I keep debating doing something similar for a web-based BBS, in the classic BBS sense in terms of messages, files, doors/games, etc. I remember some of the thick clients like WorldGroup/Wildcat offered in later versions, and I'm mixed.

I wouldn't use it for a general website, but something more akin to an app space, I can see it kind of working.

The solution to long scrollable web pages is a website that pretends to be an OS that has lots of long scrollable web pages inside a non-scrollable webpage.

I had to look at their website to find doc recently and I found that highly stupid and frustrating. It didn't pushed me to want to use their service.

Sure, the os-like interface is really very impressive and sleek. That impressed me. But it was awful to use when you just wanted a simple doc page.

Ar the same time, their doc sucks...

So my immediate reaction was to think that they probably spent a lot of time on developing this website instead of improving their product and it's documentation...

There's gotta be a way to let people read multiple things at once on a webpage without resorting to this.

"These website encourage scrolling, but just to get people to the bottom of the page? And then what?"

so you're putting the content in a fancy container to scroll through... just to get to the bottom of that container. And then what?

i dont want an os inside a web browser inside an os.

i want to browse web [i]pages[/i].

This made me smile to myself a fair few times - this is really great. PostHog sounds like a sincerely well intentioned and fun place.

After spending a while on there, it did start to get a little sluggish with lots of windows open. A really fun desktop experience overall though.

I didn't like working with posthog when I had to because the level of analytics they do goes against my personal ethics viewpoint but I do have to say they do very good technical work. The landing page is a good reflection of the skill they have even in the product itself. Very neat landing page, and I chuckled at their "cookie banner".

I’m really curious from the marketer angle on does this help or hurt convert to sales.

My gut is it’ll dramatically hurt. Since the call to action is way more challenging for users to find.

Please fix JS dependence (load more on server side, especially at first load, since your site doesn't render anything with JS disabled), accessibility, INP, security headers and structured data, and you'll then have a perfect, optimized marketing site for tech nerds. :) Love your brand, keep up the great work!