I’ll be honest, I liked the XP "Fisher Price" look even more. Yes it was hype to mock its colorful style, but it’s forgetting that every UI control was refined

I’ll be honest, I liked the XP "Fisher Price" look even more. Yes it was hype to mock its colorful style, but it’s forgetting that every UI control was refined, consistent, with enough relief and contrast but still sober enough to not steal the app identity. It was flashy for sure but for me it was a breadth of oxygen after decades of grey. Icons were very discoverable, Control Panel was just the OG control panel but sorted into categories. It was a beautiful OS for the present, not an UI coming from a futuristic movie like everything today where animations and great looking empty space are more important than usability.