NeXTSTEP
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Feb 5, 2026first mention
Oct 26, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I've always liked NeXTSTEP's distinctive user interface.”
“it was the most integrated and best GUI I’ve ever used”
used a NeXT workstation in the mid 1990son “Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop”
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“NeXT was world-class software, but malleability for the user was exactly what Jobs was proud of not offering.”
“Take a look at what was possible in the late 1980s with 8 MB of RAM”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Behind the scenes at the NeXT Computer office 1 mention
- Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop 1 mention
- Malleable Computing, Emacs, and You 1 mention
- Wirth's Revenge 1 mention
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“I've always liked NeXTSTEP's distinctive user interface.”
“it was the most integrated and best GUI I’ve ever used”
“NeXT was world-class software, but malleability for the user was exactly what Jobs was proud of not offering.”
“Take a look at what was possible in the late 1980s with 8 MB of RAM”