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A "modernized" - i.e. new icons, better colors and fonts - Windows 2000 UI would be awesome. One thing I really like of Mac OS is that after doing the big switc

A "modernized" - i.e. new icons, better colors and fonts - Windows 2000 UI would be awesome. One thing I really like of Mac OS is that after doing the big switch with Mac OS X, the UI has remained very similar and consistent, without too many paradigm shift. Windows went instead from having one of the best UIs ever designed (Windows 2000) to a fractal of inconsistency that has only worsened with every release since then. XP's design choices were... rather unique.

jeroenhd 5y ago
Honestly, Windows 2000's UI wasn't as great as people make it out to be. But what it was is consistent. Every program looked like it belonged on the system, except for some wacky video or audio players that consisted of text rendered on top of bitmaps. From the bootloader to the web browser, early Windows felt like it was all part of a single experience. Windows XP provided the same, except it was around for so long that the ecosystem around it tried harder and harder to mimick different operating systems. Win2k was right in the sweet spot. I'd love for Windows 11 to have a Win2k mode available. Keep the impressive kernel improvements, the virtualization based security, the WSL system, and just give me a UI that doesn't take a second to render the start menu. Even modern Windows explorer is quite usable (without the menu redesign), it's honestly just the shell and everything that you'd call an "app". The general public can take their candy story Fisher Price Windows if that's what they want, full of gaudy colours and fancy effects.
- BenjiWiebe 5y ago
  The gaudy colors and fancy effects was Windows 7, IMO. I really enjoy Windows 7 though. It's fast, very little bloat, and modern enough that pretty much any Windows software works on it. Also, something about the Aero theme feels warm and cheerful to me. I can't replicate the feeling on Linux or Windows 10, and it saddens me.
  - jen20 5y ago
    The effects were a Vista thing. The gaudy colours were an XP thing.
- gjvc 5y ago
  > Honestly, Windows 2000's UI wasn't as great as people make it out to be. Yeah? Well, y'know, that's just like, ah, your "opinion" man... (use of the word "honestly" like this is a massive turn-off)

jeroenhd 5y ago

Honestly, Windows 2000's UI wasn't as great as people make it out to be. But what it was is consistent. Every program looked like it belonged on the system, except for some wacky video or audio players that consisted of text rendered on top of bitmaps. From the bootloader to the web browser, early Windows felt like it was all part of a single experience. Windows XP provided the same, except it was around for so long that the ecosystem around it tried harder and harder to mimick different operating systems. Win2k was right in the sweet spot. I'd love for Windows 11 to have a Win2k mode available. Keep the impressive kernel improvements, the virtualization based security, the WSL system, and just give me a UI that doesn't take a second to render the start menu. Even modern Windows explorer is quite usable (without the menu redesign), it's honestly just the shell and everything that you'd call an "app". The general public can take their candy story Fisher Price Windows if that's what they want, full of gaudy colours and fancy effects.

BenjiWiebe 5y ago
The gaudy colors and fancy effects was Windows 7, IMO. I really enjoy Windows 7 though. It's fast, very little bloat, and modern enough that pretty much any Windows software works on it. Also, something about the Aero theme feels warm and cheerful to me. I can't replicate the feeling on Linux or Windows 10, and it saddens me.
- jen20 5y ago
  The effects were a Vista thing. The gaudy colours were an XP thing.
gjvc 5y ago
> Honestly, Windows 2000's UI wasn't as great as people make it out to be. Yeah? Well, y'know, that's just like, ah, your "opinion" man... (use of the word "honestly" like this is a massive turn-off)