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1 Million :0 Thank you for the support everyone :) Aiming to release some big(ish) updates very soon!
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I like your work! Might I suggest you to compress some of your images, they take a bit of time to load and you might lose some folks who have slower internet :0
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duckinthewild's avatar duckinthewild 5 months ago

OOh yes yes!! i've been trying to find a way to do this for quite some while now but this is a very good suggestion and a good push to chase the topic!! thankie!!

fearoffun's avatar fearoffun 5 months ago

i hope no one minds me dropping in on this but i started using pinga to compress my images :D

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Instant follow - amazing site!!
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win1999's avatar win1999 5 months ago

Thank you, and likewise! I really appreciate your approach to tech. Itโ€™s one thing to be nostalgic, but actually adopting these tools is admirable. Iโ€™m hopeful that more people will 'unsubscribe' from surveillance capitalism and reclaim ownership and agency over their digital lives :)

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2000sdreamvault's avatar 2000sdreamvault 5 months ago

Thanks so much! I'm updating my site at the moment, but I love buying CDs and I love playing my PS2 haha. I think it's easy to get nostalgia goggles about things being "better", but we really should be questioning if tech advances are really better for the consumer or just more profitable for the creator.

win1999's avatar win1999 5 months ago

You've made me realize I need to update my discogs account, its very outdated :]

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CONGRATS ON 1 MILLION
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underwhite's avatar underwhite 5 months ago

is this an early 1 million view special

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win1999's avatar win1999 5 months ago

omg. i have too many things to do before it turns over! my TODO list for this upcoming release is a rats nest, and an elaborate game of whack-a-mole with bugs. but thank you!

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i did a 40 page powerpoint on ibm plex once, so im gonna go ahead and follow you :D
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tchun's avatar tchun 5 months ago

holy cow i'd love to see that somehow if you still have it!

your space has a very nice vibe :]
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garfriend's avatar garfriend 5 months ago

Oh thank you!!! <3

Your bookshelf is so cool :)
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Thank you for the follow! I enjoyed seeing the dynamic of different cameras (makes me miss photographing, 35mm and polaroids)! Looking forward to seeing you incorporating the database cataloging, searchable information as you mentioned. Some Javascript will get you there :]
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book-wormy's avatar book-wormy 5 months ago

thank you!! Javascript is next on my list to learn!

Apparently some of those web browsers for FreeDOS support TLS 1.2 so win99.dev might work afterall, with some tinkering
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badbunsen's avatar badbunsen 5 months ago

lets hope it works fully somehow

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wait mr webmaster, how did you get the scrollbar to work on firefox? did they finally add scrollbar styling support or is it a div?
kirbydogs's avatar kirbydogs 5 months ago

oh wait it's a div... tell me how to make it make it like a guide you can find on IE

win1999's avatar win1999 5 months ago

firefox still doesn't have proper scrollbar styling. it's a div, or more precisely, a JavaScript-driven fake scrollbar layered over a hidden native one. Still paranoid I didnt migrate all of the bars over and I forgot some dusty neglected app somewhere in the depths...

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win1999's avatar win1999 5 months ago

the core of the system is win98-scrollbar.js, a library that attaches custom scrollbar elements any scrollable div. The actual scrollbar is hidden via scrollbar-width: none (firefox) and ::-webkit-scrollbar { display: none } (chrome/safari). the Win98-style track, thumb, and arrow buttons are rendered as absolutely-positioned DOM elements that mirror the scroll state of the container.

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win1999's avatar win1999 5 months ago

OverlayScrollbars (similar to SimpleBar) was originally an option as well. But you're welcome to use win98-scrollbar.js - although it assumes certain DOM patterns, the two-div split for inset borders, portal dropdown handling, etc

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