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Good GUIs can be discoverable yes, but what about about Windows XP's file explorer shift right-click option (to make reappear 'Open with..'), Windows 10 right click on the 'start' menu? Do you find these things discoverable?

The truth is that being pretty/fashionable matter more than discoverability..

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It's not about being flashy. Those Windows commands are hidden precisely because they are for power users and Microsoft presumably thinks that average users don't want or need them. Which is a whole different can of worms.

These commands should be also provided behind an 'advanced' submenu which would make them both discoverable AND not used by default by normal users.

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