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Re:Nextspace – NeXTSTEP-like desktop environment for Linux by hjkgfdfgh on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @10:39AM (#22309655)
Seems clear they are interested in the NeXTSTEP aesthetic in addition to the underlying framework.
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Re:Nextspace – NeXTSTEP-like desktop environment for Linux by JulianMorrison on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @10:47AM (#22309747)
He's not wrong either. That UI is older than Windows 95 (which stole and misused some of its look and UI elements, that is an iconify control dammit) but it still looks fresh, simple, and get-the-job-done. As well as ignoring the "flat" trend and the "pretend to be a touch UI" trend.
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Re:Nextspace – NeXTSTEP-like desktop environment for Linux by brian_herman__ on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @03:57PM (#22312728)
Is there a GTK or KDE competitor that has the Windows 95 theme down like Mate or something?
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Re:Nextspace – NeXTSTEP-like desktop environment for Linux by msla on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @05:04PM (#22313306)
http://fvwm95.sourceforge.net/

There are some similar ones mentioned in its Wikipedia article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FVWM95

IceWM is quite themeable and is actively developed:

https://ice-wm.org/

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Re:Nextspace – NeXTSTEP-like desktop environment for Linux by Lammy on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @11:17AM (#22310053)
> that is an iconify control dammit

Are you talking about Win95's "Maximize" control?

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Re:Nextspace – NeXTSTEP-like desktop environment for Linux by JulianMorrison on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @11:20AM (#22310085)
The one that visually resembles a NeXTStep iconified window, yes.
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Re:Nextspace – NeXTSTEP-like desktop environment for Linux by int_19h on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @08:18PM (#22314516)
The "Maximize" icon in Windows is clearly a stylized depiction of a window with a toolbar, sized to fit the button on which it is. I don't know if it's the perfect icon for this action, but it makes a lot of sense. Why should it stand for iconification, even if Windows still had that feature (last time it did was Win 3.11)
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Re:Nextspace – NeXTSTEP-like desktop environment for Linux by hjkgfdfgh on Thursday February 13, 2020 @02:54AM (#22316077)
In the context of Nextspace, Nextstep, or Windowmaker, it stands for Iconificaiton because it is "clearly a stylized depiction of" the icon that appears when a window is iconified.

Compare the iconify button with the icons representing iconified windows below:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/trunkmaster/nextspace/mast...

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Re:Nextspace – NeXTSTEP-like desktop environment for Linux by Lammy on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @11:23AM (#22310117)
There's no need for the sarcasm.
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Re:Nextspace – NeXTSTEP-like desktop environment for Linux by JulianMorrison on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @11:29AM (#22310187)
It's aimed at Microsoft.
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