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The GUI should be better. A lot better.

Accursed Farms · commentary · Watch on YouTube

UX & UI designGUI, HCI & interface history

What it is

Accursed Farms' hour-plus critique of the modern desktop GUI. It argues that current interfaces are a regression from older designs such as Windows 7 and proposes principles for better ones.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a thought-provoking critique that makes people notice how poor everyday GUIs are.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “this video cursed me to pay far more attention on how shitty modern GUI is in my everyday interaction with the computer and phone”

    Changed how commenter notices bad modern GUI design

    firen777, 2023-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Chicago95 – Windows 95 Theme for Linux”

  2. “But it's a good starting point for discussion.”

    Video lists recommended GUI design principles

    dredmorbius, 2020-06 · Recommendation · in “The GUI should be a lot better [video]”

  3. “there was a one-hour video linked here a few days ago that critiziced the entire modern desktop GUI landscape”

    Hour-long critique of the modern desktop GUI landscape

    partusman, 2020-06 · Recommendation · in “MuseScore 4: Moving from notation software to composition software”

  4. “goes into detail explaining all the ways in which Windows 7's UI is customizable”

    Explains how customizable Windows 7's UI was compared to later versions

    lurtbancaster, 2023-04 · Recommendation · in “The Mullvad Browser”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: gui, user interface, windows 7, customization, desktop

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