Win 98 was basically perfect imo... Everything about that UI was simple and predictable. Menus were descriptive and information dense. No unnecessary widgets an

Win 98 was basically perfect imo... Everything about that UI was simple and predictable. Menus were descriptive and information dense. No unnecessary widgets and fancy UI. If you're looking for pure productivity then Win 98 was great. XP and 7 were great too, but they had more unnecessary UI junk while becoming overly minimalistic where it matters. I strongly disagreed with removing the "Start" button and replacing it with the four squares button for example. And presumably they only did that because some UI dude thought it looked better... It's not like modern screens don't have room for the text.