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Windows 93

Type of site	Web OS
Created by	jankenpopp, Zombectro
URL	windows93.net

Windows 93^[1]^[2]^[3] (often stylised as WINDOWS93) is a website stylised to look and work as an operating system,^[4] often called a Web OS, and a parody of the Windows 9x series. It was developed and is managed by two French musicians and programmers who go by the handles jankenpopp and Zombectro. The site features several web applications which reference and feature Internet memes from the late 1990s and early 2000s.

History

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Version 0

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Version 0 is an initial proof-of-concept build that jankenpopp gave to Zombectro. It features an interactive start menu and draggable icons. The version only had 1 working app.^[5]

Version 1

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Version 1 is the first release version, finished on November 1, 2014. It added more functionality to windows and the start menu, and introduced several apps (for a total of 38), including a fully-functional web browser.^[6]

Version 2

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Version 2 is the previous version of Windows 93, published on June 10, 2017. Version 2 added the A: drive which allows users to store files, run custom JavaScript and apply custom CSS from the browser's local storage. It introduced several more apps, including Trollbox, a web chat application; and Bindowzuchan, an imageboard (the latter of which is discontinued).

Version 3 (Public beta)

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Version 3 is the latest version of Windows 93, currently in public beta, which was released on February 14, 2023. It was released with a complete rework of the Sys42 framework. It removed almost all the apps from Version 2 and added some new ones. Trollbox was brought back in the winter of 2023.