Comment by uncircle

Comment by uncircle 4 days ago

> It utilizes different shades of grey borders to convey a sort of faux surface-normal highlight on beveled edges to indicate whether the element is raised or sunken.

You mean this? https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/user_images/01HQQV8HYE6GKB...

That's the Windows 9x style ported to a low resolution UI, probably with some shaders because computers today are fancier than 1995. It's not interesting innovation, though I agree it's much better (and feels better) than the flat UI boring aesthetic.

Behold the peak of desktop UIs: https://blogs.ubc.ca/nancyhuang/files/2015/10/Windows95.png

See also SerenityOS with an Office 2000 look which added some flatter UI concepts, yet it still is tastefully tactile and three-dimensional: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SerenityOS/serenity/refs/h...

LauraMedia 4 days ago

Important to highlight that Minecraft on consoles, Windows 10/11 and mobile have a different UI.

https://minecraft.wiki/images/thumb/Ore_UI_Design_System.png...

https://minecraft.wiki/images/New_UI_-_Achievements_Screen_M...

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hofrogs 4 days ago

And this UI looks way, way worse and doesn't fit the pixely style of Minecraft at all.

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WorldMaker 4 days ago

That look reminds me so much of Steam's original UI from the time when it was very Windows 95-inspired, too, but used different color palettes, especially a lot more greens. There's not much of Steam left that will show up with that original UI style (but it still feels like there's some lesser known dialogs that still can show up in that style), so these days it is better known as the "Counter-Strike 1 UI".
https://cs16.samke.me/

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potato-peeler 4 days ago

I like windows 95/98/2000 era ui. One thing that is never discussed is how will such interfaces adapt to newer settings which are offered in modern softwares?

UI of 98 era had minimal controls. Even open source alternatives like photopea which are less bloated than photoshop, give more controls and as such those softwares can’t adopt a 98 style skin, unless it wants to be messy with controls all over the place.

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pjc50 4 days ago

I don't understand this question. Is it about the "ribbon"/toolbox type UI? Could you link a screenshot of what you mean?

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card_zero 4 days ago

"Newer settings", huh? Did you mean controls? New kinds of control that are incompatible with the style? I can't think of any.
Do you think the Photoshop of the era was messy with too many controls visible at once, and that a more modern UI solves that? How, what do you mean?

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dcminter 4 days ago

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