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The Worst GUI system?

Plan 9
3 (15%)
Mac OS Classic
2 (10%)
OS/2 Warp and eComstation
3 (15%)
Other(please specify)
12 (60%)

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ReggieMicheals

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Worst GUI system you've seen
« on: 3 March 2006, 22:49 »
The worst of the worst of GUI systems I've seen is Plan 9. Mac Classic is also fairly bad to the newb with little self explantory buttons.
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Re: Worst GUI system you've seen
« Reply #1 on: 3 March 2006, 23:07 »

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Re: Worst GUI system you've seen
« Reply #2 on: 3 March 2006, 23:24 »
Windows 1.0
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Re: Worst GUI system you've seen
« Reply #3 on: 3 March 2006, 23:29 »
Nothing wrong with amiga. More reliable than XP.
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Re: Worst GUI system you've seen
« Reply #4 on: 3 March 2006, 23:33 »
We're talking UI, not stability...
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Re: Worst GUI system you've seen
« Reply #5 on: 3 March 2006, 23:54 »
Mac OS classic... haven't tried amiga or OS/2 or etc.

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Re: Worst GUI system you've seen
« Reply #6 on: 4 March 2006, 00:32 »
Windows XP pre-10hours-fucking-about.
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Re: Worst GUI system you've seen
« Reply #7 on: 4 March 2006, 00:41 »
litestep YAY!!! And you thought gnome had configuration problems...

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Re: Worst GUI system you've seen
« Reply #8 on: 4 March 2006, 00:42 »
Quote from: noob
Nothing wrong with amiga. More reliable than XP.

I have nothing against Amiga; in fact I like Amiga. But Workbench 1.0 was ugly as sin.

Here's a screenshot of the more modern Amiga OS 4:


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Re: Worst GUI system you've seen
« Reply #9 on: 4 March 2006, 02:05 »
Them old amigas can run GUIs like that!? or has it been ported multi platform?
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Re: Worst GUI system you've seen
« Reply #10 on: 4 March 2006, 02:07 »
Its been ported, and boy, that looks ugly!
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Re: Worst GUI system you've seen
« Reply #11 on: 4 March 2006, 02:59 »
All Window$ have shitty GUI ... they're not logical at all ...

the most logical GUI is (in my opinion of course) GNOME :D

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Re: Worst GUI system you've seen
« Reply #12 on: 4 March 2006, 03:45 »
I kinda like the Solaris GUI
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Re: Worst GUI system you've seen
« Reply #13 on: 4 March 2006, 04:35 »
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Windows 1.0

This kid speaks the truth. ;)

What's with the hatred for Mac Classic?  I thought the interface was pretty great.  Oh, and criticizing Plan 9 for a bad GUI isn't really fair.  They aren't trying to make it a "usable" OS so to say...it's used for research.
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Re: Worst GUI system you've seen
« Reply #14 on: 4 March 2006, 07:39 »
I love Mac classic's interface. simple, unobtrusive and very grey... three things that I can appreciate.