Universal Blue•2y ago

Even on Windows they used separate windows and just had them captive in a larger window

Kyle GospoOP•6/10/24, 12:55 AM

That was the design language of professional software

KKyle Gospo People love to hate on the original design of Gimp with multiple windows, but wh...

halva•6/10/24, 12:55 AM

there's still the hellthread on freedesktop gitlab that's just people arguing over single document interfaces in wayland

KKyle Gospo Even on Windows they used separate windows and just had them captive in a larger...

char•6/10/24, 12:55 AM

oh you mean docked

Cchar oh you mean docked

Kyle GospoOP•6/10/24, 12:55 AM

On Macintosh these were actual literal separate windows

Kyle GospoOP•6/10/24, 12:56 AM

And not docked in a larger window

char•6/10/24, 12:56 AM

man windows 7 is so fucking nostalgic

char•6/10/24, 12:56 AM

double so that shitty basic theme

char•6/10/24, 12:56 AM

my pc was dogshit back in the day

Cchar man windows 7 is so fucking nostalgic

Kyle GospoOP•6/10/24, 12:56 AM

Longhorn is the one I miss, I spent so many hours installing leaked copies of that thing

Kyle GospoOP•6/10/24, 12:56 AM

It's a shame they killed it and released Vista instead

matt_schwartz•6/10/24, 12:56 AM

https://tenor.com/view/doja-vevo-gif-22486881

Tenor

Astral•6/10/24, 12:56 AM

Seeing people calling Windows 7 Nostalgic makes me feel old... and I'm only 25 damnit asfsdfsd

Hhalva there's still the hellthread on freedesktop gitlab that's just people arguing ov...

halva•6/10/24, 12:56 AM

ive genuinely never seen such a heated discussion over how they should or shouldn't work, and whether or not absolute positioning should be something that programs can get information on

char•6/10/24, 12:56 AM

I remember XP but especially the orange theme for it

Astral•6/10/24, 12:56 AM

like damn we got zoomers now who never even experienced XP

RealDishwash•6/10/24, 12:57 AM

Win 7 is what I used in school

char•6/10/24, 12:57 AM

I think zune??

Astral•6/10/24, 12:57 AM

or prior to XP

Cchar I think zune??

Kyle GospoOP•6/10/24, 12:57 AM

Yeah, it was common to go grab the zune theme for black and orange

AAstral like damn we got zoomers now who never even experienced XP

char•6/10/24, 12:57 AM

this should be illegal

AAstral like damn we got zoomers now who never even experienced XP

Valerie•6/10/24, 12:57 AM

I don't ever remember using XP.

AAstral like damn we got zoomers now who never even experienced XP

Kyle GospoOP•6/10/24, 12:57 AM

If you were born after 9/11 are you even alive

Kyle GospoOP•6/10/24, 12:57 AM

The answer is no

AAstral like damn we got zoomers now who never even experienced XP

RealDishwash•6/10/24, 12:57 AM

I've used xp in vms never on metal :D

KKyle Gospo The answer is no

Astral•6/10/24, 12:57 AM

Pretty much lmao

KKyle Gospo Yeah, it was common to go grab the zune theme for black and orange

HikariKnight•6/10/24, 12:57 AM

i was a Luna metal fan

Astral•6/10/24, 12:57 AM

I snuck in at the tail end of the 90's (1999 baby)

RRealDishwash I've used xp in vms never on metal :D

char•6/10/24, 12:57 AM

here's a thing to do

char•6/10/24, 12:57 AM

go do it

HHikariKnight i was a Luna metal fan

Kyle GospoOP•6/10/24, 12:57 AM

Also a very good one

char•6/10/24, 12:58 AM

you need to experience XP on metal at once in your life

HikariKnight•6/10/24, 12:58 AM

black metal to be specific

char•6/10/24, 12:58 AM

it's a must be done thing

Cchar here's a thing to do

RealDishwash•6/10/24, 12:58 AM

I got an exam tomorrow

char•6/10/24, 12:58 AM

best windows version to this day

RRealDishwash 💀I got an exam tomorrow

char•6/10/24, 12:58 AM

I didn't mean right now

RealDishwash•6/10/24, 12:58 AM

Do I need old hardware

RRealDishwash Do I need old hardware

char•6/10/24, 12:58 AM

just use x64 edition

Kyle GospoOP•6/10/24, 12:58 AM

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uIln0HN9EHU/maxresdefault.jpg

Kyle GospoOP•6/10/24, 12:59 AM

This was the peak for me

KKyle Gospo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uIln0HN9EHU/maxresdefault.jpg

char•6/10/24, 12:59 AM

YOOOOO

Kyle GospoOP•6/10/24, 12:59 AM

Aero at its best

char•6/10/24, 12:59 AM

I remember this

Kyle GospoOP•6/10/24, 12:59 AM

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimg00.deviantart.net%2F0fcd%2Fi%2F2013%2F186%2F6%2F4%2Fwindows_longhorn_aero___preview_2_by_athenera-d6c6j2y.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=9abb9b9e95e99d9b75f5d4aa6f455f035aa6f81ce607c2bf974495adfcd90b48&ipo=images

RealDishwash•6/10/24, 12:59 AM

I remember playing the windows 7 games

Kyle GospoOP•6/10/24, 12:59 AM

It never got better looking than that

char•6/10/24, 12:59 AM

can we bring back glass please

char•6/10/24, 12:59 AM

it looked so good

RealDishwash•6/10/24, 12:59 AM

That rounded start button looks good

char•6/10/24, 1:00 AM

I'm glad windows 11 is trying to modernize aero glass again but they need to try harder

Even on Windows they used separate windows and just had them captive in a larger window

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