Designing Windows 95’s User Interface (2018)

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Post by cpeterso » Sun, Nov 27, 2022, 6:08 AM UTC

Designing Windows 95’s User Interface (2018)
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Re: Designing Windows 95’s User Interface (2018)

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Post by ilrwbwrkhv » Mon, Nov 28, 2022, 4:54 PM UTC

Some of the greatest UX of all time. Shame how far we have fallen in the current flat world.

Re: Designing Windows 95’s User Interface (2018)

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Post by pdntspa » Mon, Nov 28, 2022, 5:22 PM UTC

ilrwbwrkhv wrote: post #2

Some of the greatest UX of all time. Shame how far we have fallen in the current flat world.

I know, like can the UI/UX people please please PLEASE pay more attention to this stuff!

Re: Designing Windows 95’s User Interface (2018)

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Post by trap_goes_hot » Mon, Nov 28, 2022, 5:26 PM UTC

ilrwbwrkhv wrote: post #2

Some of the greatest UX of all time. Shame how far we have fallen in the current flat world.

A few people are trying to claim it back! My current favorite - https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar

Re: Designing Windows 95’s User Interface (2018)

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Post by worewood » Mon, Nov 28, 2022, 5:31 PM UTC

pdntspa wrote: post #3

ilrwbwrkhv wrote: post #2

Some of the greatest UX of all time. Shame how far we have fallen in the current flat world.

I know, like can the UI/UX people please please PLEASE pay more attention to this stuff!

UX goal is not enhance user experience anymore, it's improve profits by manipulation of the user experience.

Re: Designing Windows 95’s User Interface (2018)

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Post by bombcar » Mon, Nov 28, 2022, 5:32 PM UTC

ilrwbwrkhv wrote: post #2

Some of the greatest UX of all time. Shame how far we have fallen in the current flat world.

Windows 95 was an unprecedented advance in the human/computer GUI interface, which is still reverberating today.

Even many Mac users copy aspects of it (put your Applications folder in your dock and you have a start menu/programs).

Re: Designing Windows 95’s User Interface (2018)

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Post by warning26 » Mon, Nov 28, 2022, 5:35 PM UTC

pdntspa wrote: post #3

ilrwbwrkhv wrote: post #2

Some of the greatest UX of all time. Shame how far we have fallen in the current flat world.

I know, like can the UI/UX people please please PLEASE pay more attention to this stuff!

You'll find that the vast majority of bad UX decisions aren't coming from designers themselves, but from management.

See also: A/B testing UIs to maximize arbitrary metrics

Re: Designing Windows 95’s User Interface (2018)

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Post by warning26 » Mon, Nov 28, 2022, 5:38 PM UTC

I was playing with a Win98 computer the other day, and it is amazing how well most of the UX has held up even now. And it's so fast, especially considering the limitations of the hardware it was running on.

Really interesting seeing some of the design process that resulted in it.

Re: Designing Windows 95’s User Interface (2018)

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Post by dixie_land » Mon, Nov 28, 2022, 5:40 PM UTC

trap_goes_hot wrote: post #4

ilrwbwrkhv wrote: post #2

Some of the greatest UX of all time. Shame how far we have fallen in the current flat world.

A few people are trying to claim it back! My current favorite - https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar

Nice! Does it work with OpenShell?

Re: Designing Windows 95’s User Interface (2018)

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Post by bitwize » Mon, Nov 28, 2022, 5:43 PM UTC

ilrwbwrkhv wrote: post #2

Some of the greatest UX of all time. Shame how far we have fallen in the current flat world.

I keep wondering, if flat is the new hot thing, why don't people just use libXaw to build their modern, cutting-edge UIs and not hobble my computer's performance in the process?