Windows 95 desktop · muse-ember
Output generated Cost / run $0.0166 Runtime 44.2s
Prompt for this run
Build a Windows 95-style desktop interface using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript as needed. Write it to `index.html` in the current working directory using your file tools. Inline your own CSS and JavaScript. Do not use external assets, CDNs, or network requests. No third-party libraries are provided. Required behavior: - Show desktop icons for Notepad and About, a taskbar, a Start button/menu, and a clock that updates to the local time. - Double-clicking an icon or selecting its Start-menu item opens the corresponding window. Notepad contains an editable text area; About contains a short information panel. - Windows can be dragged by their title bars, focused by clicking, and closed. The focused window appears in front. Closing and reopening an application must work; retaining Notepad text during the session is optional. - Each open application appears in the taskbar. Clicking its taskbar entry brings its window to the front. The Start menu opens and closes and dismisses after launching an application. - Keep title bars reachable within the desktop. Use CSS and inline drawings for the retro chrome and icons; no external assets. Verify: Open Notepad through the Start menu, enter text, and drag its title bar. Open About and switch focus using a taskbar entry. Check that the selected window comes to the front and that closing a window removes its taskbar entry.
TAKE IT TO CODE
A single self-contained HTML file — copy it and open in any browser, or reuse the prompt with your own pi-agent run.
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Build a Windows 95-style desktop interface using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript as needed. Write it to `index.html` in the current working directory using your file tools. Inline your own CSS and JavaScript. Do not use external assets, CDNs, or network requests. No third-party libraries are provided. Required behavior: - Show desktop icons for Notepad and About, a taskbar, a Start button/menu, and a clock that updates to the local time. - Double-clicking an icon or selecting its Start-menu item opens the corresponding window. Notepad contains an editable text area; About contains a short information panel. - Windows can be dragged by their title bars, focused by clicking, and closed. The focused window appears in front. Closing and reopening an application must work; retaining Notepad text during the session is optional. - Each open application appears in the taskbar. Clicking its taskbar entry brings its window to the front. The Start menu opens and closes and dismisses after launching an application. - Keep title bars reachable within the desktop. Use CSS and inline drawings for the retro chrome and icons; no external assets. Verify: Open Notepad through the Start menu, enter text, and drag its title bar. Open About and switch focus using a taskbar entry. Check that the selected window comes to the front and that closing a window removes its taskbar entry.
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Designing a single-file Win95-style desktop with draggable windows, taskbar, Start menu, and inline CSS retro UI.
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index.html (20373 bytes)Successfully wrote to index.html
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{"action":"inspect"}Frame 1, +0ms
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{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\n?\nAbout\nStart\n1:07 AM","images":"attached"}
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{"action":"click","x":45,"y":784}Frame 1, +0ms
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{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\n?\nAbout\nWindows95\nNotepad\n?\nAbout\n💡\nDouble-click desktop icons\nStart\n1:07 AM","images":"attached"}
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{"action":"click","x":105,"y":575}Frame 1, +0ms
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{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\n?\nAbout\nNotepad - (Untitled)\n_\n×\nFile\nEdit\nSearch\nHelp\nLn 1, Col 1\nWindows (CRLF)\nStart\nNotepad\n1:07 AM","images":"attached"}
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{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\n?\nAbout\nNotepad - (Untitled)\n_\n×\nFile\nEdit\nSearch\nHelp\nLn 1, Col 1\nWindows (CRLF)\nStart\nNotepad\n1:07 AM","images":"attached"}
{"action":"type","text":"Hello Windows 95!"}Frame 1, +0ms
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{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\n?\nAbout\nNotepad - (Untitled)\n_\n×\nFile\nEdit\nSearch\nHelp\nLn 1, Col 18\nWindows (CRLF)\nStart\nNotepad\n1:07 AM","images":"attached"}
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{"action":"drag","x":600,"y":248,"toX":420,"toY":180}Frame 1, +0ms
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{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\n?\nAbout\nNotepad - (Untitled)\n_\n×\nFile\nEdit\nSearch\nHelp\nLn 1, Col 18\nWindows (CRLF)\nStart\nNotepad\n1:07 AM","images":"attached"}
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{"action":"click","x":45,"y":784}Frame 1, +0ms
