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Re:Nextspace: a desktop environment that brings a NeXTSTEP l... by mromanuk on Monday December 13, 2021 @09:52PM (#29547642)
Yes, when I started using Linux in ‘99, several desktop UIs imitated this style. And it looked dated and ugly to me, compared to Windows 95, KDE and Gnome.
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Re:Nextspace: a desktop environment that brings a NeXTSTEP l... by danieldk on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @02:38AM (#29549235)
KDE in 1999:

https://czechia.kde.org/screenshots/images/medium/matthiase1...

GNOME in 1999:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/GNOME_1....

Of course, it's a matter of taste, but GNOME and KDE looked pretty bad back then. If I had the money, I'd definitely preferred NeXTSTEP. It's just so much cleaner and better thought-out. This is what it looked like in the early 90ies:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXTSTEP#/media/File:NeXTSTEP_...

BTW, this is what NeXTSTEP looked like in 2000 (Mac OS X public beta):

https://512pixels.net/projects/aqua-screenshot-library/mac-o...

I love NeXTSTEP, because it was awesome for its time, but I greatly prefer the latest macOS :).

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Re:Nextspace: a desktop environment that brings a NeXTSTEP l... by daoismyname on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @04:14AM (#29549747)
> Of course, it's a matter of taste, but GNOME and KDE looked pretty bad back then. If I had the money, I'd definitely preferred NeXTSTEP

can confirm

That's the reason why I was using Window Maker back then

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Re:Nextspace: a desktop environment that brings a NeXTSTEP l... by mromanuk on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @04:20PM (#29557976)
Yes, the Aqua treatment made it leap forward. I love that aged Gnome style :) Met too, I use MacOS and it's the best UI since 20 years ago.
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