Great point. I think part of this is that computers are now so ubiquitous, there is less call for making them approachable to people who are not using them. Pe

Great point. I think part of this is that computers are now so ubiquitous, there is less call for making them approachable to people who are not using them. Personally I like the friendly stylings of old which were empathetic to users' needs. Computers these days seem to take themselves too seriously, and we've lost a bit of the fun as a result.