Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 Desktop Environment.

[leoo]

That desktop was a huge hit and has remained the standard for good reason.   
MS kept it right up to Windows 7 which was also widely popular.

It only abandoned that look and feel for Windows 8's tablet interface, and  
only then NOT in response to user demand, but rather as an iPad-fighting  
tactic, something MS force-fed desktop and laptop users to get them enmeshed  
and invested in a tablet ecosystem so they'd buy a Windows tablet when  
tablet-buying time came around.  Typical user reaction ranged from confusion  
to frustration to outright fury, with utilities restoring a semblance of the  
beloved standard look and feel being heavily used.  MS was dragged kicking  
and screaming into a grudging partial restoration of the status quo ante in  
8.1 and a further step back in 10.