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Michael Feeney<\/a> (Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

To help me understand how modern applications would have looked liked in the Mac OS 9 era, I had to start analysing the OS in greater detail.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

I then started creating a Library of Mac OS 9 components that I reused throughout my project. The Mac OS 9: UI Kit<\/a> is available to the whole Figma community. Feel free to use it for your own personal projects as well.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Click through the slideshow to see the same applications in the macOS 11 environment followed by their Mac OS 9 treatment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Via Rui Carmo<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I do miss the clarity and sparseness of this era of UI design, if only because windows and controls actually made efficient use of screen real estate instead of being 50% padding and cutesy spacing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

John Gruber<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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There are numerous details I’d quibble with (multiple windows active at the same time, for example), but it brought me joy to explore these designs and watch his video of them in action. I miss this style of UI design very much — not the exact look, per se, but the spirit of emphasizing clarity above all else, where content fields are clearly content fields, input focus is clear, and buttons look like buttons.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n