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I liked rounded corners on Windows XP. It was the only version of Windows that looked professional and nice at the same time.

Windows 10's design is just bland. I don't know why MS went ahead with this soulless design for so many years after Windows 8 came to be.

Windows 11 tries to be nicer but really it's just a fancy cover on legacy designs left over from since Windows 3.1.

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> I liked rounded corners on Windows XP. It was the only version of Windows that looked professional and nice at the same time.

It's interesting you say that, since I remember back at the time XP was released, so many people complained about how Windows XP had a "Fisher Price" UI that was distinctly non-professional. (Personally, I always liked XP's look.)

That’s why I always switched to XP silver instead of the default blue.

I always liked using Olive Green, mostly because no one else used it so it made me feel cool and different.

Same.

Yeah, the huge blue window decoration with the giant red X and to a lesser degree the mismatched scroll bars really gave it a cheap look, IMO. The rest of the GUI design was actually quite nice. Just these extreme primary colors, overly large GUI elements, and mismatched colors did look bad to me.

Now that's a first to me. Like other commenters said, I also think there was nothing nice about Windows XP's theme. It looked clunky and childish. I mean, I know some people who liked it, but never have I heard anyone refer to it as professional looking.

>I don't know why MS went ahead with this soulless design for so many years after Windows 8 came to be.

My guess is they need it to feel different enough to justify the price tag of a major upgrade.

In reality the changes behind the scene since Windows 7 have been incremental.

Vista*

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