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Are we stuck with the same Desktop UX forever? [video]

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179 points joelkesler | 1 comments | 13 Dec 25 18:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.195s | source
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sprash ◴[13 Dec 25 21:06 UTC] No.46258061[source]▶
Unpopular take: Windows 95 was the peak of Desktop UX.

GUI elements were easily distinguishable from content and there was 100% consistency down to the last little detail (e.g. right click always gave you a meaningful context menu). The innovations after that are tiny in comparison and more opinionated (things like macos making the taskbar obsolete with the introduction of Exposé).

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SoftTalker ◴[13 Dec 25 23:57 UTC] No.46259446[source]▶
I would say Windows 2000 Pro, but that really wasn't too different from Windows 95. The OS was much better though, being based on NT.
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1. throaway45425 ◴[14 Dec 25 10:54 UTC] No.46262192[source]▶
KDE Plasma is better than all of these right now. Cinnamon also.