Windows 93 in JavaScript

In the trash can there's a strange zip file you can download. Unzipping it reveals a readme.txt, which says:

Sorry, no album download for the moment, our server is under reddit hug... The album is also here : https://jankenpopp.bandcamp.com/album/poire-c-poire-v

Going to this bandcamp it mentions:

THE IDEA BEHIND THIS ALBUM WAS TO MAKE A DEVIANT DANCE MUSIC LABEL TO RELEASE THIS HORRIBLE TRACKS, BUT THIS PROJECT WENT TOTALLY WRONG AND BECAME THE THING KNOWS AS WWW.WINDOWS93.NET THERE IS A LIMITED SD-CARD EDITION OF THIS ALBUM THAT YOU CAN BUY FROM ME IRL FOR 10€ THIS ALBUM WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR FREE BUT HIDDEN ON WIN93 SOON, IF YOU SUCCEED TO FIND IT.

So I guess that's the backstory.

itsjareds · 11 years ago

I also found this in the "What if?" app that is apparently a collection of Matrix memes.

http://i.imgur.com/aq8NAO3.jpg

>What if I told you

>Jankenpopp's new album is in the trash

chris_wot · 11 years ago

It's that "Glitch Grrrlz" icon.

Gracana · 11 years ago

Or corglitch? I'm really enjoying that one...

http://www.windows93.net/#!glitch

[edit] Well crap, what did I click? I could have sworn this was what was playing the music, but I realized it's not. Hmm.

[edit-edit] Oh, it was acid box. That makes sense.

This website just taught me that there is an HTML5 Speech Synthesis API! And there are so many accents you can choose from!

thomasfoster96 · 11 years ago

Well, it's a separate API that only Chrome and Safari support, and the accents are all on your computer already.

e12e · 11 years ago

As far as I can figure out, on chrome it's just a web service -- and doesn't work on Debian Chromium as they stopped shipping google api keys (which makes sense, part of the point of using chromium over chrome is to have some measure of independence from google).

Just thought I'd mention it here, in case anyone else were about to run off and try stuff like:

http://updates.html5rocks.com/2014/01/Web-apps-that-talk---I...

only to be disappointed :-/

Note that on Debian/Ubuntu you can for example do:

    sudo apt-get install festival
    echo "I speak nothing, because I no verbs." | festival --tts

if you need to get your computer voice fix.

barbs · 11 years ago

Lerc · 11 years ago

It is somewhat disconcerting to discover that someone has made what is essentially a version of my current project as a gag.

krapp · 11 years ago

Maybe you could consider it a hilarious proof of concept?

atmosx · 11 years ago

Exactly what I thought lol.

magoon · 11 years ago

I can't believe I just got sucked into Solitaire on this thing

yaddayadda · 11 years ago

You mean "SOLITUDE"? ;-)

Natsu · 11 years ago

I'm too busy listening to it defrag this thing.

UweSchmidt · 11 years ago

Funny and, for a gag, surprisingly thorough and complete.

Could you please allow closing windows by doubleclicking on the top-left(!) corner of a window? I kinda need that (e.g. this still works for the file explorer on Windows 7, even though there is no icon).

anonymfus · 11 years ago

Since Windows 8 system menu icon reappeared in file explorer's titlebar.

ishansharma · 11 years ago

Double clicking that button closes the window. Just tried on Windows 8.1

bpodgursky · 11 years ago

I'm playing snake... in a Windows defragmenter, in JavaScript. I'm lost for words.

clarkm · 11 years ago

Glad to know I'm not the only one who clicked on the defrag button first.

ChartsNGraffs · 11 years ago

Nope! Me too. Visual defrag was the thing I was most disappointed to lose in newer versions of Windows. Not gonna lie, I was supposed to head to a party with a friend in college, but we both got sucked in watching a Win98 defrag and lost track of time.

yincrash · 11 years ago

NotHereNotThere · 11 years ago

Pretty interesting! Started playing with the nested virtual machines, windows93 stopped loading after the 9th instance ;)

anujku · 11 years ago

What music it is when you start the defrag program ? I am sure I know the tune but just dont remember it ? some old game ?

weslly · 11 years ago

The groovy blue ringtone from old nokia phones. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCI_TL69rIE

Ha ha !! Thanks man for the link :)