(mac)ostalgia – how Spotify, Slack, Chrome, Figma could look on Mac OS 9
Mac OS UI is a great example for why one shouldn&#x27;t &quot;improve&quot; software just for the sake for changing something. UI design peaked at Windows XP style. the design portraied here falls for my opinion in that category. As a user of xfce (on Linux Mint) which is basically Windows XP with different icons I am super happy. Apple actually came up with only a single valuable UI element and that is the three finger swipe to switch workspaces or display running applications. The rest is crap and I am flabbergasted at how Mac fanboys are willing to jump through hoops to justify and praise whatever Apple dumps on them.<p>Working in IT they gave me an MBP (the edition w&#x2F;o an Esc key) and now my second IPhone (13PM). I say with confidence that the only reason why Mac &#x2F; IPhone is more popular than a TP (be it with Windows or Linux) &#x2F; Android is simply b&#x2F;c it is more expensive and a status symbol. That&#x27;s it. A status symbol. Congratulations to Apple for conning even IT experts who are at the end of the day also just human beings with psychological weaknesses to be capitalized on.