Kimi K3 Recreates a Nostalgic Windows XP Experience Entirely in the Browser
Kimi K3 built a Windows XP in browser
I built a nostalgic Windows XP simulator in the browser using Kimi K3, capturing the essence of the 2005 internet. The interface features classic icons for My Computer, Minesweeper, QQ2005, and Internet Explorer, alongside games like GTA Vice City and Red Alert 2. This project aims to evoke memories of that era while demonstrating the capabilities of modern AI agents to recreate complex desktop environments without installation.
Microsoft Windows XP nostalgia simulator: 2005, click your username to start.
- embedding-shape
It's not a "recreation of Windows XP that runs in the browser" but more like "JavaScript application that looks like Windows XP", before anyone becomes disappointed.
Sadly, it doesn't even get the iconic three icons right in the application bars (https://i.imgur.com/agDlohB.png)
- joey_spaztard
The "internet explorer" browser-in-browser on the website somewhat works, but it is connecting to websites from an Alibaba cloud datacenter in China, user-agent claims to be an Apple computer and it is using many different exit ip addresses.
Google, gmail, youtube, reddit, yahoo, archive.org etc don't work because they are blocked in China.
It appears that this orange hnn website does not work in China either.
Some websites are 403 forbidden as they seem to be blocking the exit ip addresses.
If you play with this, it may help the enter URLs including the https:// as it does not seem to always properly handle a website upgrading http to https. It may not update the address bar if you get redirected.
- badsectoracula
Looks neat (and despite trying to simulate a WinXP-like UI it relies enough on the native web stuff that Firefox can translate the Chinese to English without breaking much) but some more information would be great: how was it made? E.g. was it just some one-shot "make me a website that looks and functions like WinXP?" or was there more to it?
The link at the bottom right does mention that it was "user edited" but that could be some generic message and clicking on the "Kimi Agent" seems to just put me in an empty chatbot.
- smusamashah
People have been making these with AI for at least a year now. This a very underwhelming show off.
- alightsoul
Why create a website that looks like an operating system? A lot of people do it. Is it as a demo? There's some art projects that do it.