Because "fancy" often gets in my way. It's like putting feathers on a rifle, and every time I pull the trigger the feathers mechanically flap in my face before

Because "fancy" often gets in my way. It's like putting feathers on a rifle, and every time I pull the trigger the feathers mechanically flap in my face before the rifle fires. When I'm using software I want to USE it, not look at it. Sure some basic aesthetics are fine, I have animated wallpaper on my desktop that I think looks nice and I have white/orange themed LEDs and custom-sleeved cables in my PC case. The difference is past initial setup those stay out of the way. My interfaces are stark, bare, and I can do more with 5 hotkeys than most regular users could do with a solid minute of mouse clicks.