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Flat design is form over function and this study appears to prove it. Usually in design there's a reaction against the tyranny of the mainstream. I never liked
by discreteevent 8y ago
Flat design is form over function and this study appears to prove it. Usually in design there's a reaction against the tyranny of the mainstream. I never liked flat design, even just aesthetically, and I've been waiting for the backlash in this case, but when will it ever arrive!
- PavlovsCat 8y agoI did not spend that much effort on this.. I know the text-shadow on links is kinda bad, and I'm also not happy with the green for visited links. But other than that, this made HN much more readable for me, I figured you might enjoy it as well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18752033 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18752033
- buboard 8y agoif you ask me, it's form against function
- renox 8y agoNever? 1) Users didn't ask for flat design 2) There's absolutely no evidence that flat design are better and there are evidence that they are worse Yet I don't expect that UI will go back to 'classic UI', many of those who create UI care more about being perceived as modern (or more accurately not being perceived as outdated) than efficiency, so flat design will probably be replaced by another 'fashion driven design'..
- jonhendry18 8y agoJust like the current inexplicable vogue for illustrations of humanoid figures with bizarre body forms. Which designers seem to love and be very proud of using.
- Teckla 8y agoWhen it comes to computer based user interfaces, I think the problem might be that they start to "look dated" after a while, even if they are perfectly good. The flat fad is just a new coat of paint to make things look fresh and new. When the flat fad has run its course, they'll put on another fresh coat of paint. That's my guess, anyway.