Topic: A totally awesome list of "old web" themes for your computers, browsers, and other stuff too (Pt. 1)



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Reply by vincent/will ✰

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i don't recommend using pale moon!! it just isn't a good browser and it's not very secure either since it's just a fork of a pretty old version of firefox


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Reply by xcometgirlx

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added Luna10, thank you for sending! pale moon definitely isnt the best browser but i used it for about a year and i didnt have any security issues, thank you for letting me know about that!


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Reply by kneta.might

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Hey, GRIFFEN, can you please update the Windows eXPerience link, the latest is the Freestyle SP1 update.

Here's the link to the update: https://archive.org/details/windows-experience-freestyle-sp1


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Reply by xcometgirlx

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i was pretty sure i updated the link before, definitely did it now! thank you for letting me know!


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Reply by ginger1234

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eXperience11 for windowblinds 

aero11 for windowblinds 


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Reply by xcometgirlx

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added a link to eXperience but not Aero 11 since there's already a windowblinds aero glass theme on the list and it's basically the same. thank you for sending!


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Reply by ginger1234

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hey that link to Vista/7Paint only includes Windows 7 paint not Vista one here is link Vista MS paint to vista paint


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Reply by xcometgirlx

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i didn't know there was a different, thank you for letting me know! added


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Reply by newlinersseries

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Check out https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/ 


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Reply by xcometgirlx

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this is basically just a list of emulators, it's cool but it's not really what this list is about. thank you for sending anyways!


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Reply by IPTVman

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IE 9 - IE 11 theme for Firefox 115 ESR: https://github.com/angelbruni/BeautyFox


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Reply by xcometgirlx

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thank you for sending! i've been meaning to add this to the list but i keep forgetting. added


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Reply by xcometgirlx

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replaced the MJD videos with this guide, thank you for sending!


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Reply by ginger1234

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human theme (old Ubuntu Human theme for GTK)


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Reply by xcometgirlx

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added! thank you for sending!


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Reply by nostalgicman14

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is rinfox compatible with Firefox 115 ESR? i try to use it in there and the layout refuses to adjust correctly


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Reply by xcometgirlx

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silverfox is built for firefox 115 actually! if you're having any issues please look at the instructions. thank you for asking!


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Reply by xcometgirlx

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added, thank you for sending!


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Reply by xXxRobloxTixMasterxXx

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https://archive.org/details/vista-r-2-22-h-2-version-7

vista r2

(he took it down because currently he wanted to remake it on 21H2 IoT LTSC instead of regular 10 Pro.)

but also on the archive page he said (Vista R2 stopped development February 12, 2024. After this date, no new versions will be made.)


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Reply by xcometgirlx

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thank you for sending, added! the thing with updates is confusing, im pretty sure it's not being developed anymore though


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Reply by xcometgirlx

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added! would be nice if it had some screenshots. thank you for sending!


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Reply by NicheCoal25

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Question: Is "rinFox (IE 7 and 8 theme for firefox)" compatible with Firefox 115 ESR? (Asking this to test it on Win7 through VirtualBox)


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Reply by IPTVman

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Rinfox is designed for Firefox 115 ESR so it will work


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Reply by NicheCoal25

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I have made the RinFox test and this was the result. How do i fix this?


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Reply by Generic_Dev

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The design before was very nice, I like the windows 95/98 one more than anything, that's why my profile picture, in fact, I realized that my profile picture, the windows 98 folder, is called directory_open_cool-0

directory_open_cool-0


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Reply by IPTVman

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NicheCoal25 you need to modify your Firefox layout by right clicking the titlebar and clicking "Customize Toolbar"


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Reply by IPTVman

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The links for Borealis and Aerofox8 are broken, the Vista Extended kernel moved to https://win32subsystem.live/extended-kernel/ and https://bestwindowsthemes.com/ is run by a transphobe, racist and possible doxxer


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Reply by xcometgirlx

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removed those links, including the windows 7 theme, i dont know who made it but im going to take your word. also fixed the extended kernal link. thank you for letting me know!


