The UI being 1999 is a positive. The website has nothing it doesn't need. There's a Dieter Rams quote on this topic.
As an example, switching between folders in the source tree feels faster than it does using Explorer. This is what the web should be.
Re:Fossil – Next Generation
by yjftsjthsd-h on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @08:20PM
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> That said, all the pieces are there to add a modern web UI with very little effort.
Any idea how hard to just inject some css?
It’s extremely easy; there’s an entire concept of themes, and it’s trivial to switch amongst them. Somewhere I’ve got a GitHub-circa-2012 theme for it just to mess with people.
I’d be interested in seeing that.
Hah, yep, that looks exactly like it. I forgot how horrid it looked.
That said, all the pieces are there to add a modern web UI with very little effort.