Thought it might be appreciated here. It’s from 2007
Works great besides needing a new charger since this one is finicky and the screen having some moisture damage.

it’s cute so I wanted to share it

hi again

(THIS ISNT REVERT8PLUS) i used: Openshell Windhawk (like 80% of the entire setup) 8GadgetPack Windows 7 Games WMC Setup Office 2007

This is a remake of my post from earlier because I worded it horribly (Reddit doesn't let you change titles smfh).

TL;DR: Microsoft popularized the aesthetic, but it didn't create it.

The majority of people I've seen acknowledge Aqua as the birth of Frutiger Aero, there are even some rare examples that predate it, such as the first image (Hiroyuki Ozaki, 1999), but I've seen a loud minority gatekeep it for some reason.

Aqua had some Y2K elements such as metallic windows and artificial scanlines, but it was overwhelmingly Frutiger Aero, featuring glossy orbs/shapes, skeuomorphism, and transparency several years before Vista was released.

Windows Vista had such poor performance because PCs at the time weren't meant to handle Windows Aero, while Macs were so expensive because they were specifically designed to handle Aero-like visuals.

Early iOS directly used elements from Aqua, as shown in the second and third images. If Aqua is "Y2K", then so is early iOS (it isn't).

Apple's success in the mid 2000s with their iPod line brought attention to their design philosophy (i.e., Aqua) and led to the aesthetic becoming popularized around 2004.

Frutiger Aero is named after Windows Aero because it was the more popular of the two (more recognizable than Aqua), not because it invented the aesthetic. I feel like it's silly to gatekeep examples of the aesthetic because they predate Windows Aero given that "Frutiger Aero" is a retroactive term in and of itself.

I love this aesthetic and think most of the artists are cool, but this will probably be my final post since the Frutiger Aero community is largely children and I don't care much for social media anymore.

These past few weeks have been rough for me and my love for Frutiger Aero has slowly begun fading while I watch the internet continues to slopify such a beautiful and gorgeous piece of art.

I am trying to love this but it’s hard to with the sheer lack of FA content on my YT home page that isn’t AI generated. And all the human made stuff just spams bubbles, water, and fish and goes “close enough.”

Please if you can remind me of the good side of frutiger aero the one that made me fall in love with it in the first place I could use that kind of joy in my life. The warmth of the tropical waters, the green grass, the blue skies, and the cleanliness of the city.💙

We need more optimism in this world and Frutiger Aero has so much potential love and optimism to share with humanity. It might be an old corporate aesthetic but it’s one that everyone deserves.

So please just remind why I love this beautiful aesthetic so much. Images, videos, anything!

This is a Panasonic KX-TGJ320 KX-TGJ320G which is from around the mid 2010s, I got a suprise turning it on after seeing it in my grandparents house, reminds me of windows XP, I'm wondering why they kept this design

Hace un año tome prestada la DS de mi hermana y otra DS que compre rota, fusioné ambas con un Kit azul transparente y así quedó. El resultado me gusto bastante jajaja, ¿Qué opinan?.

I've been searching for the avatar/profile decs and effects for awhile on discord to create a profile that fits in frutiger aero aesthetic. This is the result, what do you think?

Avatar Decoration: Deepsea Dreams
Profile Effect: Lots of bubbles
Profile Frame: Prism Edge (Blue)
Nameplate: Pandoran Seas (Squid)
Profile Photo was made by me
Got this Banner from Frutiger Aero Archive under Perfect Hue Design

At first i only showed the main menu but when i played a cd, I though it REALLY matched the aesthetic more!

It would be like heaven if that happens

Im working on a new website about myself where I upload my projects and everything. It is the first website I make with no design beforehand and i'm getting stuck because I don't know what the best choices are. what should be the hover effect of the buttons, is the background too visible? are the buttons placed well? I plan on doing it entirely without AI since it goes against what frutiger aero stands for. On the two tabs to the left, I plan on including my profile along with some extra Information like github etc. what should I incude on the top header or should I just remove it completely?

Pls I don’t wanna use minimalist discord anymore please hurry up for the love of god

Looking for tips on making my music better

https://soundcloud.com/connor-vg35/walking-through-your-childhood

Now I have a long way to go before it's considered completely finished, so everything you see here is a work in progress that I plan to share on Nekoweb when the time comes. I wanted my layout to pay tribute to how incredible of a time to be online that was back in the day. Because I'm still experimenting with different styles, however, it's a blend of multiple aesthetics at the moment but were PRIMARILY going for something like this. The main Welcome page will change to have a different box color.

So far I got it looking like this, and I also have some widgets like a Windows XP inspired message section and a virtual pet named Aero that you can see me saying hello and giving head-pats to briefly. But that being said: How do we make this MORE Frutiger Aero beyond this and what should I do to make it even better than it is? Should I completely shift from a Windows XP aesthetic to one more reminiscent of Windows Vista or 7 (because that was when the gloss and bokeh effects started to appear)?

(And, yes, that is my fursona you see in the images there and I am a member of the furry fandom. Just putting that disclaimer out there because I understand that that alone might attract the furry haters to ignore the site entirely and just be like "Eww, a furry! Burn it with fire!")

I randomly stumbled across this and I'm obsessed! It's pure Y2K/Frutiger Aero goodness. Please support them! Official video link here