Astro Hacker News - Macsurf, "modern" web browser for macOS 9

bensyverson |next [-]

This is fantastic. To me, this is one of the greatest side-effects of agentic coding; adding new functionality to vintage, abandoned or obsolete hardware. It gives me hope for a solarpunk future where e-waste gets a more functional second life.

manytimesaway |root |parent |next [-]

So, making obsolete hardware relevant by using the technology that's accelerating their "irrelevanceness" ?

bensyverson |root |parent |next [-]

Life isn't black & white

hyperhello |root |parent |next |previous [-]

To me it proves that a technology can be understood and implemented by one person.

prokopton |root |parent |previous [-]

Can hardware became more obsolete?

bbbbbbbbbbbvyt |root |parent |previous [-]

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Cyan488 |next |previous [-]

When I owned a iMac G3, the Classilla browser was surprisingly good. Looks like development ended in 2021.

Also, the branding was "Mac OS 9".

felixding |root |parent [-]

Exactly. I don't know why some people'd change the branding.

ndiddy |root |parent |next [-]

Apple keeps changing the name of their desktop operating system, so Hacker News has some sort of filter to automatically change "Mac OS" to whatever the newest name is in order to fit Apple's brand guidelines. This has the consequence of making some submission titles read as anachronistic when the sumission is about an old OS version.

Springtime |root |parent |previous [-]

The project didn't, only the HN submission title.

manoDev |next |previous [-]

That's impressive, too bad modern web requires more than 2000x the transistor density to run JS at decent speed. We really f*** up.

simgt |next |previous [-]

Cool! I've been wondering for some time if a good low-distraction but pleasant environment could be an old Mac OS on a (good looking) Hackintosh. The UI was baked with UX research at least.

Wowfunhappy |root |parent [-]

It's a significantly newer Mac OS than Mac OS 9, but this is basically my life. Mavericksforever.com.

gcp123 |next |previous [-]

Freaking love it! Gonna put this on my 1998 Bondi Blue iMac G3 today.

iwontberude |next |previous [-]

Time to fire up the ol PowerMac G4 MDD (last native support for Mac OS 9)

hyperhello |previous [-]

Absolutely love it.