Comment by abraxas

3 days ago

I think this says more about "modern" UI than it does about AI slop. The awfulness of all this comes mostly from the fact that widgets no longer have consistent shape, theme or interaction behaviour ever since desktop paridigms and original Xerox/Parc research were abandoned in favour of web slop. So yeah, this is much more Web Slop than AI Slop. AI is just amplifying it.

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Retr0id  3 days ago

Continuing in that vein, it'd be interesting to see a Win98 version.

Edit: https://retr0.id/stuff/deslop/

  • dofm  3 days ago

    Oh man. I am a sort of pragmatic AI cynic and I wasn't even a fan of how Windows 98 looked but my heart just skipped a beat.

    What does it do if you suggest it looks like an OpenLook/XView/OpenWindows application? (That is where my heart really belongs)

    Doubt there's much in the training set...

  • thewebguyd  3 days ago

    Wow, that's immediately so much better than the others to the point its kind of sad.

    We've really went behind in terms of UX as an industry.

  • properbrew  3 days ago

    This one works well. I think it's because there's no shine to it, it's just the data, what you need, right there without trying to fluff it all out with rounded edges and superfluous stuff.

    • econ  3 days ago

      The opposite, to change it into the modern version remove all borders and make all backgrounds the same color.

      That is how to make it uneasy on the eyes.

  • contextfree  3 days ago

    It's really funny that it uses the Windows dotted-line focus rectangle as a stylistic signifier of "Windowsy thing" while having no idea what it's for.

    • Retr0id  3 days ago

      Heh well there was a dashed border in the "original" version and I suppose it just made it the windows-y equivalent. I imagine it wouldn't have done the same if it was prompted from scratch.

      ("it" being Opus 4.8 btw)

  • Gander5739  3 days ago

    For some balance in the replies, I must say I find this rather hideous. To each their own, I suppose.

  • unleaded  3 days ago

    I really wish CSS added an option to set font antialiasing and hinting. Would make all these old windows style websites look 1000x better.

  • econ  3 days ago

    I use to make whole websites using system colors. The colors kept getting worse and eventually everyone hated it including myself.

  • ghrl  3 days ago

    That's refreshingly usable and not-slop-looking, nice additional style.