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I agree that current UIs are inconsistent and ugly, but I would argue against that ~2005-2008 UIs were inconsistent and ugly. The Gnome icons were cartoonish, y
by kunai 13y ago
I agree that current UIs are inconsistent and ugly, but I would argue against that ~2005-2008 UIs were inconsistent and ugly. The Gnome icons were cartoonish, yes, but they were consistent AND informative.
If you remember using Ubuntu 8.04 (perhaps the greatest Ubuntu release of all time), you'll remember it being VERY consistent, fast, and excellent all-around.
I loved it so much, that out of nostalgia I had to VirtualBox it just to bring back the memories.
Really, it was OS perfection. No other operating system comes close to the intuition, the pure ease that 8.04 had.
- keithpeter 13y agoOddly enough, I still have the Hardy Heron wallpaper on my current Debian Wheezy xfce4 based desktop. CentOS 5.9 is a close analogue and CentOS 6.4 can be themed appropriately. Interface Design Reflection: Go and watch a string quartet playing. Reflect on the 'usability' of a couple of violins, a viola and a cello. Heidegger may have had a point.
- arjie 13y agoI agree. The Tron-esque modern UIs look like they come from some Android theme from XDA. Earlier Gnome revisions were good looking, with colour cues, and a sort of homogeneity.