3 ms·

For Windows, I probably agree too. Like others here though I had a soft spot for Windows 2000, everything felt slightly more refined in win2k. Personally I'd p

by giobox 3y ago

For Windows, I probably agree too. Like others here though I had a soft spot for Windows 2000, everything felt slightly more refined in win2k. Personally I'd probably take some version of Mac OS 8/9 as peak mouse driven GUI design. The third party app ecosystem in Mac OS was a lot better about respecting UI conventions on the platform IMHO, Windows app UIs were all over the place for me during this period as they transitioned out of the DOS era. Simple things, like how installing apps was just dragging them to a folder, not the plethora of setup.exe examples found on Windows, were pretty nice back then on the Mac UI. There are of course lots of things that sucked about old Mac OS then - memory management etc - but the UI design was great.

nullindividual 3y ago
Windows 2000 introduced layered windows (mouse pointer has a drop shadow!), transparency effects, and other features into the Shell [0]. In my opinion, having used Windows since 3.0, 2000 is my favorite in terms of icons, shell, etc. [0] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/ms997507(v=msdn.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/ms997507...
nextos 3y ago
SerenityOS replicates that look and feel. It is also implemented in a dialect of C++ that adheres to some of the good parts of C++98: https://serenityos.org https://serenityos.org
pndy 3y ago
> Like others here though I had a soft spot for Windows 2000, everything felt slightly more refined in win2k. I really like all the UI changes introduced in 2000. Especially the color palette: that subtle change from strong gray in 9x to lighter one worked pretty well. With all the gradients on icons, preview pane in Explorer, Tahoma as default UI font and introduction of transparency/fade elements I forget 98 SE quickly. And of course there was the stability of the NT - back then the price was lack of compatibility with games.

by giobox 3y ago

nullindividual 3y ago

Windows 2000 introduced layered windows (mouse pointer has a drop shadow!), transparency effects, and other features into the Shell [0]. In my opinion, having used Windows since 3.0, 2000 is my favorite in terms of icons, shell, etc. [0] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/ms997507(v=msdn.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/ms997507...

nextos 3y ago

SerenityOS replicates that look and feel. It is also implemented in a dialect of C++ that adheres to some of the good parts of C++98: https://serenityos.org https://serenityos.org

pndy 3y ago

> Like others here though I had a soft spot for Windows 2000, everything felt slightly more refined in win2k. I really like all the UI changes introduced in 2000. Especially the color palette: that subtle change from strong gray in 9x to lighter one worked pretty well. With all the gradients on icons, preview pane in Explorer, Tahoma as default UI font and introduction of transparency/fade elements I forget 98 SE quickly. And of course there was the stability of the NT - back then the price was lack of compatibility with games.