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Windows 3.1 Online - With Minesweeper

210 points| jmonegro | 16 years ago |michaelv.org

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[+] outotrai|16 years ago|reply
Wow! I really like the attention to detail. You can change the desktop wallpaper with the genuine Windows 3.1 tile images, you can create and save files (which download to your actual computer), wildcards work in the file selection dialog...

Of course not everything works, but this is a lot of fun.

[+] boredguy8|16 years ago|reply
xyzzy <shfit>+<return> doesn't work in minesweeper, which was the first thing I 'tested'. I also tried xyzzy <return> <shift>+<return> because that's how I remembered it. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xyzzy)
[+] randomwalker|16 years ago|reply
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/131764/recursive.png

Well, somebody had to. I could get it to nest 10-fold, but after that the innermost browser window was unresponsive.

[+] rapind|16 years ago|reply
Awesome. Exact same thing I did.
[+] cellis|16 years ago|reply
Who else tried running MS-DOS > dir right away? :)
[+] rapind|16 years ago|reply
I tried launching a web browser then browsing to the app and launching 3.1 again within itself, then again, then again ;)
[+] billpg|16 years ago|reply
Disappointed to see the 'type' command didn't work.
[+] muon|16 years ago|reply
Tried "ls", used to Cygwin.
[+] raffi|16 years ago|reply
Wow. That brings back memories in a big way. Just needs trumpet winsock, mIRC, and a nuker.
[+] timdorr|16 years ago|reply
Only problem I see is anti-aliased fonts. Those didn't get added until ClearType came along in Windows XP.
[+] hexley|16 years ago|reply
Windows 98 had antialiased fonts.
[+] nopal|16 years ago|reply
Hey, Internet Browser passes the Acid 3 test!
[+] kuda|16 years ago|reply
The user string for the browser is whatever browser you happen to be using at the time. In Firefox 3.5.7 I get 93/100 on acid 3 from the internet browser in the app.

It's odd that the address bar in the browser reverts to 127.0.0.1 no matter where you are. Does that happen to anyone else?

[+] jdbeast00|16 years ago|reply
i'm amazed that he didn't use a single helper javascript. no jquery, etc. Incredible.
[+] janj|16 years ago|reply
Minesweeper doesn't end after you beat it, timer just keeps going.
[+] tl|16 years ago|reply
Timer stops when you mark all mines with a flag not when you uncover all safe squares. Also, left+right mouse function is missing (reveal all squares next to current one if mines have been marked).
[+] rglovejoy|16 years ago|reply
When you right-click to mark where the mines are, the browser's popup menu comes up and you have to click again to get rid of the menu, thus eating up valuable minesweeping time. Can that be suppressed?
[+] ez77|16 years ago|reply
Pardon my ignorance (hope I'm not kicked out of HN), but how does this work? Is there a server? Is it pure Javascript? Clueless...
[+] jmonegro|16 years ago|reply
It's mostly Javascript and good ol' html/css. You can browse the source of the site with your web browser and check out all the JS goodness. There has to be a server to host the site, but I don't think it plays any other major role.
[+] jcw|16 years ago|reply
Did Windows 3.1 have a Paint program?

Also, this reminds me about how I used to carry around MiniVMac (a Macintosh emulator) running OS 7 on a thumb drive to keep random notes and drawings. It would be kind of cool if you could sign up an account on this site for that purpose.

[+] csallen|16 years ago|reply
Yes it did. I remember my brother and I "playing" Paint, thinking it was one of the best computer games out there.
[+] hackworth|16 years ago|reply
man, there was no web browser in windows 3.1. not even in windows for workgroups 3.11.
[+] isotherm|16 years ago|reply
Although Internet Explorer 5 can be installed on 3.11.
[+] InclinedPlane|16 years ago|reply
Check out the media player, there's some gems in there (like the Sesame Street skit).
[+] vkdelta|16 years ago|reply
Excellent.. I remember my 90s !
[+] freakwit|16 years ago|reply
Does it have a .bmp viewer?
[+] ben1040|16 years ago|reply
If only I could play "canyon.mid" with Media Player...
[+] wjdix|16 years ago|reply
Where is ski-free?