Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderDon't forget the OS 9 wallpapers: https://512pixels.net/projects/mac-os-9-5k-wallpapers My favorites among these are the gradient-rich desktops that dropped in Mac OS 8.5 back in '98, like those UFO ones. That's when the OS gained support for icons with 24-bit color and 8-bit masks, which are the direct ancestors to today's 1024x1024 32-bit app icons. Perhaps to commemorate this full leveling up of the classic Mac desktop to millions of colors, Apple hired a small team of designers to custom make the…
Oh, these are great. I just wish they would have included Quantum Foam, which was very similar to the Cheetah and Puma one, but in graphite gray and with more contrast in the highlights. I think it was the default in Mac OS 9. It’s been very hard to find in decent resolution and quality. I’ve tried to use various upscaling tools, I’ve tried to do it manually (reconstructing it with vectors), but I’ve never been quite happy with the…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 811
- Total comments
- 239
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-24 | Every default macOS wallpaper, in glorious 5k resolutionFirst breakout | whalesalad | 267 | 63 |
| 2021-10-09 | Every Default macOS Wallpaper – In Glorious 6K Resolution | BitAstronaut | 3 | 0 |
| 2023-07-04 | Every Default macOS Wallpaper – In Glorious 6K Resolution | popcalc | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-02-15 | Every default macOS wallpaperBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | jorgesborges | 538 | 176 |