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Posted by smusamashah 2 hours ago

Explore Wikipedia Like a Windows XP Desktop(explorer.samismith.com)
149 points | 36 comments
cube00 1 minute ago|
This is exactly what I imagined the original Microsoft Network in Windows 95 would have been like.
hliyan 34 minutes ago||
Incredibly beautiful, possibly because it maps so well to the mental model we typically use to organize knowledge in our heads. I don't know how we lost the folder/container vs. document/content iconography, and other things (like layout of items, sorting) during the shift to web applications.
cheschire 1 minute ago||
Knowledge doesn’t neatly align to a nested hierarchy. Especially written knowledge.

Language is an imperfect means to convey knowledge, and people store that knowledge in subjective and highly personal ways.

You may mentally recall balloons within “entertainment” or “party”, whereas I might store that knowledge under “horror”.

Add onto that the massive focus on using graph theory to scale social networking technologically, and you effectively lose any motivation for rigid hierarchy.

sznio 26 minutes ago||
I guess this model doesn't maximize engagement
eur0pa 1 minute ago||
Beautiful memories of browsing random topics in Microsoft Encarta '97
dewey 1 hour ago||
The shininess looks a bit more like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP_Media_Center_Editio... and not like the regular Windows XP, but still a fun project!
tigerlily 21 minutes ago||
Oh wow, to me the history section feels like Civilopedia (in a good way). I can't explain why.
crabmusket 1 hour ago||
Where does the hierarchical classification come from?
boshomi 36 minutes ago|
Wikipedia category namespace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles
pixlmint 1 hour ago||
Such a cool project! Now it's just missing search and a request for donations
emil-lp 50 minutes ago|
It's also missing the defrag tool. Without it, it's going to be very slow as the disk fills up.

Should put a shortcut to it on the desktop as well, so that users who experience significant lag can defrag at will.

angilr 1 hour ago||
It is nice. I randomly click on something interest just appear in my mind and lead to this: life -> death -> last_words -> More milk. But I can't find it on Wiki. I search More milk. and the first result is this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Michael_Jackson. Hmm, why is the name different?
flexagoon 1 hour ago|
"More milk" is a redirect to that page

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=More_milk.&redire...

The "Windows XP" website displays the same article when you click on "More milk" there

angilr 1 hour ago||
Wow, do you know what is the relationship between More milk and the death of MJ?
Kwpolska 1 hour ago||
The Wikipedia article does:

> After several hours and several drug injections, Jackson was still unable to fall asleep, and, according to Murray, was repeatedly asking him for "milk", a nickname for the powerful surgical general anesthetic propofol, which Jackson had used in the past as a sleep aid. At 10:40 a.m., with Jackson still not asleep, Murray relented to his requests and injected him with 25 milligrams of propofol diluted with lidocaine. With Jackson finally asleep, Murray testified that he left his bedside to go to the bathroom, and after returning two minutes later, discovered that Jackson was not breathing and had a weak pulse.

angilr 1 hour ago||
Thanks! TIL that Propofol has a nickname "Milk of amnesia". MJ asked more milk which meant more propofol.
pratio 35 minutes ago||
Here's Robin Williams describing it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOIBBE3ObRY

He calls taking propofol for sleep as Having chemotherapy because you're tired of shaving your head

steveharing1 45 minutes ago||
What a beautiful nostalgic feeling. Keep up the good work! Worth adding some start menu options as well.
kramit1288 52 minutes ago|
This looks really cool. feels nostalgic. it would be more fun if it can be switched into whatever desktop mode i want like unix.
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