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Reply by xcometgirlx

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removed glass8 and replaced basicthemer5 since they were also warned about in the winclassic thread, thank you for letting me know!


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Reply by newlinersseries

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Some of the play store links does, replace the dead ones with APKs.

https://wololo.net/2018/07/11/ps-vita-adrenaline-psp-emulator-custom-firmware-updated-to-6-6/#google_vignette - PSP Home Screen and firmware for PS Vita

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OQxHff7XkIo - GameCube menu for wii


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Reply by newlinersseries

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http://win7gadgets.com/ - Gadgets for windows (via any revival or regular win7 and vista)


https://github.com/zzanehip/Safari-Experiment - old safari for modern macOS 


https://github.com/zzanehip/Dashboard - a few bundled macOS dashboard widgets for the web browser 




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Reply by newlinersseries

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https://github.com/MaxTechnics/Front-Row - Front Row for macOS Lion and macOS Mountain Lion


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Reply by newlinersseries

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https://archive.org/details/wlsetup-all_201802 - Windows Live Essentials (Movie Maker latest, Hotmail client, Windows Photo Gallery, etc)


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Reply by newlinersseries

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https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/windowblinds/9233 - WindowBlinds 95/98/2000/ME/XP-7 classic style theme


https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/windowblinds/3366 - WindowBlinds 1.0 theme (from 2003, need testing)


https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/windowblinds/4780 - Windows 3.1 WindowBlinds theme from 2005, needs testing


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Reply by newlinersseries

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https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Main_Page - Emulators for old consoles, including their menus (requires the games for all of them yourself, but some like Dolphin don’t need a bios, and dolphin can update the Wii to legally get the menu and channels for free)


https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Cellphone_emulators - Index of old (and new, but mainly the latter) smartphone emulators


https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Smart_TV_Emulators - Index of Smart TV emulators


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Reply by newlinersseries

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https://archive.org/details/windroy-4-0-3-en-win_202210 - a port of Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich from Linux kernel to Windows as an app, runs fullscreen and perfect for tablets, compatibility isn’t that good like not running angry birds, but cool nonetheless


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Reply by newlinersseries

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https://archive.org/details/google_202111 - ~2015 Google search app


https://archive.org/download/Win8AppxArchive/ - Metro Windows 8 apps (some can be installed on windows 10 and 11, others require to install Windows 8.1 industry standard)


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Reply by newlinersseries

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https://webadb.com/ - Bypass Android APK limitation being Marshmallow 6.x or higher, however Pixel 7 and higher and Samsung Galaxy S24 or higher to my knowledge do not support 32 bit apps due to CPU architecture, and Google does not want to provide a compatibility layer for old Android apps, but they do provide a compatibilty layer for 32 and 64 bit ARM on x86 android, including android-x86 and most android emulators.


https://classicmacfinder.com/ - Classic Mac OS (Color Mac OS) style Finder 


Launcher10 - Windows Phone 10 launcher for android


Also I’m sorry for spamming in the replies, rather than making this a single reply, I can’t find my computer and have to use iOS with it’s terrible RAM management.


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Reply by newlinersseries

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https://www.deviantart.com/shaiderali/art/Mac-OS-X-Mountain-Lion-Logon-for-Windows-7-424031408 - Mountain Lion Login (untested on newer)


https://www.deviantart.com/mrwhiteeye/art/500-Mountain-Lion-Icons-ICO-321746154 - Mac OS Mountain Lion icons for Windows


https://winsounds.com/mac-sound-scheme-for-windows/ - Mac OS sound scheme for windows


https://winsounds.com/ubuntu-sound-scheme-for-windows/ - old Ubuntu sound scheme for Windows


https://www.deviantart.com/magnumhearted/art/MacOSX-RocketDock-Skin-iDock-151459416 - RocketDoxk and ObjectDock Mac OS Leopard theme


