98.css
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Why people recommend it
“I've been using 98.css [0] as a foundation for building many of my personal projects lately”
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Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Who recommends it in their own words
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“Feel free to lift any CSS you need from https://jdan.github.io/98.css/, it's MIT licensed.”
Thank you so much for your project! I have spent the last few months working on my own retro computing CSS library, but instead inspired by BeOS https://beta.mtechnic.me PS: while doing research on my project, I found your portfolio site as well. Was shocked to see we had the exact same taste in music, and genuinely made me curious if everyone whose doing retro throwbacks libraries did as well.
“This was my burnout recovery project and holds a place near and dear to my heart.”
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“I know it uses 98.css”
“I've been using 98.css [0] as a foundation for building many of my personal projects lately”
“I’m still waiting on 98.css to become the standard”
“https://jdan.github.io/98.css/”
“Something that always irked me about 98.css and its friends was the ever-so-slightly-incorrect version of MS Sans Serif.”
“I used this to build my personal site”
“It was very easy to modify and extend, thanks!”
Another one to add to your list, which is another collection of vintage styles https://nielssp.github.io/classic-stylesheets/
“Hits just the right mix of usability and nostalgia and makes me want to use it for more projects.”
“I love your design! I used it in a prototype BBS game”
“There's an entire lightweight CSS lib around the Win9x look as well”
“Nothing screams old school more than 98.css https://jdan.github.io/98.css/”
“built with Angular and 98.css”
“I found 98.css and OS-GUI”