mental model we typically use to organize knowledge in our heads. I don't know how we lost the folder/container vs. document/content iconography, and other things (like layout of items, sorting) during the shift to web applications.

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https://explorer.samismith.com/
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