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by pentagrama·5y ago·view on hn ↗
Windows 95 nailed it from the start with the UX, I believe it was heavily researched and thought. A bold vision for a new era.

Here is an interesting Windows 95 usability case study from Microsoft at the time, I love the attention to detail and how many not-visual design things are considered https://archive.is/Uj71F (original link now broken)

The nostalgia factor is heavy here too, not only with contemporaneous (Gen X and Gen Y), some of Gen Z discover the aesthetic as a internet trend who peak around 2012, is called Vaporwave https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporwave

Sorry if my English is not the best :/

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Microsoft putting a lot of effort into usability research, especially for first-time users, is clearly why Windows 95's UI came out so good. Imagine if they'd done the same for later versions: Windows 8 and 10 would never have happened.
that's a great study!