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Flat design was a mistake. I correctly called this out years ago. It's a horrible choice Johny Ive was only able to poison the world with once Steve Jobs wasn't
by stevebmark 8y ago
Flat design was a mistake. I correctly called this out years ago. It's a horrible choice Johny Ive was only able to poison the world with once Steve Jobs wasn't there to force good design guidance on him. Everyone followed suit and the pendulum has swung _hard_ towards the objective failure of flat design. It's slowly swinging back. Look now at how you reacted to it and analyze your choices. This is a good exercise in realizing an industry trend was a terrible idea and making sure you learn from it if you ever thought flat design was a positive move.
- zapzupnz 8y agoI thought the world had gotten beyond "Steve would be rolling in his grave". Apart from anything, Windows Phone and its flat design came out in 2010, three years prior to iOS 7. Windows 8 came out in 2012, one year before. Please don't pin an entire phenomenon on one man, especially the wrong one.
- jonhendry18 8y agoThat's the saddest thing. Apple copying flat UI from Windows Phone, which is dead now.
- zapzupnz 8y agoI don't think Apple copied the flat UI from Windows Phone. It had already become a trend by that point, and OS X had started to move to lighter gradients and flatter buttons in 10.7, released in 2011. I'm sure the web had already started getting flat by then, too.