Windows GUI – Good, Bad and Pretty Ugly (2023)
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- #Windows
- #Ranking
- #GUI
- Windows GUI evolution from 1985 to 2023 ranked.
- Rating system: 1 to 10 Clippys, with 10 being best.
- Top rankings: Windows 11 (8 Clippys), Windows 2000 (8 Clippys), Windows 95/98/Vista/7 (7.5 Clippys).
- Lowest rankings: Windows 1.0 (1 Clippy), Windows 2.0 (2.5 Clippys), Windows 8 (5 Clippys).
- Windows 3.0/3.1/XP rated 6 Clippys; Windows 10 rated 6.5 Clippys.
- Windows 8.1 slightly improved over Windows 8 with 5.5 Clippys.
- Windows 11 praised for refined GUI but criticized for lack of customization and bloatware.
- Successful iterations: Windows 3.0, 95, Vista, 11.
- Failures: Windows XP, Windows 8.
- Early versions limited by technology; Windows 10 a frankenOS post-Windows 8.