[dd_xplore]

The major issue is these days most software is electron based or a webapp. I miss the days of 98/XP, where you'd find tons of desktop software. A PC actually felt something that had a purpose. Even if you spin up a XP/98(especially 98/2000 VM) now, you'd see the entire OS feels something that you can spend some time on. Nowadays most PCs feel like a random terminal where I open the browser and do some basic work(except for gaming ofcourse). I really hate the UX of win 11 , even 10 isn't much better compared to XP. I really hope we go back to that old era.

[rbanffy]

> Nowadays most PCs feel like a random terminal

It's a fun perception. For the longest time, all the "serious" computers were used through networks and terminals and didn't even come with any ability to connect a monitor or a keyboard (although a serial terminal would work as the system console). I used to joke (usually looking at Unisys Windows-based big servers), if the computer had VGA and PS/2 ports, it wasn't a computer, but a toy. Those Unisys servers weren't toys, but you could run Pinball and Minesweeper directly on them, which kind of said otherwise.

I think we got used to such levels of platform bloat that we don't care if the UI toolkit these days is bigger than the entire operating system that runs 95% of the world's payment transactions.

[pjmlp]

Those of us that keep using Windows or macOS, can still find native applications for many cases, especially because the culture of accepting to pay for small utilities.

It is the Year of Desktop Linux that keeps being inundated with Electron crap, to detriment of Gtk, Qt, KDE, and whatever else is out there.

[dd_xplore]

Linux apps today dont have that feel of apps that we had in 98/2000 era or even XP era. Windows platform had really good apps.