Is anyone else tired of the really minimalist computer user interface designs these days? Like, I wish macOS still had the reflective dock instead of just a boring round rectangle and I wish programs still used colorful and detailed icons instead of just monochrome outlines. It all feels really boring and uninspired now. Like Macs had the space wallpapers and the reflective dock and the gray titlebars and round buttons that made you feel like you piloting a futuristic spaceship and Windows 7 had the stunning glass interface that made it pop. We spend so much of our lives in front of computers and now all the user interfaces look like a mockup made in 5 minutes in some basic vector editor. We deserve user interfaces that are inspiring and beautiful, not just a set of flat-colored nondescript squircles for everything.
i don't understand why we're not just... given a choice? there's no reason modern Windows shouldn't be able to officially switch between Fluent Design and Aero Glass, or a Win9x theme, or even something based on a fuckin' SpongeBob Winamp skin. give us the tools and resources to make this stuff and let us have fun again, dammit!!
