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Show HN: Modernized file manager and program manager from Windows 3.x

65 points by electroly

by JdeBP

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When I see a commit like https://github.com/brianluft/heirloom/commit/445ea8ef7018ef0... , I am convinced that yes, this is the original source code. (-:
https://github.com/brianluft/heirloom/commit/3001b284130c399... is rather interesting. Not only for all of the implicit type conversions that the code turned out to be doing, but also for all of the things that were dropped.
It is not totally "modernized", though. Its idea of "Unicode only" is using WTF-16 rather than UTF-8 (which is possible on Win32 nowadays with code page 65001).

by timbit42

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The worst thing about Windows 3.x was Program Manager. The second worst thing was File Manager.
I always install IBM's Workplace Shell for Windows on Windows 3.x which replaces PM and FM with a shell that looks and works like the OS/2 Workplace Shell.
It's open source and the installer is available here: https://winworldpc.com/product/ibm-workplace-shell/151

by neckro23

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The Vista-style minimize/maximize icons on the inner windows look way out of place, and the style changes entirely when I maximize. Can't seem to minimize a window either.
Windows 10 is applying smooth scrolling to the windows, which I can disable in Performance Options but you might want to override the setting. Waiting for the scrolling to catch up is pretty at odds with the "fast, lightweight" aesthetic you're going for.

by hulitu

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> Show HN: Modernized file manager and program manager from Windows 3.x
1 px window border and "modern" scrollbar (small, without end buttons). Modernized /s

by M95D

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