I think parents reaction might be due the amount of shit software with pretty UIs. In the last 10 years it really feels like software has leaned towards form over function. I personally miss, simple, snappy Windows NT type UIs that were a megabyte and didn't contain a gig of custom icons or hit the GPU to like fade a window or something.
I think most people would trade opacity and fancy buttons for MS Teams to be able to load in under a minute.
I think most people would trade opacity and fancy buttons for MS Teams to be able to load in under a minute.