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Why does a tool that is called Window Maker have windows and icons that have the looks from previous century? It almost reminds me of my Atari ST with GEM or ma

Why does a tool that is called Window Maker have windows and icons that have the looks from previous century? It almost reminds me of my Atari ST with GEM or maybe I'm exaggerating, let's say windows3.11 of the nineties. Yes I know this is Linux, but still.

_Algernon_ 3y ago
I find it refreshing. At least it's not preinstalled candy crush, advertisement in the start menu, forced updates, unresponsive and bloated software, and constant prompts to collect more telemetry.
- nuancebydefault 3y ago
  That's the other extreme that frankly you only get if you click 'continue' or 'okay' everywhere and don't bother to do any tweaking. I must say, I most liked the win98 times when things got more stable and a lot less bloated than today (sollitaire and pinball were quite okay). Would you say refreshing is the right word? I would say barebones.
  - paradox460 3y ago
    Windows 98 was many things, but stable was not one of them. The os would crash if you left it running for too long
  - pdntspa 3y ago
    > That's the other extreme that frankly you only get if you click 'continue' or 'okay' everywhere and don't bother to do any tweaking. No, that's the default on Windows 10/11. Much of which cannot be opted out of without tweaking.
shrubble 3y ago
It's supposed to look like NextStep in it 3.x versions. If you look at screenshots of that operating system it will be very clear.
AntoniusBlock 3y ago
Looks nice to me. Also it's very lightweight and fast. I ran WindowMaker on a 500mb RAM machine back in the early 2000s and it was very snappy.
- meepmorp 3y ago
  Off topic, but do you play chess with Death?
  - AntoniusBlock 3y ago
    I play on Lichess, so yes, you could say that. Too bad this name was taken by someone else on Lichess. Love Bergman, by the way.
hulitu 3y ago
Last century they still made windows as opposed to rectangular areas on screen of different gray shades, where the poor user has to try to see if is there any function associated with them.

_Algernon_ 3y ago

I find it refreshing. At least it's not preinstalled candy crush, advertisement in the start menu, forced updates, unresponsive and bloated software, and constant prompts to collect more telemetry.

nuancebydefault 3y ago
That's the other extreme that frankly you only get if you click 'continue' or 'okay' everywhere and don't bother to do any tweaking. I must say, I most liked the win98 times when things got more stable and a lot less bloated than today (sollitaire and pinball were quite okay). Would you say refreshing is the right word? I would say barebones.
- paradox460 3y ago
  Windows 98 was many things, but stable was not one of them. The os would crash if you left it running for too long
- pdntspa 3y ago
  > That's the other extreme that frankly you only get if you click 'continue' or 'okay' everywhere and don't bother to do any tweaking. No, that's the default on Windows 10/11. Much of which cannot be opted out of without tweaking.

shrubble 3y ago

It's supposed to look like NextStep in it 3.x versions. If you look at screenshots of that operating system it will be very clear.

AntoniusBlock 3y ago

Looks nice to me. Also it's very lightweight and fast. I ran WindowMaker on a 500mb RAM machine back in the early 2000s and it was very snappy.

meepmorp 3y ago
Off topic, but do you play chess with Death?
- AntoniusBlock 3y ago
  I play on Lichess, so yes, you could say that. Too bad this name was taken by someone else on Lichess. Love Bergman, by the way.

hulitu 3y ago

Last century they still made windows as opposed to rectangular areas on screen of different gray shades, where the poor user has to try to see if is there any function associated with them.