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That UI looks like something out of the late 80s / early 90s. I can smell the VCR head cleaner and scratch-n-sniff stickers and hear the dial-up internet bee-be

by dheera 3y ago

That UI looks like something out of the late 80s / early 90s. I can smell the VCR head cleaner and scratch-n-sniff stickers and hear the dial-up internet bee-bee-bee-bee-gurglegugrle-dong-ding-dong-ding-whooooooooosh-wheeeeeeeesh-bling! bling whooooo. Can we at least upgrade the fonts, colors, and negative space to make it look more 2020s?

joosters 3y ago
Can we at least upgrade the fonts, colors, and negative space to make it look more 2020s? Of course YOU can, it's open source, feel free to hack away at it.
owyn 3y ago
I know this is a joke but this OS was first released in 1987... I forgot all about it, but it's pretty cool that you can still run it on hardware.
sillywalk 3y ago
There's been the Desktop Modernization Engine / Project https://paolozaino.wordpress.com/portfolio/risc-os-desktop-modernisation-project/ https://paolozaino.wordpress.com/portfolio/risc-os-desktop-m... discussion here: https://www.riscosopen.org/forum/forums/1/topics/17696 https://www.riscosopen.org/forum/forums/1/topics/17696 Development seems to have stalled / slowed down.
lproven 3y ago
> Can we at least upgrade the fonts, colors, and negative space to make it look more 2020s? Ew. Please no. I hate 2020 OS design. It's flat and ugly and confusing. And this is very much not just me. https://medium.com/@jared.cyr/is-flat-design-overrated-1b9d4738d2bf https://medium.com/@jared.cyr/is-flat-design-overrated-1b9d4... https://www.spinxdigital.com/blog/downsides-flat-design-trend/ https://www.spinxdigital.com/blog/downsides-flat-design-tren... https://www.nngroup.com/articles/flat-design/ https://www.nngroup.com/articles/flat-design/ 1990s design was clearer, cleaner and better, dammit. https://twitter.com/RetroTechDreams/status/1786087261953532126 https://twitter.com/RetroTechDreams/status/17860872619535321...

by dheera 3y ago

joosters 3y ago

Can we at least upgrade the fonts, colors, and negative space to make it look more 2020s? Of course YOU can, it's open source, feel free to hack away at it.

owyn 3y ago

I know this is a joke but this OS was first released in 1987... I forgot all about it, but it's pretty cool that you can still run it on hardware.

sillywalk 3y ago

There's been the Desktop Modernization Engine / Project https://paolozaino.wordpress.com/portfolio/risc-os-desktop-modernisation-project/ https://paolozaino.wordpress.com/portfolio/risc-os-desktop-m... discussion here: https://www.riscosopen.org/forum/forums/1/topics/17696 https://www.riscosopen.org/forum/forums/1/topics/17696 Development seems to have stalled / slowed down.

lproven 3y ago

> Can we at least upgrade the fonts, colors, and negative space to make it look more 2020s? Ew. Please no. I hate 2020 OS design. It's flat and ugly and confusing. And this is very much not just me. https://medium.com/@jared.cyr/is-flat-design-overrated-1b9d4738d2bf https://medium.com/@jared.cyr/is-flat-design-overrated-1b9d4... https://www.spinxdigital.com/blog/downsides-flat-design-trend/ https://www.spinxdigital.com/blog/downsides-flat-design-tren... https://www.nngroup.com/articles/flat-design/ https://www.nngroup.com/articles/flat-design/ 1990s design was clearer, cleaner and better, dammit. https://twitter.com/RetroTechDreams/status/1786087261953532126 https://twitter.com/RetroTechDreams/status/17860872619535321...