https://www.deviantart.com/carat-54/art/RK-Launcher-Mac-OS-X-Mountain-Lion-theme-310351114 - RocketDock mountain lion then


https://vsthemes.org/en/skins/rocketdock/24898-mac-os-x-yosemite.html - RocketDock macOS Yosemite-Catalina theme


https://winlaunch.org/ - macOS Launchpad for Windows, FOSS


https://lee-soft.com/apps/vifind/ - Yosemite-to-Catalina MacOS menubar for Windows (even replicates the file menus from the apps themselves), FOSS


https://github.com/otya128/winevdm - Run 16-bit apps on 64-bit Windows


https://youtu.be/unU7uyFJWmo - Run MS DOS apps on modern windows


https://apkfree.com/download/ilauncher-2.3.2 - iOS 6 launcher for Android (modern tested)


Longhorn Sidebars: https://archive.org/details/longhorn-side-bar-5.0 https://www.deviantart.com/fediafedia/art/Longhorn-4074-Basic-D-Sidebar-76164419 https://www.deviantart.com/lucas3991/art/Windows-Longhorn-Sidebar-76473737 


https://www.deviantart.com/123bubba123/art/Mac-OS-X-Acces-for-Windows-7-187839315 - a few old macOS related things I found, please upload stuff individually on the internet archive, and test each of them on Windows 11 first, also filter out duplicate.


https://web.archive.org/web/20191005134822/https://www.deviantart.com/aquarius2003/art/Firefox-Safari-theme-5590073 - Safari themed Firefox


https://files.catbox.moe/cqpwzc.rar - Mac OS Finder for Windows (portable)


https://archive.org/details/screen-saver-base - Samsung Galaxy Tab A 2014 demo mode screensaver


https://files.catbox.moe/ebtqgt.apk - “Home Screen Tips” widget on Android


https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=53003 - Windows Journal 



https://xdaforums.com/t/htc-sense-apps-port-for-all-devices.3207389/ - Old HTC apps


https://web.archive.org/web/20210509165548/https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/704329731125936138/840898242450817084/Windows_10.msstyles https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/n8hf6v/make_wine_look_like_windows_10/ - Wine Windows 10 skin


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Reply by xcometgirlx

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in order, from top to bottom:

  • im not adding windowblinds themes if their too old since theyre usually
    made for an outdated and unsupported OS anyways, if you wanted to use an
    unsupported OS you would just use the thing it's recreating
  • added
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  • what even is rocketdock? it's from 2010, not adding
  • same reason as above
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  • not adding anything longhorn since it never actually came out
  • made for windows 7, not adding
  • this theme was made in 2004, not adding
  • added, though im not sure what version of Mac this finder is from
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  • what is this even from? not adding
  • what is HTC? i think it's a phone thing? added
  • windows 10 is still pretty new, right? i'll add it anyways
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  • i dont like to add direct older versions of non-system applications, still cool though
  • same as the last one
  • this is an android emulator on windows right? it's like that windows XP theme for android, it's cool but it doesnt really fit the list
  • i dont add console emulators for the same reason. you could technically hook up your computer to a TV and get the same effect, but even then video game emulators are pretty easy to find
  • same thing as above
  • im not adding old windowblinds themes
  • same as above
  • same as above
  • same as above
  • same as above
  • same as above
  • same as above
  • added
  • 20 year old theme, not adding
  • same as above
  • it's an official windows product, sure. added
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  • repeat of the post above
  • repeat of the post above
  • not really sure what this is, but sure. added
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  • what is this? it seems like stuff from the OS put into a browser, i dont add those.
  • emulator thing, not adding
  • this is less of a gamecube theme for your wii and more of turning your wii into a gamecube, at that point just buy a gamecube. not adding
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a lot of the stuff you sent is very cool, even the stuff i didnt add. thank you so much for sending!


