[foresto]

Those are touchscreen actions, uncommon in desktop apps. Did you forget that this thread is about avoiding Electron bloat?

(Also, it has a theme engine. The buttons don't look like something out of Windows 3.1 unless you use a Windows 3.1 theme.)

[science4sail]

This seems to be an implication of the current market. Since most humans (and thus most consumers) use a phone or tablet as a primary computing device, it's unthinkable to make a consumer software UI that isn't mobile-first or touchscreen-focused.