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Browsing 1992 through 1995 gave me tears. Btw, where is Vista, ME, or Windows 98, or 7 for that matter? Vista had an especially unique UI with Aero and Windows
by egfx 4y ago
Browsing 1992 through 1995 gave me tears. Btw, where is Vista, ME, or Windows 98, or 7 for that matter? Vista had an especially unique UI with Aero and Windows 7 was an adaptation of that I believe.
- linguae 4y agoI concur about Windows Vista. For all the criticism that OS received, it did bring Windows a compositing desktop similar to Mac OS X, which was a crucial milestone to the GUI experience, which brought compositing desktops to more than 90% of personal computer users. I believe Windows 98 and ME were omitted because this is largely a presentation of the evolution of GUIs. Windows 98 and ME did not substantially differ from Windows 95 in terms of their look-and-feel; the same can be said about Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000.
- theandrewbailey 4y ago> Windows 98 and ME did not substantially differ from Windows 95 in terms of their look-and-feel; the same can be said about Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000. The only differences I remember are quick start icons in the taskbar, and gradients in window title bars.
- mngnt 4y agoNon-inclusion of Vista is really strange given how influential it was. I used to be among those Linux users that wanted to make the GUI look cool™. I spent a LOT of time browsing gnome-look.org and at the height of Vista popularity, the Aero knockoffs were everywhere.