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Reply by newlinersseries

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Note the front row thing only works for Mac OS lion and mountain lion


Add that WebADB bypasses the old apps restriction for android 13 tiramisu and above, but may not work with Pixel 7 or S24 series or higher due to the aforementioned cpu architecture issues.


ViFind is a menubar not a dock


The wine theme should be added with the wayback link, the discord link is broken due to discord cracking down on bandwidth of their CDN


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Reply by newlinersseries

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https://github.com/foone/3DMMForever - 3D Movie Maker modernized version


https://www.neowin.net/amp/explorer-patcher-restores-the-windows-11-taskbar-to-be-exactly-like-windows-10/ - Old windows 10 start menu and taskbar


https://www.deviantart.com/wolfyboiiii/art/Windows-10-icon-pack-878437735 - Windows 10 Icon Pack


https://www.deviantart.com/ikamusumefan06/art/Windows-10-Sounds-for-Windows-XP-and-Later-705228284 - Windows 10 Sounds


https://winsounds.com/windows-8-default-sounds/ - Windows 8 sounds


https://goo.gl/photos/ZVpabTtcezd35XBa9 - iOS and iPadOS wallpapers (all of them ever made)


https://goo.gl/photos/ZVpabTtcezd35XBa9 - macOS Wallpapers (all of them ever made)


https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9p7vbbbc49rb?ocid=badge - Windows 3.1 File Manager (official)


http://www.webos-ports.org/ - LuneOS (Palm/HP webOS continuation/fork, not the TV webOS)


https://github.com/nikita36078/J2ME-Loader/releases (run old Java 2 Mobile Edition jar files, which were basically APK files before APK files, on Android)


https://github.com/Rosabis/J2meJS (ditto as before, but for KaiOS and JS)


https://github.com/8212369/WPR (Run windows mobile/phone (2011-2019) apps on android or desktop windows)


https://github.com/dz333n/wcecl - Run Windows CE apps on desktop Windows, compatibility layer


dialer.exe - Windows 98 phone dialer still built in to windows, albeit hidden in system32, but you need a landline/dial-up internet connection to use the dialer.


https://archive.org/download/classic-windows-apps.-7z/Classic%20Windows%20Apps.7z/Windows%20Apps%2Fxp_eos.exe - Windows XP End of Life warning 


https://touchHLE.org/ - Compatibility layer (they call themselves a “high level emulator” but only the CPU is code being translated, rest is a compatibility layer) for old iOS applications, however only a handful are compatible as of now


https://archive.org/download/classic-windows-apps.-7z/Classic%20Windows%20Apps.7z/Windows%20Apps%2FNOTEPAD.EXE - Windows 98 Notepad


https://archive.org/download/classic-windows-apps.-7z/Classic%20Windows%20Apps.7z/Windows%20Apps%2Fwrite.exe - Windows 98 Wordpad


https://archive.org/details/calc_exe_windows_xp - Windows XP Calculator program


https://archive.org/download/classic-windows-apps.-7z/Classic%20Windows%20Apps.7z/Windows%20Apps%2Fsndrec32.exe - Windows XP Sound Recorder


https://archive.org/download/classic-windows-apps.-7z/Classic%20Windows%20Apps.7z/Classic%20Windows%20Apps%2F98%20vol.EXE - Windows 98 Volume switchboard


https://archive.org/download/classic-windows-apps.-7z/Classic%20Windows%20Apps.7z/Windows%20Apps%2Fmplay32.exe - Windows 98 Media Player


https://archive.org/download/classic-windows-apps.-7z/Classic%20Windows%20Apps.7z/Windows%20Apps%2Ftelnet.exe - Telnet Windows 98 app


https://archive.org/details/ms_solitaire_windows_xp - Windows XP Solitare and Spider Solitare


https://archive.org/details/win-98-screensavers - Windows XP and 98 screensavers


Rewound - Old iPod layout simulator for iOS (requires AltStore/SideStore, and a Windows/macOS/Linux device, people with no computer and ChromeOS users are out of luck)


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