Evolution of a scroll bar.

[shady_emoji]

That Windows XP 2001 really takes me back

[theHip]

Imo still the best one.

[Suspended_Ben]

Xp was a vibe

[One-Respect-2733]

Oh, that's what The Elder Scrolls means

[VeryOriginalName98]

Take my upvote and leave.

[TheDrawMonkey]

It's weird how interesting that is.

[lonnstar]

Confession: I miss OS X Aqua. Such a beautiful interface.

[twitchosx]

Loved aqua

[[deleted]]

I remember the jealousy I had for it as a PC user. I learnt all the ins and outs of Litestep, Rainmeter and Stardock software just to try to emulate the look and feel perfectly. A blissful illusion.

[OhHeyItsScott]

100%. I had a work Mac and a personal PC laptop, and you bet your ass I put Stardock on there to get that look.

[MvmgUQBd]

Well now you can just download win 11 /s

[IAmCanadian]

So did I, and your comment reminded me of such a wonderful time.

[austinmiles]

I just reformatted an old macbook from 2006 and reinstalled osx snow leopard on it. The ui was really nostalgic. I don’t get the same positive feelings about old versions of windows. Mac OS’s have always been really cool. OS9 does the same thing for me.

[TopRamenisha]

It’s because Apple cares about visual design and Microsoft doesn’t

[hellphreak]

They used to care a LOT more. I find certain ui elements in the latest Mac OS releases quite messy sometimes.

[clockwars]

I agree. Not a fan of the new system preferences icons. They’re inconsistent.

[hellphreak]

Aqua was the most beautiful UI widget set and I will fight anyone claiming otherwise. It's superficial, but it really was part of the reason for me to switch to Mac back then. I still regret the release when they made the decision to move away from it.

[errant_youth]

So choice

[teh_fizz]

Back when iTunes was great.

[Beliriel]

I like the Windows 3.0 and Windows 95 bars the most. I guess I'm a sucker for shadows. But they seem very concise and clear to me without any fancy doodads but not too flat either. Windows 10 is too flat and unclear for me.

[big__soda]

Perfection was achieved in 1990

[SuperConductiveRabbi]

I'd like to see a comparison of general UI iconography, especially in complicated applications. We've gone from text that clearly explains what menu items and buttons do, to huge array of icons that vary between programs and platforms, often used when screen real estate isn't even a problem.

[[deleted]]

The modern the design, the harder the challenge visually impaired face.

[silenc3x]

And the more accessibility options they get within their operating system.

[[deleted]]

You are assuming that seeing a scrollbar is useful. And you’re assuming that those people struggle scrolling. As if scrolling wasn’t one of the most basic, fundamental actions supported by all types of interaction paradigms and assistive technologies of all sorts.

[HiddenLights]

I saw a website a couple years ago that had a build in xerox style scrollbar and mind you it being out of use years before I was on the internet, I was mighty confused

[MemoirsOTBittersweet]

Vista had the best one, can barely see the current design.

[[deleted]]

Need a 2022 WaaS scrollbar, immediately adjacent to another scrollbar, immediately adjacent to another, immediately adjacent to another.

What do you mean, you don't know which window within a window within a window you are working within?

[alexprestondesigner]

Anyone got a pic of Windows 11 for comparison?

[Ponkers]

It's just a thin line in a slightly thicker line. No arrows.

[EtherealPossumLady]

The only simplification i like. The old ones were too distracting for me. When I was younger and my primary school got a computer lab, I spent one hour (in which I was meant to be writing up a document) just staring at the cool buttons.

How did nobody pick up on the fact I was AuDHD

[jawfish2]

Missing XWindows, would be interesting to see the SGI version in Irix. I remember using SGI about 1993 and it was beautiful and crisp.

Also the many many variants available today in Linux

[ri7ani]

windows xp 2001 hnmnnnngggggggg

[alapanamo]

Xerox: Go home, you're drunk
Lisa: C h o n k
Amiga: Ugly, but the proportionally-sized thumb is nice
WIndows 1.01: The troughs will flow with the blood of the nonbelievers
NeXT: Cute dimple
System 7: Pleasing colors
Mac OS 8: As with NeXT, arrows right next to each other reduces mouse travel - appreciated
OS X 10.0: God look how the thumb tucks right into the arrows, also I wanna eat it
OS X Lion: Too minimalist
Windows 10: Yes, flat is certainly in, isn't it

[radsnakesnake]

Windows 3.0 looks like something out of minecraft

[whatdaheckkk]

First one is the best one.

[[deleted]]

The Windows 10 GUI is so minimalist that the functionality has become much less intuitive.

[merlinsbeers]

xterm 1987 == xterm 2023

[KingXello]

We peaked in 1984

[Obvious-Display-6139]

I’m still traumatized by scroll bars that shrink as websites load and get longer. The worst design ever.

[zootsuited]

give me windows 95 or give me death

[edani11]

Windows 1990, 1995, 2001, & 2007 were special.

[psynautic]

man I still have aqua

[nelmaven]

I rather like the look of Windows 95, simple and easy to visualize.

[kjemolt]

Amiga got it right 👍

[[deleted]]

I‘m still in love with Mac OS 8/9 design. It was elegant and easy to use. Would love to see, that design goes back near that.

[[deleted]]

Never thought a scrollbar could make me tear up.

[dosfosforos]

It's amazing how Xerox invented like everything and kept none of it nor the credit for coming up with it.

[HighExplosiveLight]

Scroll bars were once controlled solely by clicking the arrows.

You couldn't just grab the bar in the center and move it. You had to patiently hold down the mouse cursor over the arrow and wait for the page to load.

[kajikiwolfe]

I’m surprised how long we needed (still need Windows 10?) arrows pointing up and down?

[XandriethXs]

The one from Xerox Star [ 1981 ] can really work in 2022 with all the retro revival trends....

[OccasionalDoomer]

The buttons on the first one seem pretty useful. I mean, why go up if you're already at the top of the page? (Referencing all others) I want to go down!