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90s_dev 60 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Material 3 Expressive

We've been collectively designing GUIs for what 50 years now? Yet we're re-asking the same questions every decade, always starting from scratch. Do none of the Google engineers behind this remember the Compiz reaction to Windows 95 and subsequent Windows Vista overreaction?

90s_dev 60 days ago [–]

Let's just go back to system wide skins. Let users make everything look as boring or fun as they want.

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