Why does software nowadays look so bland and soulless?

Why does software nowadays look so bland and soulless?

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because.

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software isn't about having 'soul' you autistic technophile it's a tool to do a job

I agree op. I can't stand the flat sterile lifeless looks. But I still prefer the late 90's styles over skeuomorphism. It's a shame there's no good gtk3 themes that replicate it.

nice meme but vista came out in 06 with all of those. did it still copy mac? sure but not a 5 year difference

and mac os had all that in 2001 when xp came out, what's your point?

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I miss that dog. He was slow as fuck though

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Macfag here, this image is just wrong.
I'm pretty sure that XP's file manager was associated with explorer.exe and terminating the task would close the file manager as well (the taskbar and desktop too).

god that transition from Mountain Lion to Yosemite is just heartbreaking. what the fucking fuck.

why are you linking inaccurate screenshots? finder didn't even look close to this in 01

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iOS was even more depressing

This screenshot is inaccurate, as Past Windows's default was pic related, but it had a tree style option.

That version of the Sidebar didn't appear until Leopard in 2007. The Finder didn't even have a sidebar until Panther in 2003.

because operating system GUI design peaked with Windows 7 Aero
nothing can top it
only downhill from there
>inb4 someone posts their riced linux DE or FagOS with animegirl background and borderless and window control buttonless windows and flat theme
no, it looks like shit

this, gentleman
THIS is peak design
there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING that could be improved
>inb4 someone mentions some non-design flaws with windows 7
your comment is discarded

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>not posting superior vista
disappointing in your taste

Easy to slap generic buttons, templates, GUI elements on the page as long as it werks

You know I wouldn't mind them having the flatness on 10 if they actually gave you an option to be more like 7 with aero effects etc on a desktop to let you take advantage of your better power than a god damn cell phone. This "make the same ui for your tv,phone,desktop,laptop" shit is really where it went stupid.

Never liked glossy/aero tbqh. Flat windows UI looks nice though.

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I liked it when I was like 13 but now I find it disgusting and too much

I switched to hackintosh because yosemite finally made macos look good

nice

really? fucking hell lad...

*looks at screwdriver*
WHY DOES THIS TOOL LOOK BLAND? YUCKY UCKY

i don't have nostalgia for glossy toddler designs

Not a macfag, but for me that interface was true UI-kino

This is the true soul.

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YUCKY UCKY UGH
BITCHES RUB MY DUCKY UGH

>peak design
>not win 98
kys

No, flat is the true path to enlightenment.

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>is the true path to enlightenment.

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the POO ceo and poo pajeets ruined the internet and microsoft

You shut your whore mouth.

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This! Windows 7's Aero Theme looks crystal clear and futuristic, while Windows 10 looks like it was designed for SJW social media gay hipsters.

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>Newgrounds
>midi music
>phpbb2 forums
>4:3 monitors
>Ugly as fuck cluttered with neon colored wallpapers
>millions of programs with their own retarded UIs
>No social media, wild west Internet
Send me back

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Aero was nice but those window borders are fucking xbox huge, I don't understand why they were there in the first place because they look awful

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dude, if you're going to go flat, go flat

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I just miss skeuomorphism

Take off your nostalgy glasses holy shit

User interface reflects society.

It looked cool at the time, but now it just feels kind of tacky. Modern minimalistic designs may be ”boring”, but they’re clear, clean and practical.

you and me both

skeuomorphism = kitsch

I never thought about it that way

that doesn't explain the "thicc" movement though

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Minimalist/flat/material design looks like made by bunch of mainstream sissy faggots, and i mean unironical faggots, the actual SJW LGBT crowd.

t. boomer

it's the obnoxious 'flat' trend that everyone's copying

Nothing will ever beat Android 2

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Honestly, it looks far older than it really is.

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quake was a good game.

Indeed!
I still love to play some CPMA or single player quake 1 from time to time.

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t. boomer

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Plasma 4 was the peak of UI design

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I tend to find that modern minimalism looks less clear than pre-2000s designs. Windows XP may be tacky, but Windows 98 had the right idea.
It'll sound like a buzzword but most modern designs seem very pretentious. I suppose the question is whether it's a graphic design meme that will die off, or if we're stuck with it forever.

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It's not bland and soulles, it's clean and well-designed.

I wonder how would generic stacy girls react to old OSX/Windows versionsMe too user, me too...
That kinda makes sense.

If only companies cared about how the OS actually performs as much as they cared about the aesthetics of its UI.

Yeah, 9x/2k were right on the money. If only MS had copied that GUI for Win Ten instead of the shit we got now, it's adoption rate would be better, imo.

That is astonishingly poorly laid-out and full of errors.

Holy shit the start menu in w7 is so much better than the w10 one.

I miss having objects that could become skeuomorphic icons at all.
These days it feels like the "thing that represents music player" would just be a phone. Same with pretty much everything else.

>This! Windows 7's Aero Theme looks crystal clear and futuristic, while Windows 10 looks like it was designed for SJW social media gay hipsters.
Here is the truth about Windows 10's theme.

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But all of those except widgets are valuable improvements

>GUI design peaked with Windows 7 Aero
Vista had better UI, 7 was better under the hood

God no, they would be 10x slower than they are now.

Because you're an old fart. Back in 2008 people complained that Vista and 7 looked bad. All glossy and shit, XP was better.
When XP came out people complained that it looked like a Fisher Price toy, Win 98 was better.
Rinse and repeat.

idiot: people are saying things have gotten worse because they're old
smart: people are saying things have gotten worse because they've gotten worse

true

this is true, too