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    From DUMAS WALKER@VERT/CAPCITY2 to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Saturday, July 04, 2026 18:20:00
    It's interesting how we adapt. I wonder what would happen if we put Windows 3.11 in front of AI and told it to make UI improvments, what it'd come up with.

    I remember 3.11 fondly, there was a lot of customization people were
    doing with it at my job in 1994-1995. It was a far as 3.x could go.

    I think adding Winsock support into Windows and getting my first real
    taste of the internet is biasing me.

    Norton Desktop, PC Tools Desktop were both popular and added
    functionality to Windows. There was a workplace shell for Windows that
    made it look/feel like OS/2, but I never saw it in the wild.

    IIRC, Norton Desktop added a "Trash Can" icon to the desktop, and (maybe?)
    also some form of Start menu. We used it on a PC or two at work (1994) and I remember thinking the desktop looked a lot "cleaner" than default 3.x
    desktops did.

    There was also a free or shareware project back c2000 that you could add to Windows 3.x that really made it look a lot like Win9x. I think it was
    called Calmira. I wanted to try it out but never did.

    Mike


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