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I find this pretty funny. In the 00s and early 10s, the Linux desktop was criticized because of the inconsistency in the look and feel, e.g. using Firefox (GTK
by Uberphallus 5y ago
I find this pretty funny.
In the 00s and early 10s, the Linux desktop was criticized because of the inconsistency in the look and feel, e.g. using Firefox (GTK) in KDE (Qt) plus random apps in Motif, TK, or straight up Swing. The consistency of Windows and OS X desktops was desired and looked for: people migrated themes across toolkits, synchronized font settings, etc.
Now every Electron app does their own thing and people don't seem to care one bit, but when I need to use one of them I feel like I'm using a different CSS-enhanced, antialias-enabled 90s Winamp skin for each app.
- davidgerard 5y agoyes, this sort of objection is always fake
- saagarjha 5y agoIt's not fake, it's just that it's been drowned out by a wave of people who are indifferent or ignorant.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoOr have simply learned helplessness. Developers actually listening to users is so 90s.
- dTal 5y agoIronically, look and feel consistency on Linux is now excellent. Most things are written in GTK or Qt, and it's not hard to get them looking identical. It's even possible to run a system that uses entirely Qt apps on top of KDE, which gets you Win95 levels of consistency.
- TeMPOraL 5y agoPeople got used to having every UI be its own special snowflake thanks to 20+ years of web. Consistency is now more of a niche demand.