It&#x27;s because the &quot;old styles&quot; worked well and were easily discoverable, tested over decades instead of at random whim.<p>The new fischer-price look and feel desktops however target grandma and tablets, and are not what I need in a workstation at all.  Mate is almost as good as the XP&#x2F;Classic theme was, it&#x27;s all been downhill from there, where every good new feature comes with debilitating regressions.