I have no idea why this has become a thing, because I completely agree with you. The result of "it has to look identical everywhere" has resulted in lowest-comm

I have no idea why this has become a thing, because I completely agree with you. The result of "it has to look identical everywhere" has resulted in lowest-common-denominator design and duplo-style interfaces[1], and it makes me really sad. [1] I credit this metaphor to http://idlewords.com/talks/website_obesity.htm http://idlewords.com/talks/website_obesity.htm