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I used Windows 7 in my formative years, so I'll always have a fond spot in my heart for it. That said, I really do think the Windows NT era had the best UI in

I used Windows 7 in my formative years, so I'll always have a fond spot in my heart for it. That said, I really do think the Windows NT era had the best UI in terms of brute usability. Again, I love Aero's faux glass, cyan highlights, high gloss, etc... but it is indeed a lot of noise and I think it's a bit distracting.

cosmic_cheese 1y ago
The 95-like look (of which I think the 2K variant is best) does have a bit of an edge in terms of usability, but it also looks considerably more dated. A similarly legible theme from that era that I think time has been more kind to is Platinum, the theme used by Mac OS from System 7.6.1 through Mac OS 9.2.1. Any new UI design looking to incorporate Aero’s good bits would be smart to tone the look down a little.
- anthk 1y ago
  The default theme from QTCurve and a good color scheme. On flat themes, I like Zukitre, which I modded the highlighting color to black instead of blue. It's the only usable theme I found not being either blinding light nor often unreadable dark. It has a grey neutral tone, something Apple understood for platinum if you worked on graphic design, video and photo editing, or as a journalist (the 99% of the Apple users in late 90's).
  - cosmic_cheese 1y ago
    > It has a grey neutral tone, something Apple understood for platinum if you worked on graphic design, video and photo editing, or as a journalist (the 99% of the Apple users in late 90's). Modern day “light mode” would benefit from taking notes. The surge in demand for dark mode lines up pretty cleanly with the advent of the stark white themes that the flat UI epidemic ushered in.
miohtama 1y ago
Liquid glass is the new faux glass
hypercube33 1y ago
Windows 11 beta 1 I think had a mix of aero and windows 10s start menu and felt two to three times speedier than win10. I wonder what happened to ditch the transparency
- DANmode 1y ago
  They retained it so they can stack apps with a sliding-scale of transparency on HoloLens and other frontends, most likely.

cosmic_cheese 1y ago

The 95-like look (of which I think the 2K variant is best) does have a bit of an edge in terms of usability, but it also looks considerably more dated. A similarly legible theme from that era that I think time has been more kind to is Platinum, the theme used by Mac OS from System 7.6.1 through Mac OS 9.2.1. Any new UI design looking to incorporate Aero’s good bits would be smart to tone the look down a little.

anthk 1y ago
The default theme from QTCurve and a good color scheme. On flat themes, I like Zukitre, which I modded the highlighting color to black instead of blue. It's the only usable theme I found not being either blinding light nor often unreadable dark. It has a grey neutral tone, something Apple understood for platinum if you worked on graphic design, video and photo editing, or as a journalist (the 99% of the Apple users in late 90's).
- cosmic_cheese 1y ago
  > It has a grey neutral tone, something Apple understood for platinum if you worked on graphic design, video and photo editing, or as a journalist (the 99% of the Apple users in late 90's). Modern day “light mode” would benefit from taking notes. The surge in demand for dark mode lines up pretty cleanly with the advent of the stark white themes that the flat UI epidemic ushered in.

miohtama 1y ago

Liquid glass is the new faux glass

hypercube33 1y ago

Windows 11 beta 1 I think had a mix of aero and windows 10s start menu and felt two to three times speedier than win10. I wonder what happened to ditch the transparency

DANmode 1y ago
They retained it so they can stack apps with a sliding-scale of transparency on HoloLens and other frontends, most likely.