"I'm not suggesting that the answer is to never change or improve any UI ever" Honestly, why not? Or at least have the option to keep as much of the old ui as

"I'm not suggesting that the answer is to never change or improve any UI ever" Honestly, why not? Or at least have the option to keep as much of the old ui as possible? Dwarf fortress, famous for its awful borderline incomprehensible ui, is having a complete redisign for its upcoming steam release and yet they remain committed to keeping everything about the old ui usable if you wish, on a ui that is only remotely usable if you have memorized every keybind for every menu and use third party tools to manage some parts of it.