How did the Windows 95 user interface code get to the Windows NT code base?
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20251028-00/?p=111733
#HackerNews #Windows95 #WindowsNT #UserInterface #TechHistory #Microsoft #DevBlogs
scratched together a few thoughts about #cybernetics and the idea of being a #SolarPunk #cyborg https://pospi.spadgos.com/2025/11/24/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-solarpunk-cyborg/
(and some working #UserInterface code & configuration for #Ubuntu & #PopOS users)
Hihi Fediverse-brain!
I'm thinking about a small project: a trivia game for Twitch.
The screen would show a trivia question, people would type their answers into Twitch, and it would show a score.
I can easily do the back-end development. But I want to know a good system for the display.
Because the real inputs are coming from Twitch, and because I plan to create the system as multiple, low-coupled components, the display will need to respond to calls that are not from the keyboard and mouse. For example, the display might listen to commands from a port.
I'll be writing this on an OSX system, but I want to be able to run it on any UNIX platform.
What programming language and libraries would you recommend?
Strypey
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ap-components
I want to share some information about a repository we just published. ap-components is a set of Web Components for building interfaces for the ActivityPub API. I built it as I was making a sample application for handling the acct: URI scheme. I found myself making more and more components for the UI, and realised that they would probably be useful for other applications, too.
The library is available on npm at @socialwebfoundation/ap-components. It currently covers some of the simplest ActivityPub data, but I hope to expand it to give visibility to other types of objects and activities. Please feel free to try it out and let us know if it’s helpful for your work.
⁂ Article
ap-components
I want to share some information about a repository we just published. ap-components is a set of Web Components for building interfaces for the ActivityPub API. I built it as I was making a sample application for handling the acct: URI scheme. I found myself making more and more components for the UI, and realised that they would probably be useful for other applications, too.
The library is available on npm at @socialwebfoundation/ap-components. It currently covers some of the simplest ActivityPub data, but I hope to expand it to give visibility to other types of objects and activities. Please feel free to try it out and let us know if it’s helpful for your work.