Man I remember way back in the day... Windows 2000, marveling at the mouse pointer. It had a shadow! It was the most amazing thing. Items near it were still visible but they were cloaked in a little, smooth gradient shadow. The mouse pointer was hovering above the other items on the desktop.
Remember being amazed at the little details? New OS versions would come out and the biggest question was what would it look like? The glossy plastic of Vista (It looked an awful lot like Beryl on Linux prior to Vista's release *ahem*).
I still notice and enjoy the little things. The cool flat Doh's UI. Sadly my love minimalism robs me of most of the fun. I typically turn off any panels or shortcut bars, launchers etc. Plain color backgrounds and nothing but basic window decorations. So when I install new distros efc I miss out on any new flashy GUI elements.
But it still feels so good running a freshly built machine!
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