@mhoye @jwz 95% of my use are "i double click a file, VLC opens. I double click the window, it goes fullscreen. I am happy."

3% are like "I double click a file, VLC opens, I use the timeline slider because I look for something specific"

2% are like "I need some oddbal weird feature like opening the desktop recording while streaming to some target in a format nobody else (except ffmpeg, of course. OF COURSE.) understands.

The buttons look like windows 95 buttons. That does not matter to me.