![]() ![]() ![]() It matters not a jot what people are used to. Now it would seem that the same sort of people are rejecting the allegedly ugly IM desktop, which (in it’s genuine IRIX version at least) is realtively lightweight in favour of KDE and GNOME which have more techno blubber than a sperm whale. Oftentimes Linux users are saying, “I want an ugly OS.” (Usually because they’re fast.) Whether one personally likes, for example, the Mac OS / Mac OS X UI what I cannot understand is that so many people claiming to be Linux ‘power users’ criticise Apple’s OSes for being pointless eye candy.Īpart from misunderstanding the importance of a graceful, intuitive and aesthetically pleasing UI it’s missing the point. I am not in a position to comment on the ‘feel’ of Windows. Recent changes to the ‘look’ of the UI amount to little more than cosmetics. ![]() From both an aesthetic and a usability perspective Windows has more holes than a swiss cheese, or more properly, it is inconsistent and ugly. The fact that people are used to Windows isn’t the point. ![]()
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