Re: So what should a a 21st century UI look like?
"the single worst part of UI design is to waste valuable vertical space"
That assumes vertical space is the limiting factor. With a wide spreadsheet or an image in landscape form or even two documents in portrait form side-by-side it's horizontal space that matters. If you need all those interface elements they have to go somewhere and a good many applications enable the user to choose to hide some elements if that's appropriate.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
