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Why does this look like it’s from the 80’s still?
by rismay 3y ago
Why does this look like it’s from the 80’s still?
- pram 3y agoBecause it’s the free (like freedom not beer) version of something from the 80s.
- chasil 3y agoThe interface is from NeXT OS, which as a company was led by Steve Jobs. The underlying architecture of NeXT was largely adopted into OS X and iOS. The GUI appearance evokes nostalgia for those that used it (the very first web browser was written within NeXT). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXTSTEP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXTSTEP
- kzrdude 3y agoI would wish they'd pick something based on whiteish background instead of gray (white like the early Mac OS X versions would be nice, don't need pinstripes.)
- badsectoracula 3y agoSome people like dark themes, others like light themes, so gray is the middle ground :-P. FWIW GNUstep is themable so it should be possible to customize it. Though i'm not aware of any that follows modern trends, but at least it is possible to make it kinda sorta like a broken telephone version of early Mac OS X using the Rik theme[0] (the screenshot also seems to be using a custom theme and setup for Window Maker too and judging from the shadows it most likely also uses Compiz as a compositor). [0] https://github.com/AlessandroSangiuliano/rik.theme https://github.com/AlessandroSangiuliano/rik.theme
- coldtea 3y agoIt's its superiority to modern GUIs that make it appear so
- apple4ever 3y agoSome like it, but I believe its a big hinderance for wider adoption. Maybe as the older folks age out, there will be some motivation to update the theme again. (Its a big reason why I stopped contributing to GNUStep, as the resistance to modernize at least a little bit was large).