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dennis.kext said:

I really think a neat internal design/engineering exercise for Apple would be to implement the original Pre-System 7 UI in macOS(Could you imagine a classic dark mode?!). Just strip it down to the very basic elements. I really think going backwards could help them go forwards.

I don't care what skin the UI looks like(Classic, CopelandPlatinum, Aqua, Leopard or LiquidAss)... I just want to know where is a safe place to grab a window.

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System 6 UI was designed for a floppy disk-based OS with no multitasking on a 9 inch monochrome CRT. It had no window minimizing, no ability to bring just one window forward out of multiple windows attached to a given app, no list view or aliases in Finder, and no safe place to grab a window except for the title bar. As someone who used System 6 on a Mac Plus for almost six years back in the days, I find your idea about as sensible as suggesting that an overly ornate restaurant try to “go forward” by getting rid of eating utensils.