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It wouldn't surprise me if the periodic stylistic changes are analogous to fashion industry periodic makeovers, apparently a tool to keep users engaged and purc
by gnramires 6y ago
It wouldn't surprise me if the periodic stylistic changes are analogous to fashion industry periodic makeovers, apparently a tool to keep users engaged and purchasing gadgets (plus a lot of sociological reasons) -- not necessarily for superiority to what came before in any absolute sense.
- chefandy 6y agoAbsolutely. As is the case with architectural styles, features and forms in footwear, clothing materials, popular branding color pallets and all sorts of other things like that, graphical interface norms certainly follow trends. Skeuomorphism, for example.
- nine_k 6y agoI bet every serious design change aims to alleviate some of the pains that the previous design was producing. I bet it's always an honest "let's make it right this time" attempt. But every new design also contains certain compromises, and also is found to has pain points that have not been anticipated. So the cycle continues.
- gnramires 6y agoOn the level of the designers I agree -- each designer is without doubt doing what he thinks is best, but on the larger scale that prompts redesign in the first place, I'm skeptical. For example, would it be acceptable/comfortable for the designer to conclude "Everything is fine as is, we've done a pretty good job last time around, let's ship it like it is." ? If not that reflects a systemic bias to introduce changes in the name of changing.