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Published: 2009-02-06 04:05:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 57457; Favourites: 91; Downloads: 5584
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Description Please, for the love of God, forgive me for this lol. This is purely for fun

=PoulNyrup made a comment that Windows 3.11 reminded him of the good old days and thought a skin based on it would be cool. This is the result of me listening to him lol

Windows 3.11 never had a close button or a taskbar so I have created them as though they were originally with it and have tried to replicate every little quirk of an old OS for a new OS. It might look like a simple skin but this was actually quite challenging for some strange reason

I've even tried to make the preview in the same style.

This is the Windowblind for Windows XP. Vista version can be found here [link]

Who needs Aero, per pixel and png's, 16 bit retro revival FTW
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Comments: 105

RenanFonseca [2021-01-21 17:33:52 +0000 UTC]

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RenanFonseca In reply to RenanFonseca [2021-01-21 17:34:24 +0000 UTC]

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AeizzatToha [2014-06-15 05:48:45 +0000 UTC]

Well, it looks more different than Calmira II.

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OliverAntal [2012-12-28 20:51:52 +0000 UTC]

This doesn't work for me, but I've tried. Any helf? :C

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OliverAntal In reply to OliverAntal [2012-12-28 20:52:02 +0000 UTC]

Help*

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binarystep [2012-07-21 20:39:25 +0000 UTC]

I tried 3.1 on Virtual PC. Wasn't too shabby, but not as good as XP.

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SoftwarePortalPlus In reply to binarystep [2012-10-28 13:17:44 +0000 UTC]

Windows 3.1 is revolutionary but... for it's time. There no way to compare Windows 3.1 and Windows XP. No way!

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binarystep In reply to SoftwarePortalPlus [2012-10-28 22:45:43 +0000 UTC]

I liked Windows 3.1 a lot. I miss Reversi.

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IT-ReviewMAG [2011-10-09 13:12:52 +0000 UTC]

Brilliant and Unique Visual Styles.

Some quirks are present, but nothing that will sabotage the user's experience.

As htfcuddles said, though, converting it to .msstyles format would make it even better for those not willing to purchase or go through the process of hacking WindowBlinds!

A big thumbs up for effort!

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prolapso [2011-07-14 02:59:51 +0000 UTC]

great!

where`s the icons????

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TheDutchOwner [2011-04-19 20:28:39 +0000 UTC]

You said "Who needs Areo,...". But XP doesn't have areo, it has a theme called Luna. You might want to fix that.

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htfcuddles [2010-11-09 08:12:47 +0000 UTC]

Just as curiosity: There's any way to port this skin to the native .msstyles format used by XP?

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thesmallestcheese [2010-10-07 15:34:55 +0000 UTC]

Oh no! I'm stuck in the 90's! What an awesome skin!

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Supanut99 [2010-02-03 09:09:38 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot! Now my Windows XP is look like the good old Windows 3.11!
Oh another amazing thing is that, I am experiencing both Windows 7 and Windows 3.11 look at the same time!
For Windows 7 part, I use viglance thanks to Leesoft.
And for Windows 3.11 part, I used your theme and it works perfectly no bugs and the superbar and full start orb is still there! Thanks a lot, hope you will make a skin that will transform XP into Windows 2000!

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OneOneMoneyMade [2009-08-16 23:28:33 +0000 UTC]

THANK YOU!

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stuart23 [2009-05-19 15:37:58 +0000 UTC]

I will have to use this my good man.

This just plan rulz!

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danioc [2009-05-08 11:56:45 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, really cool!

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anitokyomics [2009-05-01 15:46:46 +0000 UTC]

GAWD!

NOW THIS IS THE THEME I AM LOOKING FOR...

except there's a start menu...

sighs*

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nodeffect [2009-04-07 20:47:14 +0000 UTC]

The good old days!!! haha... Nice skin man.

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magnus87 [2009-04-05 23:48:25 +0000 UTC]

Great, can you port it to "Visual Style" ?? *0*

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toanirvash [2009-04-03 17:54:46 +0000 UTC]

This pwnt Vista!

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duyvan82 [2009-02-23 08:29:49 +0000 UTC]

plain old stupid hehe
how have you been mate? Haven't seen you online for ages!!!

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mrrste In reply to duyvan82 [2009-02-23 15:30:35 +0000 UTC]

sucks don't it lol

I'm fine mate I'm usually online everyday. I've not seen you though Hows things with you man?

