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In terms of aesthetic, I love Windows 7-era Aero glass design (and to a lesser extent, Vista), but I also love the classic Windows 9x/2000 look. If I had to choose between the two, I'd go with Aero simply because of the start menu search bar.

by publlus_enigma8 hours ago|

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In both Windows 7 and Vista you could change the theme engine to Windows Classic, which gave you the Windows 9x/2000 look AND the start menu search bar.

by Melatonic5 hours ago|

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Exactly. Windows 7 plus the windows 2000 "classic" option was pretty awesome.

Win10 LTSC with the right options and limiting search to local only is pretty good also though. Insanely snappy on even crap systems (with really any SSD)

by Zarathustra3011 hours ago|

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Maybe on the OS side. However, Vista coincided with the release of Office 2007. That release of Office introduced the dreaded Ribbon, which made functions much harder to find.

by okanat8 hours ago|

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I actually like Ribbon and I disagree. It made functions easier to find, for people who didn't have a muscle memory of those functions. It actually taught them how to use the program and exposed conditional menus like picture options better than the toolbars that appear and disappear.

Of course people who got used to traversing 3-level menus got annoyed but they still have all the same keyboard shortcuts. However, spending enough time, you also get used to Ribbon and it usually requires fewer clicks not more.

I still find a tastefully done Ribbon is better than a menu and a toolbar combination. The problem is, not everybody has put the same effort that Microsoft did which created monstrosities like Solidworks Ribbon.

by abhgh12 hours ago|

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I loved Windows Aero and the flip 3D view - the latter mostly because it looked so cool for that time!

by LtWorf12 hours ago|

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Oh you mean "ripping off compiz"?

by someguyiguess11 hours ago|

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I just learned that X Window System came out a year before the first Windows release. Interesting. Thanks for pointing out the compiz ripoff. It spurred me to look up the original release dates.

by okanat8 hours ago|

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... which is "ripping off OSX". But you don't want to hear that, do you?

UX being copied by OSes from each other is a good thing.

by LtWorf2 hours ago|

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Lol. Check when linux had multiple desktops and when osx had them.

If you're a tachyon I guess linux is ripping off osx :)

by larusso11 hours ago|