Windows 95 this antique UI and UX design recently on Reddit suddenly get a lively discussion.
UX enthusiast Tuomas Salo tweet expressed his appreciation on the UI and UX design for Windows 95, but today we are saying these are the essence of 95 to lose in this regard.
The picture given marked, Tuomas specify the points on several design Windows 95 :
- Underlined letter represents a keyboard shortcut, very convenient.
- Design clearly shows that "we are a button", you can easily find the button you want.
- Column headings look like buttons because they are button.
- Divider bar similar to the window frame, to see that it can be resized.
- The scroll bar is always visible immediately feedback the user information about the content and quantity.
- This prompted the ellipsis button opens a dialog box, rather than immediate action.
- Handle let the user know that the window can be resized.
Reddit comment on this topic, the highest praise is for Windows 10 is Tucao . Users find Windows 10 setup menu is very confusing, "I swear, every time I want to change something, I have to feel like some sort of navigation in the same maze."
He also said that the older UI done its best efforts to let the operation predictable, and users only need to know how it works can be, but is more like a modern UI UI in trying to predict or to understand the user, which is the former completely opposite.
What do you think?