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Elementary is pretty cool but why does it look so dated.
by nkotov 4y ago
Elementary is pretty cool but why does it look so dated.
- carlosjobim 4y agoTo me it looks productive and stable.
- dlivingston 4y agoIt reminds me very much of Aqua [0]. To be clear, I like that design style, but it is clearly true that it went "out of fashion" 10+ years ago. [0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_(user_interface) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_(user_interface)
- smoldesu 4y agoIMO, GNOME 3's version of Adwaita was evocative of the old "Platinum" UI for Mac. Very clean and professional, and aged much better than Aqua for my money.
- kitsunesoba 4y agoGNOME 3 Adwaita had some commonalities with Platinum, but in comparison it's a bit too bright in light mode and has much worse information density with how hard it leans into margins and padding. In those ways I think Elementary's theme is a bit more similar to Platinum. It's not nearly as afraid of mid-grays and while it still has a lot of padding, it's less excessive than Adwaita's.