> My hypothesis is today's "modern" OS user interfaces are objectively worse from a usability perspective, obfuscating key functionality behind layers of confusing menus.
I think if you went back and actually tried to use these old UIs you would realize that one of the reasons stuff isn't hidden behind layers of menus is that in a lot of cases the 'hidden' features just didn't exist back then.
I think if you went back and actually tried to use these old UIs you would realize that one of the reasons stuff isn't hidden behind layers of menus is that in a lot of cases the 'hidden' features just didn't exist back then.