This is neat, it’s not for me (I prefer extreme minimalism) but I could see how some would prefer it. I like how we’re getting more desktop options now thanks to wlroots.

Flashback to TabWorks.

Compaq Presario 486 1994, I was 10.

And yes, played Myst on it.

Tempus fugit…

Sorry, that doesn't look like a walnut desk. That looks like stained pine wood.

Amazing and beautiful, I love it! I'm working on something similar so it gives me ideas.

I always think about video game UI's when I read the skeuomorphic design arugments. I suspect video games use them, at the very least, because they are delightful and fun; which, in my opinion, is a good reason to do something anywhere.

I will say that a long time ago I installed enlightenment and after about 10 minutes the burning windows felt like they were getting in the way, so I guess, like everything, there should be balance.

This will be the chance of the Linux desktop to thrive.

In the past ui development was so hard and none of the app developers had the expertise or appetite to do it properly.

LLMs changed that overnight. A good engineer can build great UI for their app.

This looks like something that heavily relies on a pointer device and thus is the opposite of what I want. But it can probably work well for people not minding this detail. Might even work better in VR.

the "paper windows" idea doesn't seem to have been done with as much soul as the rest of the ui. Just a turned up corner. I reckon something done there could really tie this together

I'd be into something as useful as Quartz Composer was for Desktop Widgets, but not a full skeuomorphic desktop.

Indigo Magic or CDE is as close as I'd want to go with that concept.

2004 was a long time ago, and I suppose what is old can be new (again).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQQPTtdzBig

Wrong abstraction! I love it… But wrong abstraction!