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portalcake625 [2009-02-18 11:50:38 +0000 UTC]

rofl! i thought that was Calmira XP

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htfcuddles [2009-02-17 20:46:49 +0000 UTC]

This isn't a "I could use this skin". This is "I MUST use this skin".

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AIBoobPicsForSale [2009-02-17 03:54:32 +0000 UTC]

This is truly a revolution in the User Desktop Experience.

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mrrste In reply to AIBoobPicsForSale [2009-02-17 04:08:20 +0000 UTC]

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WolfieInu [2009-02-16 15:36:56 +0000 UTC]

Good heavens. What possessed you??

Totally brilliant though

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brayanhabid [2009-02-14 03:59:08 +0000 UTC]

why not doing a .msstyles?

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DopeySneezy [2009-02-13 01:29:03 +0000 UTC]

Amazing! I still have the box, the manual and the installation floppies 3.1 came on. I kind of miss it myself.When I had XP, I could actually transform the entire interface into a 3.1 clone, and as long as no-one bumped the bottom of the screen to reveal the telltale taskbar it was a dead ringer! I hope other old-timers enjoy this as much as I do!

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padfoot007 [2009-02-12 08:53:52 +0000 UTC]

Ahh! Wonderful! Its like stepping into the TARDIS and going back to the stone ages!

Great idea though.

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jazzava [2009-02-09 07:28:12 +0000 UTC]

You Nut !

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Obi-S4n [2009-02-08 23:41:20 +0000 UTC]

Great idea! Oldschool ftw o/ o/ o/

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hvrock13 [2009-02-08 06:33:02 +0000 UTC]

if you made this as a plain visual style, you would basically be jesus as a themer.

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0SupermarineSpitfire [2009-02-07 18:32:12 +0000 UTC]

I'm actually using it now... looks pretty weird, but brings back a lot of memories from the early 90s... Windows 3.1 (on top of MS-DOS 5.0, was still a shell back then, not a full OS) running on an Intel 80386DX-based PC with 4MB of RAM, a 256KB graphics card (yes, KILObytes, kids! 1024x768 @ 256 colours, or 640x480 @ 32768 colours ), no soundcard, no USB ports, no network port, just printer and serial ports (one for mouse, other for modem) plus a keyboard port (big IBM original, not the PS/2 variety).

Kudos on putting this skin together, but I doubt I'd be able to stand using it for very long... by golly, it is fugly! Mind you, back then it was about the state of the art in UIs, unless you could afford a NeXT cube or Sun workstation...

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mrrste In reply to 0SupermarineSpitfire [2009-02-07 19:22:21 +0000 UTC]

I won't use it either lol

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lypnjtu [2009-02-07 13:50:24 +0000 UTC]

nice skin,mrrste!~

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mrrste In reply to lypnjtu [2009-02-07 17:51:53 +0000 UTC]

Thanks mate

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rorokeating [2009-02-07 07:12:21 +0000 UTC]

brilliant idea!

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mrrste In reply to rorokeating [2009-02-07 17:51:31 +0000 UTC]

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karmat111 [2009-02-07 05:57:17 +0000 UTC]

This brings back memories! The computer I had with that O/S continually crashed, I almost gave up on them completely. Thanks for the flashback!

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mrrste In reply to karmat111 [2009-02-07 17:51:42 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome

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iiswiis [2009-02-07 04:14:09 +0000 UTC]

What a hot desktop! I can't wait to use it!

Nice work as always.

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mrrste In reply to iiswiis [2009-02-07 04:30:10 +0000 UTC]

hehe thanks mate

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killer7ben [2009-02-07 01:00:37 +0000 UTC]

can somone make an ms style for the guyยดs

that dont have window blinds

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Spac-2008 [2009-02-06 23:50:34 +0000 UTC]

A whopping 1MB of memory? wooow

lol nice work!

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mrrste In reply to Spac-2008 [2009-02-07 02:06:52 +0000 UTC]

Huge huh lol

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flclrockstar [2009-02-06 21:38:57 +0000 UTC]

@_@ Cool.

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mrrste In reply to flclrockstar [2009-02-07 02:07:11 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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mubariz [2009-02-06 21:34:11 +0000 UTC]

great skin but you realise i will never use this skin. EVER

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