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Honestly, I like that last one best.
Which one, the last one I linked or the last one that I posted, the Buffy one?
Also you see what I did there? I did it on Windows 95 for that extra obsoleteness! 
edited 18th Jan '14 9:49:34 PM by Paktra
I'm annoyed because it ignores the realities of 56kb dial-up!
@2 is best for me, given that it's explicitly noted it's a loading screen - rather than a hang.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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Agreed with # 2, and for much the same reason. It's clear that its still loading, and making the OS win95 is a nice touch.
edited 19th Jan '14 4:45:37 AM by Madrugada
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
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I guess 2.4's okay but it's just very Viewer-Friendly Interface which bugs me. Clearly isn't downloading a thing, seems to be pointing to MSN.com for no reason in the titlebar (though at least is pointing someplace else in the address bar) and has a very fake loading bar stuck on the bottom half of a half loaded image.
I'm possibly overthinking things that simply don't matter or being too keenly picky but dammit, if I can't be anal about this on TV Tropes where am I going to do it?
edited 19th Jan '14 5:13:40 AM by treelo
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How is it Viewer-Friendly Interface at all, let alone "just" VFI? That's what a Win95 window would look like. VFI is "The display is designed to be seen on TV but wouldn't work in real life". And "Clearly isn't downloading a thing"? What makes you say that?
edited 19th Jan '14 5:33:01 AM by Madrugada
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
I know what the Windows 95 UI looked like and don't have an issue with it, I believe that it has hints of VFI because of the reasons I stated and having used that browser for a good while I do have an idea of what it looks like if it's in use. It's just very fake looking, is that an answer?
It doesn't matter greatly but just saying.
edited 19th Jan '14 5:49:06 AM by treelo
No, the other one.
I'd say it doesn't look like anything I remember. There's a lot of dead space, and while the address shows a website (different from the title bar) it's just a single image showing.
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Which is at least true... kinda, URL would point to an image wouldn't it? The deadspace though is correct but that is a lot of clarity for a very small image (no wider than 100 pixels).
edited 19th Jan '14 6:08:12 AM by treelo
Mummy Woomy
I tried uploading the original suggestion here. But...
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edited 19th Jan '14 6:25:25 AM by Elbruno
"Yeah, it's a shame. Here we are in an underground cave with all these lasers, and instead of having a rave we're using it for evil."
Well...
- The title bar shows, MSN.com.
- The adress in the adress bar is http://www.buffybigbuffs.com/
, not an adress to an image. / It show an image loading instead of an image on a website loading.
- I shows an loading message that Win 95 clearly didn't have. Instead of making it clear that it's loading, it's making it clear that it's fake.
- The scroll bar doesn't match the content either.
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edited 19th Jan '14 6:34:54 AM by m8e
Why is everyone repeating what I said?
Mummy Woomy
You think this is a joke? Eddie needs to fix this stuff!
Okay, I'll give it another shot...
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edited 19th Jan '14 7:02:55 AM by Elbruno
"Yeah, it's a shame. Here we are in an underground cave with all these lasers, and instead of having a rave we're using it for evil."
that was my first idea but I just had to do one of Buffy.
And everyone my image was supposed to look fake! 
Ok, well then you jump on your still working Pentium II with 95' and IE InPrivate Browsing(which was not available) and look up topless Buffy pics on a 56k!
I'm doing the best with what I've got here. So, anything else missing?
edited 19th Jan '14 11:46:16 AM by Paktra
17 gets my vote.
My take on 17
edited 19th Jan '14 12:11:22 PM by Paktra
No, the other one.
I prefer 17.
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I greatly prefer 17. It actually looks like the TV Tropes server is glitching out, which is obviously not the case with 23 (since images in the process of loading don't repeat at the top, and the blown-up mouse cursor both looks out of place and practically beats you over the head with the joke, killing it in the process).
That said, the source material for 17 was wider, wasn't it? Can we produce a version of 17 using the originals (or 350px wide, whichever's smaller)?
edited 19th Jan '14 12:48:44 PM by ShadowHog
Moon◊
okay I give I'll go with 17.
And yes images repeating at the top does happen especially if you have extremely low memory like I do, you try to scroll down screen.... but okay I guess that doesn't count.
I like the illusion idea, it is subtle I admit.
Also I believe what you're looking for is in 14.
edited 19th Jan '14 1:01:13 PM by Paktra
An In-Universe example fromThe Simpsons [1]
◊. Vertical arrangement might be better.
edited 18th Jan '14 5:42:44 PM by Rethkir
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