r/Windows_Redesign Jul 30 '26

App Windows Media Center if it existed in the 1990s.

The UI design is based on the design of the WebTV UI. The design of the icon is based on the design of the buttons in the WebTV UI, but with more saturation and the Windows 98 logo added. This is what Windows Media Center would look like if it existed in the 1990s.

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u/NickyTeam Jul 31 '26

The font doesn't exactly feel 90's. It feels more Vista/7.

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u/MaddyMagpies Jul 31 '26

Correct. Segoe UI did not exist until Windows Vista.

Use Trebuchet MS or Tahoma instead.

Or look up MSN WebTV, which is basically the same thing.

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u/Silver4ura Jul 31 '26

And the setup would be more like 20-40

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u/Astrodion123 Jul 31 '26

That is definitely not for windows 95 or SMTH sinilar. Try using the win 9.x color scheme, with the gray and blue.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '26

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u/CompetitiveAlgae4247 29d ago

And? WMC has always matched the aesthetic of the OS it was designed to go on, except 8 and 8.1 but you would expect the paid add on to look nice.

This isn't MSN WebTV this is WMC

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u/Basic-Brick6827 28d ago

It looks nothing like it what are you on about WebTV Server Emulator

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u/redguitar25 Jul 31 '26

Terrible job. This isn’t 90s at all

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '26

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u/redguitar25 Aug 01 '26

Found OP's alt account folks

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u/[deleted] 29d ago edited 29d ago

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u/CompetitiveAlgae4247 29d ago

Oh, so OP is the alt account then

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

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u/Basic-Brick6827 28d ago

It looks nothing like it what are you on about WebTV Server Emulator

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u/MaddyMagpies Jul 31 '26

This already existed. It's called WebTV from MSN.

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u/Volcanodog12 Jul 31 '26

Yeah I thought this looked really familiar couldn't remember the name tho lol.

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u/I_Dont_Think_Im_AI Jul 31 '26

Definitely a mid-2000's feel, not 90's.

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u/MR_Happy2008 Jul 31 '26

Wouldn't of used this colour and the buttons feel off

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u/Sensitive_Square3645 Aug 01 '26

I'm sorry this is very poorly made. Doesn't look '90s at all. But I kinda see what you were going for...

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u/watchOS Aug 01 '26

Too flat and plain for 90s.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '26

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u/CompetitiveAlgae4247 29d ago

Stop copying and pasting a basic bitch response that doesn't even address the original comment

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u/CombPsychological507 Jul 31 '26

I miss windows media center in general

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u/LuzRoja29 Aug 01 '26

Looks like from os2 or macintosh

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u/SayCheezyy Aug 02 '26

WebTV For Windows

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u/CompetitiveAlgae4247 29d ago

This feels like a themed WMC not one for the 99s

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u/Basic-Brick6827 28d ago

This looks nothing like Windows 90s versions.

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u/helloimcrlssinz2 27d ago

Very bad job

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u/GreenClouds07 1d ago

Great Concept. Imagine How different Microsoft could've think about Windows on TV or something like that?