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> built to have a familiar look and feel. Not familiar for anyone born after the 90's.

by rglullis 3y ago

throwaway13095 3y ago
Even my sister and brother, born in 2003 and 2009, have used computers with this UI style.
- noduerme 3y ago
  Just wait. Ten years from now kids will be like, "wait, you can't wear it on your face?? What's a mouse? Why won't this computer just do what I'm thinking? Mom!!!"
  - bitwize 3y ago
    "That's like a baby's toy!" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KMy1zO8m8sM https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KMy1zO8m8sM
    - noduerme 3y ago
      Hah. Or this old gem... https://youtu.be/hShY6xZWVGE?si=z8jme9DppsbSMUdb https://youtu.be/hShY6xZWVGE?si=z8jme9DppsbSMUdb
  - rglullis 3y ago
    Last year I had a "oh, shit, I'm old" moment when I was talking with a 20-something year old who didn't know what a dial tone was. She never used a landline phone.
  - timeon 3y ago
    > you can't wear it on your face? VR feels more in tune with retro-futurism.
    - noduerme 3y ago
      Neural implants do, too. Particularly the need for a large 1/4" jack in your head. Like, you're telling me you can drill out that much brain meat, but you can't a fit bluetooth chip in there?
- rglullis 3y ago
  Your siblings are probably outnumbered 1000:1.
  - asystole 3y ago
    source: just trust me bro
sspiff 3y ago
Why so negative? Last release was 2014. Project is still hosted on SourceForge. Website copyright notice ends in 2018. Last commit to the github repo was 2018. Project front page mentions the original Xbox, Minix, and Zaurus (and early 2000s Japanese handheld organizer that ran Linux) and Solaris as targets. This should give you some idea of what time frame to view any claims from the website in.
- ReleaseCandidat 3y ago
  > Why so negative? I don't see that as negative, but a remark that most younger people are not used to the look of Windows up to (and including) 2000. And the last time I personally used FLTK had been around 2000 too. Which, btw, (at least back than) looked more like Irix' 4DWM controls than Windows.
  - deleted 3y ago
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  - anthk 3y ago
    XP, Vista and 7 had a classic look mode. And from w2k's classic look to Vista the interface it's almost identical. Windows 8 and tablet UI's were disruptive.
anthk 3y ago
Well, WIndows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and maybe Gnome 2 fit on that UI.
- rglullis 3y ago
  I wouldn't put anything after Windows 2000 on the same category as this. And how many people got to be introduced to computers in their teen years via Gnome 2?
  - anthk 3y ago
    Most widgets are the same under a different style, such as the UI from Be and today's Haiku. Even KDE3. Smartphones and tablets are a different beast altogether.
- marttt 3y ago
  React OS probably also has the Classic Windows look available. They seem to have switched their main screenshots to something resembling Windows 10, though: https://reactos.org/gallery/ https://reactos.org/gallery/
bowsamic 3y ago
I doubt people born after the 90s are the target audience
mhd 3y ago
To be fair, if you're young enough, nothing is familiar anymore, because that's no longer a goal for UIs.
ZoomZoomZoom 3y ago
It would be so nice to read how that ancient Windows interface looks just like Serenity OS some day!

> built to have a familiar look and feel. Not familiar for anyone born after the 90's.

throwaway13095 3y ago

Even my sister and brother, born in 2003 and 2009, have used computers with this UI style.

noduerme 3y ago
Just wait. Ten years from now kids will be like, "wait, you can't wear it on your face?? What's a mouse? Why won't this computer just do what I'm thinking? Mom!!!"
- bitwize 3y ago
  "That's like a baby's toy!" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KMy1zO8m8sM https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KMy1zO8m8sM
  - noduerme 3y ago
    Hah. Or this old gem... https://youtu.be/hShY6xZWVGE?si=z8jme9DppsbSMUdb https://youtu.be/hShY6xZWVGE?si=z8jme9DppsbSMUdb
- rglullis 3y ago
  Last year I had a "oh, shit, I'm old" moment when I was talking with a 20-something year old who didn't know what a dial tone was. She never used a landline phone.
- timeon 3y ago
  > you can't wear it on your face? VR feels more in tune with retro-futurism.
  - noduerme 3y ago
    Neural implants do, too. Particularly the need for a large 1/4" jack in your head. Like, you're telling me you can drill out that much brain meat, but you can't a fit bluetooth chip in there?
rglullis 3y ago
Your siblings are probably outnumbered 1000:1.
- asystole 3y ago
  source: just trust me bro

sspiff 3y ago

Why so negative? Last release was 2014. Project is still hosted on SourceForge. Website copyright notice ends in 2018. Last commit to the github repo was 2018. Project front page mentions the original Xbox, Minix, and Zaurus (and early 2000s Japanese handheld organizer that ran Linux) and Solaris as targets. This should give you some idea of what time frame to view any claims from the website in.

ReleaseCandidat 3y ago
> Why so negative? I don't see that as negative, but a remark that most younger people are not used to the look of Windows up to (and including) 2000. And the last time I personally used FLTK had been around 2000 too. Which, btw, (at least back than) looked more like Irix' 4DWM controls than Windows.
- deleted 3y ago
  [deleted]
- anthk 3y ago
  XP, Vista and 7 had a classic look mode. And from w2k's classic look to Vista the interface it's almost identical. Windows 8 and tablet UI's were disruptive.

anthk 3y ago

Well, WIndows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and maybe Gnome 2 fit on that UI.

rglullis 3y ago
I wouldn't put anything after Windows 2000 on the same category as this. And how many people got to be introduced to computers in their teen years via Gnome 2?
- anthk 3y ago
  Most widgets are the same under a different style, such as the UI from Be and today's Haiku. Even KDE3. Smartphones and tablets are a different beast altogether.
marttt 3y ago
React OS probably also has the Classic Windows look available. They seem to have switched their main screenshots to something resembling Windows 10, though: https://reactos.org/gallery/ https://reactos.org/gallery/

bowsamic 3y ago

I doubt people born after the 90s are the target audience

mhd 3y ago

To be fair, if you're young enough, nothing is familiar anymore, because that's no longer a goal for UIs.

ZoomZoomZoom 3y ago

It would be so nice to read how that ancient Windows interface looks just like Serenity OS some day!