Aesthetics

I'll just go on what I like.

Aero

Wowie Future!?!?!

Yeah, the one you know. This one is a nostalgic favorite of mine because it came from Windows 7, the last consistent one. I almost forgot it existed until the time I wanted to see what Windows 7 looked like when I got it on VMWare. Beautiful 3D glossy look with a hint of future that the 2000s (probably) needed.

Marble Blast Ultra

Marble Blast Ultra is a 2006 title by GarageGames which is about a platforming marble. It is using the Torque Shader Engine and has a bit of the 'glossy' look that I associate with Windows Aero.

Very fun game, it even has a neat community. OpenMBU is a better port of the game for Windows than the original one.

OpenMBU

Windows Media Center

Pretty glossly media center that I've never used for playing media. There is a community-made installer of this that can work on Windows 8.1 and above!

MSI Package

Metro

I FUCKING LOVE MUSIC RAAHHH

Visually appealing flat design with colors. At first I thought it was some regular flat design but I kinda love it. When I had Windows Metro devices (Surface RT & Windows Phone) it looked very neat, and it is something that I think could come back.

Material

android tapping sound

Material, as in Material Design 1, I associate this one with my Google Pixel phones that I used to have. Along with various Google products. The buttons look really nice when they are pressed I wish there was something I could embed on this page for them.

If you were a user of Simple Mobile Tools, you probably used them while they were designed like this and not the super flat design that it uses now. Did you hear they were sold?