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"content": "<p><span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://tilde.zone/@movq\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>movq</span></a></span> I don't remember details about the "Documents" in the file search, I'd have to check.</p><p>As for "Active Desktop", didn't that come with an IE version that could also be installed in Windows 95? (But yes, it came out of the box with 98)</p><p>The explorer look can, IIRC still be changed to smaller icons, and the "Web view" can be disabled. The web view also means you can add a lot of HTML code to the folder display, I think (was this "folder.htt"?).</p><p>I think some regard 2000 as "peak UI". I'd say the peak is for sure somewhere in these versions, 4.x and NT 5.0.</p><p>Also: one feature I really miss from these days is floating desktop toolbars: <a href=\"https://superuser.com/questions/444427/how-can-i-create-a-separate-toolbar-from-the-task-bar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"ellipsis\">superuser.com/questions/444427</span><span class=\"invisible\">/how-can-i-create-a-separate-toolbar-from-the-task-bar</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mementomori.social/tags/Windows98\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Windows98</span></a> <a href=\"https://mementomori.social/tags/RetroComputing\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>",
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"en": "<p><span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://tilde.zone/@movq\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>movq</span></a></span> I don't remember details about the "Documents" in the file search, I'd have to check.</p><p>As for "Active Desktop", didn't that come with an IE version that could also be installed in Windows 95? (But yes, it came out of the box with 98)</p><p>The explorer look can, IIRC still be changed to smaller icons, and the "Web view" can be disabled. The web view also means you can add a lot of HTML code to the folder display, I think (was this "folder.htt"?).</p><p>I think some regard 2000 as "peak UI". I'd say the peak is for sure somewhere in these versions, 4.x and NT 5.0.</p><p>Also: one feature I really miss from these days is floating desktop toolbars: <a href=\"https://superuser.com/questions/444427/how-can-i-create-a-separate-toolbar-from-the-task-bar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"ellipsis\">superuser.com/questions/444427</span><span class=\"invisible\">/how-can-i-create-a-separate-toolbar-from-the-task-bar</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mementomori.social/tags/Windows98\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Windows98</span></a> <a href=\"https://mementomori.social/tags/RetroComputing\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>"
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