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"Pendulum swings" are going to shake off everyone else at different rates and we're going to be stuck with an eclectic mix of designs. This already plagues Wind
by aimor 6y ago
"Pendulum swings" are going to shake off everyone else at different rates and we're going to be stuck with an eclectic mix of designs. This already plagues Windows (Ribbon, legacy settings) and Android (square, squircle, circle, triangle icons).
I don't think people are able to distinguish between what's new and old anymore. Aesthetics will finally be free from corporate trend setting and maybe we'll feel comfortable doing our own thing.
- dagmx 6y agoThe difference though is that on Windows you have to specifically choose visual styles to some degree. On Apple systems, as long as you’re using the native frameworks, the framework itself handles a lot more of the visual update. Both methods have their pros and cons, but you’re less likely to see an aesthetic divergence on iOS/macOS
- x3haloed 6y agoThe pendulum swings are not the problem. They have been around forever. The problem, on Windows at least, is that they no longer take the time to finish their work, they don’t give developers standard frameworks to gracefully upgrade automatically to new schemes, and they change their minds so often with little warning to developers that devs don’t have time or patience to keep up. The difference with Apple is that they finish their work, and the pace of change is much slower.
- kkarakk 6y agoyou forgot teardrop on android, which i use coz it's so hilariously bad but someone wanted it in so it got in. aka google PM syndrome