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mrweaseltoday at 8:19 AM2 repliesview on HN

There's so little joy and happiness left in computing. Reverting to the older style of icons, plus perhaps a few UI tweaks, certainly help bring a bit of whimsical back into the macOS platform. That's something many of us would love.


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vintagedavetoday at 8:28 AM

> There's so little joy and happiness left in computing

Preach it! https://daveon.design/creating-joy-in-the-user-experience.ht...

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Gigachadtoday at 8:48 AM

Liquid Glass was a good step in the right direction imo. A choice to make visual entertainment and beauty a priority over pure function.

I feel like what computers really lost was sounds, we used to have so many joyful sounds and background music on computers while now they are all silent. I think it’s a tragedy the Nintendo switch broke the long history of music in the menus and apps.

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