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{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\n?\nAbout\nNotepad - (Untitled)\n_\n×\nFile\nEdit\nSearch\nHelp\nLn 1, Col 18\nWindows (CRLF)\nWindows95\nNotepad\n?\nAbout\n💡\nDouble-click desktop icons\nStart\nNotepad\n1:07 AM","images":"attached"}
{"action":"click","x":100,"y":614}Frame 1, +0ms
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{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\n?\nAbout\nNotepad - (Untitled)\n_\n×\nFile\nEdit\nSearch\nHelp\nLn 1, Col 18\nWindows (CRLF)\n?\nAbout Windows 95\n_\n×\nWindows 95\n\nA retro desktop built with plain HTML, CSS & JavaScript.\n\n• Double-click icons or use Start to open apps\n• Drag windows by their title bars\n• Click taskbar buttons to switch windows\n\nVersion 1.0 · No external assets\n\nOK\nStart\nNotepad\n?\nAbout\n1:07 AM","images":"attached"}
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{"action":"click","x":140,"y":786}Frame 1, +0ms
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{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\n?\nAbout\nNotepad - (Untitled)\n_\n×\nFile\nEdit\nSearch\nHelp\nLn 1, Col 18\nWindows (CRLF)\n?\nAbout Windows 95\n_\n×\nWindows 95\n\nA retro desktop built with plain HTML, CSS & JavaScript.\n\n• Double-click icons or use Start to open apps\n• Drag windows by their title bars\n• Click taskbar buttons to switch windows\n\nVersion 1.0 · No external assets\n\nOK\nStart\nNotepad\n?\nAbout\n1:07 AM","images":"attached"}
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{"action":"click","x":626,"y":180}Frame 1, +0ms
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{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\n?\nAbout\n?\nAbout Windows 95\n_\n×\nWindows 95\n\nA retro desktop built with plain HTML, CSS & JavaScript.\n\n• Double-click icons or use Start to open apps\n• Drag windows by their title bars\n• Click taskbar buttons to switch windows\n\nVersion 1.0 · No external assets\n\nOK\nStart\n?\nAbout\n1:07 AM","images":"attached"}
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{"action":"click","x":50,"y":35}Frame 1, +0ms
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{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\n?\nAbout\n?\nAbout Windows 95\n_\n×\nWindows 95\n\nA retro desktop built with plain HTML, CSS & JavaScript.\n\n• Double-click icons or use Start to open apps\n• Drag windows by their title bars\n• Click taskbar buttons to switch windows\n\nVersion 1.0 · No external assets\n\nOK\nStart\n?\nAbout\n1:07 AM","images":"attached"}
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{"action":"click","x":50,"y":35}Frame 1, +0ms
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{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\n?\nAbout\n?\nAbout Windows 95\n_\n×\nWindows 95\n\nA retro desktop built with plain HTML, CSS & JavaScript.\n\n• Double-click icons or use Start to open apps\n• Drag windows by their title bars\n• Click taskbar buttons to switch windows\n\nVersion 1.0 · No external assets\n\nOK\nStart\n?\nAbout\n1:07 AM","images":"attached"}
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{"action":"key","text":"Enter"}Frame 1, +0ms
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{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\n?\nAbout\n?\nAbout Windows 95\n_\n×\nWindows 95\n\nA retro desktop built with plain HTML, CSS & JavaScript.\n\n• Double-click icons or use Start to open apps\n• Drag windows by their title bars\n• Click taskbar buttons to switch windows\n\nVersion 1.0 · No external assets\n\nOK\nNotepad - (Untitled)\n_\n×\nFile\nEdit\nSearch\nHelp\nLn 1, Col 1\nWindows (CRLF)\nStart\n?\nAbout\nNotepad\n1:07 AM","images":"attached"}
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{"action":"reload"}Frame 1, +0ms
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{"console":[],"dom":"Notepad\n?\nAbout\nStart\n1:07 AM","images":"attached"}
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Built a self-contained Windows 95 desktop in `index.html` (inline CSS/JS, no external assets): teal desktop with CSS-drawn Notepad/About icons, beveled grey taskbar with flag Start button, taskbar entries, and a live 1-second clock; Start menu (dismisses on launch/outside-click/Escape); draggable, focusable, closable windows with blue active title bars and desktop-bounded dragging; Notepad with editable textarea (text retained across close/reopen) and About info panel. Verified in the browser (no console errors): - Opened Notepad via Start menu — menu dismissed, window and taskbar entry appeared. - Typed “Hello Windows 95!” (status bar showed Ln 1, Col 18) and dragged the title bar — window moved. - Opened About via Start menu — appeared in front with inactive Notepad behind; clicking the Notepad taskbar entry brought Notepad back to front. - Closed Notepad via its × button — window and its taskbar entry were removed. - Reopened after closing (via keyboard activation of the focused icon) — text was retained. - Reloaded to a clean desktop. Unverified: a true mouse double-click (the browser tool’s separate clicks don’t fall within the double-click interval, so only single-click selection and the Enter-key path were exercised; the `dblclick` handler is implemented). Minimize and title-bar double-click maximize were implemented but not exercised.