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Ah, I still remember complaing on the mailing list that this new "Kool Desktop Environment" (yes, that was its name) had no proper HIG and it's probably better if they get some style guides ready before starting up...

The heady days of early Linux GUIs. When Tk was king and nobody thought that somebody would do something like Xt again...



Yes, the mix of Tk, Lesstif, Xaw... Each of them ugly, and no consistency between them.

KDE was suddenly a modern UI on Linux!




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