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Hey HN - author here. This was my burnout recovery project in April of 2020. Very much a labor of love and a surprising way to realize I still liked programming. I wrote some scattered thoughts here [0] I also "run" this project quite differently than I usually do - when I receive a pull request instead of merging it I do a quick glance through the user's github to make sure they're not a spammer before giving them _…
Very cool! I want a Windows 2000 version of it. I think that was the nicest looking Windows. It is very close to this, but with a slightly different main GUI color. Not a complete gray, but ever so slightly beige. Makes it more pleasant to the eye, IMO.
I liked rounded corners on Windows XP. It was the only version of Windows that looked professional and nice at the same time. Windows 10's design is just bland. I don't know why MS went ahead with this soulless design for so many years after Windows 8 came to be. Windows 11 tries to be nicer but really it's just a fancy cover on legacy designs left over from since Windows 3.1.
My guess is they need it to feel different enough to justify the price tag of a major upgrade.
In reality the changes behind the scene since Windows 7 have been incremental.
Very cool! I want a Windows 2000 version of it. I think that was the nicest looking Windows. It is very close to this, but with a slightly different main GUI color. Not a complete gray, but ever so slightly beige. Makes it more pleasant to the eye, IMO.
I liked rounded corners on Windows XP. It was the only version of Windows that looked professional and nice at the same time. Windows 10's design is just bland. I don't know why MS went ahead with this soulless design for so many years after Windows 8 came to be. Windows 11 tries to be nicer but really it's just a fancy cover on legacy designs left over from since Windows 3.1.
It's interesting you say that, since I remember back at the time XP was released, so many people complained about how Windows XP had a "Fisher Price" UI that was distinctly non-professional. (Personally, I always liked XP's look.)
Hey HN - author here. This was my burnout recovery project in April of 2020. Very much a labor of love and a surprising way to realize I still liked programming. I wrote some scattered thoughts here [0] I also "run" this project quite differently than I usually do - when I receive a pull request instead of merging it I do a quick glance through the user's github to make sure they're not a spammer before giving them _…
This is awesome that it was so therapeutic to you! I have several such personal projects that I occasionally work on for similar reasons, moreover to experience the joy of pure programming as opposed to the daily BS I deal with. One critique (more of a suggested improvement) - the dropdown boxes don’t look/behave as they did in Win 98. They actually render as native select tags on my browser when focused and it kind…
Is there something like this for like mid-90s Unix X-Windows or something along those lines?
Beautiful. It’s crazy to see this and realize how much current Windows is unusable. I haven’t used Windows in ~10 years and every time I see the current interface I can’t believe someone is able to use it without losing their mind.
Just curious but in what ways? Me, I used Windows for years until ~2008. In 2008 I started using both Mac and Windows. In 2010 I started using Linux, Mac, and Windows. I never really found one better than another. Each one had their strengths, none of them had huge UI issue for me at least. For example, one plus I find on Windows vs MacOS is I use Chrome with multiple profiles. Windows is able to display an icon per…
Some things are a dream come true in terms of utility. Others feel really archaic compared to FOSS desktops.
Very cool! I want a Windows 2000 version of it. I think that was the nicest looking Windows. It is very close to this, but with a slightly different main GUI color. Not a complete gray, but ever so slightly beige. Makes it more pleasant to the eye, IMO.
I liked rounded corners on Windows XP. It was the only version of Windows that looked professional and nice at the same time. Windows 10's design is just bland. I don't know why MS went ahead with this soulless design for so many years after Windows 8 came to be. Windows 11 tries to be nicer but really it's just a fancy cover on legacy designs left over from since Windows 3.1.
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I liked rounded corners on Windows XP. It was the only version of Windows that looked professional and nice at the same time. Windows 10's design is just bland. I don't know why MS went ahead with this soulless design for so many years after Windows 8 came to be. Windows 11 tries to be nicer but really it's just a fancy cover on legacy designs left over from since Windows 3.1.
>I don't know why MS went ahead with this soulless design for so many years after Windows 8 came to be. My guess is they need it to feel different enough to justify the price tag of a major upgrade. In reality the changes behind the scene since Windows 7 have been incremental.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
For me the taskbar in W11 is a giant step back, all windows are collapsed into a group. No idea why they removed the ability to keep them expanded other than trying to mimic the look of OSX
I'm not upgrading to w11 because of this. such bs
https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher
It also brings other Windows 10 UI paradigm's back in.