MitchIvin XP

An interactive Windows XP desktop portfolio in the browser. Boot the machine, open apps, and look through design and UI work by Mitch Ivin.

Live at mitchivin.com.

Vanilla HTML / CSS / ES modules. Window chrome and controls use self-hosted XP.css. No framework, no runtime deps.

 

Features

• Boot and login into a full desktop shell (Start menu, taskbar, system tray)
• Custom window manager: drag, resize, minimize, maximize, restore, focus stacking
• Portfolio: About, Projects, Resume, Contact, Image Viewer
• Desktop apps: Mitch Boy Color, MiPod Classic, DoodleDev, Media Player, Paint, Command Prompt, World of Warcraft
• Desktop and mobile (portrait phones; landscape blocked)

Stack

• Vanilla HTML / CSS / ES modules
• XP.css (self-hosted with fonts) for XP UI chrome
• Custom window manager, Start menu, taskbar, and boot sequence
• JS Paint (MIT) for Paint

Related

• Mitch Boy Color - Game Boy Color emulator in the browser
• MiPod - click-wheel music player

Credits

Built by Mitch Ivin.

XP.css by botoxparty.
JS Paint by Isaiah Odhner.

Windows XP imagery and trademarks belong to Microsoft. This is a portfolio piece and parody, not an official product.

License

Source stays private. The live site is the product.