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I'm not sure whether I'd call most of that "evolution", as it's not like the most fit styles survive. It's mostly about fashion. Candy buttons today, flat non-e
by mhd 10y ago
I'm not sure whether I'd call most of that "evolution", as it's not like the most fit styles survive. It's mostly about fashion. Candy buttons today, flat non-entities tomorrow. Rarely is there something that truly improves upon predictability/usability, it's mostly just bell-bottom pants and crinolines.
- qznc 10y agoI like website which distinguish between GET (navigation only) and POST (state changing) buttons by style. For example, ghost buttons for GET and colored for POST.
- pcurve 10y agoI'm guilty of jumping on the flat button band wagon a few years ago. I manage an internal application ui team at a pretty big company and despite their having less affordance than before, there hasn't been complaints. Regardless, for our new version of UI patterns, I'm bringing back the rounded corners. Guess what? Pages are already looking more usable, and frankly easier to design. It takes a very talented designer to create a beautiful looking page using flat, minimal motifs. And truth be told, most non-designers don't share the same aesthetics. But if you throw in rounded corners and very subtle gradients and shadows... and all of a sudden, designing a good looking page is much easier. And frankly, that's what I need in pressure cooker enterprise environment.
- Mikhail_Edoshin 10y agoThere's survival of the fittest but there's also mating preferences and they don't always see eye-to-eye :)