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Posted by bnc319 9/11/2025

Why our website looks like an operating system(posthog.com)
684 points | 487 commentspage 6
ViorelMocanu 9/12/2025|
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!
DustinBrett 9/12/2025||
As someone with a personal website which looks like an operating system, I support this trend!

This interface is very well done, great job!

srmatto 9/12/2025||
There's gotta be a way to let people read multiple things at once on a webpage without resorting to this.
procaryote 9/12/2025|
This is why we invented application windows
dirtikiti 9/12/2025||
"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].

resonious 9/12/2025||
Man if you did open-in-new-window instead of open-in-new-tab, you would get all of this "for free".
coolThingsFirst 9/12/2025||
Absolute failure of UI/UX.

This is another hint that if your startup does something well the frontend barely matters.

1dom 9/12/2025||
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.

pnathan 9/12/2025||
The critique of modern websites is on point.

Yet, I'm not convinced that Windows 95 is the right vibe.

But it's better than many others. There's a lot of damage done by the GUI & design 'experts' who keep up with the 'good looking things' that change routinely.

davedx 9/12/2025|
I love PostHog. The feature set, the listening to the community, the positioning and pricing, and then things like this where they're truly creative about their user interface design.

I honestly can't think of anything I don't like. I'm a very happy user.

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