He picked two examples that came from a time where UX/good graphic design didn't matter. They are still popular today because of their incumbent status. I'd wa

He picked two examples that came from a time where UX/good graphic design didn't matter. They are still popular today because of their incumbent status. I'd wager that neither application would be as popular if they came out today as our standards have been raised. Shout out to Basecamp for getting attention for another one of their link-bait-y, contrarian articles though. They are so good at that and it keeps their name out there.