RSS Feeds
Home
It's a Windows Window! Get It??
Posted by Mark Wilson at 3:40 AM on August 20, 2008
The ultimate Microsoft fanboy concept, Fenêtres 3.1 (or the Windows Window as we're insisting on calling it) is a normal house window decorated with all of the accouterments of the classic Windows 3.1 OS (along with the placeholder background from Windows XP). And yes, pulling down the blinds even brings up the dreaded BSoD. The designer truly thought of everything, except it's missing the boot disk you'll need to actually open the window or anything in it. [John Nouanesing via Unplggd]
Comments (AU Comments · US Comments)
Bloomy
Posted August 20, 2008 9:48 AM
No thanks. No accounting for taste is there. As a piece of art its more interesting than its practical application.
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 4:11 AM 20/8/08
@helldiver: Sure. Just use the High Contrast theme.
OMG! Ponies!
DarkHavoc99
Posted 4:01 AM 20/8/08
The blue screen is a subtle yet effective touch.
What am I saying? The whole thing is fugly.
DarkHavoc99
helldiver
Posted 4:01 AM 20/8/08
can I have an MSDOS one for night time?
helldiver
Norcross
Posted 4:00 AM 20/8/08
well, other than the background (which I understand is supposed to blend in with the "real" view out the window), that's just some funny stuff.
Norcross
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 3:57 AM 20/8/08
@godwhacker: That's for offices.
OMG! Ponies!
godwhacker
Posted 3:56 AM 20/8/08
i'm holding out for 3.1.1
godwhacker
Weihovah
Posted 3:52 AM 20/8/08
how long til they release the vista version w/ aero?
Weihovah
future-proof
Posted 3:51 AM 20/8/08
I just noticed that the blinds are pulled down by the right scroll-bar! Nice! But yeah that background is all wrong...
future-proof
Evangelion
Posted 3:44 AM 20/8/08
Awesome!
Evangelion
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 3:44 AM 20/8/08
Bliss in the background? Concept FAIL right there.
I you're going to do it right, the wallpaper around the window should be egyptian/stone and there should be a wind-sock dangling from the frame.
That's it. I'm inventing a new superhero - ProgMan. Gets things done fairly reliably but crashes randomly if you ask him to do too many things.
OMG! Ponies!
aec007
Posted 4:46 AM 20/8/08
As much as I would love to do this, since I changing the windows in the house for vinyl ones anyway (and the white frame would match perfect the with MS Windows' edges), my wife would kill me.
Damn...
Maybe the garage.... hummmm....
aec007
Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish
Posted 4:52 AM 20/8/08
@OMG! Ponies!: The background I use now would probably not be good for a kid's room. It's a BSOD, with central figure of The Scream photoshopped into the center.
Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish
ideaman2020
Posted 5:29 AM 20/8/08
What, no comment on the geekini?
You're slipping, Giz.
ideaman2020
dsevil
Posted 5:24 AM 20/8/08
I'd so buy a Hot Dog Stand version of this.
dsevil
gamecrazychris
Posted 5:39 AM 20/8/08
I think it'd be cooler if they replaced the window with a giant lcd monitor that ran Vista dream scene in the background.
gamecrazychris
KristenBal
Posted 5:39 AM 20/8/08
Man, i want that guys shirt, Tsuabasa's shirt of "Road to 2002" with all and the number 10 and the japanese flag, i sooo want it
On topic: its ok
KristenBal
chizelord
Posted 6:14 AM 20/8/08
cool concept, wouldn't want one
chizelord
metsarethe...
Posted 6:41 AM 20/8/08
Microsoft fanboy? I don't understand
metsarethe...
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Posted 6:29 AM 20/8/08
@helldiver: Can it be Norton Commander themed?
Great.. but this would be truly epic if it had XP theme, and the outside was real, not just a poster.
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Capt. Mazda Sisko
Posted 7:13 AM 20/8/08
What happens when Vista crashes your romantic view, or it gets stuck reverting back to that depressing desert sand dune background? This also reminds me of those touch screen games (which are really just big cell phone ads) they have in some Montreal metro stops.
Capt. Mazda Sisko
Slugicide
Posted 8:01 AM 20/8/08
@metsarethe...: I think that was supposed to be a joke?
Slugicide
superduperadam
Posted 10:08 AM 20/8/08
the top of it has a blue screen
superduperadam
kineticarl
Posted 10:34 AM 20/8/08
I'd be furious if windows hogged that much precious wall space.
kineticarl
yrwola
Posted 10:33 PM 25/8/08
OK, so you move the scrollbar thingie DOWNWARD, and something scrolls into view from the TOP of the screen? Isn't that backward? Microsoft quality...
yrwola