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RedstoneValley 88 points a year ago

We had transparent UI elements before and decided they were shit. Am I the only one still alive to remember?

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lefixxx 60 points a year ago

I don't remember vista being bad because of the translucency

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merari42 53 points a year ago

Na that was actually liked.being buggy, slow and having poor driver support at launch killed it. Windows 7 which was just polished Windows Vista was very popular.

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Cornelius_Wangenheim 13 points a year ago

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Amir 11 points a year ago

but it took developers forever to update and stop constantly writing to sensitive OS locations.

They still haven't done that in 2025, Windows file locations are by far the worst part of it as an operation system for an average user?

Is it in C:/Users//? How about in the Documents folder? No, AppData/Local maybe? AppData/LocalLow or AppData/Roaming?

Maybe it created a root folder on my hard drive, Intel and NVIDIA love to do that? Did it just dump data in my registry (thanks Adobe)? Maybe it's in the installation location in Program Files, or with the 32-bit updater app in Program Files (x86)?

Who the fuck even knows anymore at this point, just write directly into System32 for all I care

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EchoSnail 7 points a year ago

Vista sucked because manufacturers were behind on making computers up to snuff for the requirements.

Windows 11 is like the Windows vista of its time. But fucking worse.

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outhouseperilous 3 points a year ago

Closer to ME, in that computers are being tossed.

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UltraMagnus0001 3 points a year ago

You could turn tranperency on or off and it still ran like shit. I only remember Nvidia driver would crash for the first week when released and then they fixed it.

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zaphod 51 points a year ago

decided they were shit

I don't recall this. I recall our corpo overlords taking away the glass from us without asking.

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outhouseperilous 48 points a year ago

I liked them.

Thats why i still use them on kde.

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thisbenzingring 15 points a year ago

I had to stop using them because my old laptop just cant keep up anymore 😪

I might have to replace it next year.... good ol gal. She has been the same Arch install for almost 10 years

good laptops are like pets, they only last for a little while but some will be remember for how much joy they gave you

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Slovene 11 points a year ago

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obinice 13 points a year ago

It was glorious. I used Stardock's Windows Blinds to adjust the transparency to what felt just right and that was chef's kiss

Ahh, what we've lost...

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cepelinas 13 points a year ago

When did we decide they were shit?

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RedstoneValley 2 points a year ago

Well, they are quite bad from a UI/accessibility perspective. While looking nice and fancy, it can be difficult to read the contents and makes it harder to identify information. That's totally fine as an optional feature for those who like it, but the default should be a clean and easily accessible design.

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cepelinas 2 points a year ago

The contrast is preserved if when a light theme is applied the text is black (because the background is usually bright) and vice versa but yes there should be an easily accessible option and that was provided by the non transparent aero theme.

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Lyra_Lycan 9 points a year ago

It's expensive but I used Stardock on Windows. Specifically the bundle so I can use Fences and WindowFX. You can customise the hell out of Windows with their software, highly recommend. Free options do not come close.

Doesn't fix YouTube UI though.

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skulblaka 1 point a year ago

I've been using Fences for like 10 years with roll-up containers. Now that I've switched to Linux actually having icons on my desktop again is kind of driving me nuts.

Do you know of an alternative?

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Zer0_F0x 65 points a year ago

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ryedaft 57 points a year ago

I saw a screenshot and it truly is liquid ass.

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urheber 10 points a year ago

i think its actually much better than, whatever everyone's doing now... because its translucent.

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ryedaft 17 points a year ago

Here's a nice thread:

https://mastodon.online/...

Notice how "Notification Center" is blurred for no reason?

The control center seems to be using some kind of super ellipsoids for no good reason.

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urheber 1 point a year ago

nope... i still think its an improvement

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Viking_Hippie 4 points a year ago

Mmm translucent ass.. Homer Simpson drooling noise

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dejected_warp_core 50 points a year ago

What we want: OS updates that make the system more performant, more accessible, easier to use, smarter at using battery power, and more secure.

Apple: Let's make everything an unreadable mess and tax the GPU to shit just for fucking UI elements, because we're out of ideas.

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TheTechnician27 26 points a year ago

"Let's nostalgia bait millennials who miss the Aero aesthetic."

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cepelinas 6 points a year ago

But make it worse.

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Zentron 1 point a year ago

Vista moments...

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sundray 24 points a year ago

Never eat the gas station sushi.

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Uri 5 points a year ago

Why?

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sundray 8 points a year ago

You can't rely on a gas station mini-mart keeping up food safety standards, especially where raw fish is concerned. If you eat spoiled sushi you may get the squirts, aka "liquid ass."

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jia_tan 6 points a year ago

https://youtu.be/3at_m1J1O4I

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Etterra 4 points a year ago

You know what, you're right. Go ahead and eat it.

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ByteJunk 1 point a year ago

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Tungsten5 3 points a year ago

Or, open up a can of man and down that sushi. I have trained my body to handle whatever I put into it. Gas station sushi no longer affects me negatively.

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nebulaone 20 points a year ago

taco bell sound plays

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Alcan 16 points a year ago

No! That is not Liquid Ass!

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sundray 4 points a year ago

LIIIQUIIIDDDD! (ass)

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outhouseperilous 3 points a year ago

You could absolutely make a tinted versions and print with them.

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Alcan 4 points a year ago

Did you mean solid ass or solidus ass?

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realitista 5 points a year ago

solid ass snake

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lagoon8622 2 points a year ago

dummy thicc Snake

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realitista 13 points a year ago

I'll take whatever ass I can get

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GooberEar 5 points a year ago

Ass, ass, or ass, no one rides for free.

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n3cr0 11 points a year ago

Apple comes up too late with innovations made decades ago.

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BackgrndNoize 7 points a year ago

Hey apple when you are watching a reel on Instagram and you get a phone call, the Insta reel audio continues playing on top of the phone call audio, why don't you fix something as basic as that or give the iPhone a real fuckin file system or make it easier to interact with non Apple devices instead of stupid gimmicks like this. I'm not holding my breath though, just switching back to Android once this one dies

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Flashback956 7 points a year ago

Ah yes, was missing the Windows Vista theme. /s

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moakley 5 points a year ago

Maybe it's not about poop. Maybe "liquid ass" is what was "poured into them jeans"?

Let's have a little optimism on the internet for once.

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Deflated0ne 4 points a year ago

Liquid ass is the Chocolate Rain of 2025.

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FireIced 3 points a year ago

😋 tasty

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Alph4d0g 3 points a year ago

Ah. Of, or pertaining to, the experience following consumption of milk-based products for those who are intolerant to lactose.

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bjoern_tantau 2 points a year ago

Traumatic memories of tubgirl intensify.

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head_socj 1 point a year ago

Fuck yeah

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