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I miss the times before applications had their own theming and just used bog-standard OS provided widgets that could be themed globally by the user. That this h

I miss the times before applications had their own theming and just used bog-standard OS provided widgets that could be themed globally by the user. That this has fallen out of favor is, in my opinion, a good indication of how unprofessional and user-hostile our industry has become. We didn't use to need bespoke "dark modes", you just changed the colors globally. We did this in the 90s, when 64MB of ram was huge. We have become pathetic.

eloeffler 6y ago
Switching Windows to dark mode
- theandrewbailey 6y ago
  And yet, Windows 98 let you have more control over its appearance than Windows 10 does.
  - eloeffler 6y ago
    Absolutely :) There was some official addition to 95 that was later integrated into 98 in a way... Don't remember its name.
    - ycom13__ 6y ago
      Was it the Windows Plus! feature pack or was that 98 as well?
    - theandrewbailey 6y ago
      Microsoft Plus? It added an official theme engine, but even base Windows 95 allowed quite a bit of visual customization. Themes could change sounds, cursors, and icons, in addition to widget colors and fonts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MkYcUvkbYk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MkYcUvkbYk
- techdragon 6y ago
  Everything nice and dark… except the web page content… at least back in the very early day before user style sheets and other workarounds became usable.
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