To me, buttons and icons provide the visual cue that “clicking here does something”, without having to mouse over them to discover that they’re clickable.

It’s the unadorned text strings that aren’t as obvious.

Yea, I agree that Office 2003 was the pinnacle of Office UI design. And I’d go so far as to say that about Windows 2000.

Having controls in predictable shapes and locations really contributed to “ease of use”. One of my pet peeves is the more recent trend where clickable elements aren’t obviously so. Such as a string of text that one has to hover across and see the cursor change shape to know that it’s clickable.

As others have said, I think a significant part of why the UIs have changed since then is to accommodate touch screens and “webification”.

'Glad to see your posting. I thought I was just being curmudgeonly :)

Congratulations! Bask in the glow of accomplishment, and get some well deserved rest!

“Earschplittenloudenboomer”

Reminds me of “Demon Seed” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_Seed

I have the same question, mainly because it seems like the Plex interface is trying too hard to show stuff that’s not on my local server.

I loved that scene

Nice to see the KLR reference!

Nice work

The ROI won’t be a step function, like the flick of a switch.

They’ve recovered half a billion in the first year.

“This polish takes forever to dry…”

In case you haven’t seen it, Fallout 4 is on sale at gog.com for $9.99 USD.

Bethesda games are my favorite. I played Skyrim all the way through on an Xbox 360, then again on Xbox One. I should try a melee character on the next platform, rather than sticking with a long-range archer elf.

I did play through Fallout New Vegas on “survival” mode a few years back. It took a bit longer since a lot of time had to be spent on eating and sleeping. Fun though!

Yea, I can understand. The early part of the game is marred by Preston Garvey giving one assignment after another, and having to rush off the defend settlements.

But FO4 has a quite elaborate settlement building component, and after ringing them with turrets and other defenses, they can pretty much take care of themselves, leaving more time to wander.

There’s quite a variety of things to see outside the city. My favorites are the Glowing Sea to the south west and Far Harbor to the north east (DLC).

The thing that really gives FO4 longevity, for me, is that the leveling up has no upper limit. Whatever character traits one picks initially should theoretically converge to a character with everything.

Ah, yea, sorry. I’ve only ever used one character, and I think I started with mostly an “intelligence” build.

My character’s current SPECIAL stats are 10, 13, 7, 12, 10, 9, and 9 at level 129.

I’m playing on an Xbox One with just the six DLCs.

I installed one mod a looong time ago, whose name and purpose I don’t recall, and since then my gamer score has not increased despite having played several other games.

So, I’m a bit leery of trying anything else. As time permits, I’ll looking into getting things straightened out.

Oh yea! I’m really ready for the immersion in a new universe!

That’ll be the catalyst for me buying an Xbox Series X.

Wandering around Boston in Fallout 4, reinforcing some settlements, collecting some junk for scraps, and sleeping with Cait.

Even found another power armor suit that had somehow gone undiscovered years ago.