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Well, Apple made some horrible, horrible skeuomorphic UIs back in the day (See [0] for a very ancient example; or any stitched-leather UI from an iPhone before

Well, Apple made some horrible, horrible skeuomorphic UIs back in the day (See [0] for a very ancient example; or any stitched-leather UI from an iPhone before iOS 7). Having said that, I could really use a little bit of skeuo these days. Buttons that look like buttons, sliders that resemble sliders, and the like. [0]: http://hallofshame.gp.co.at/qtime.html http://hallofshame.gp.co.at/qtime.html

Nextgrid 6y ago
I don’t understand the seemingly-universal hate for the stitched leather. It at least shows some personality and effort compared to just empty whitespace everywhere.
- neverartful 6y ago
  Because it's overly gratuitous designer eye-candy with absolutely no benefit aside from stroking the UI designer's ego.
  - Exuma 6y ago
    Something looking good is a benefit, lol.
  - iguy 6y ago
    It is eye-candy, but it's also useful for finding your way around if different apps look different. Some apps need every pixel they can get for content, but some don't, and those ones can show some personality.
  - qppo 6y ago
    This is how I feel about a healthy majority of flat UI design today (and almost the every example of neumorphism or widget with animations). Eye candy happens when UI designers make something for a slide show demo and neither the designer or PM uses the UI while they iterate. Which is part and parcel to many areas of development today.
- lou1306 6y ago
  Real leather gives you a tactile feeling. Moreover, it reflects light differently than paper, whereas the light coming from pixels on a screen is equal in all but color. IMHO skeuomorphism is not evil per se, but it must somehow boost usability to be justified (sliders are a good example of this). Otherwise, it's like the visual equivalent of purple prose.
  - mikewhy 6y ago
    > Moreover, it reflects light differently than paper Now I'm really curious how things would look of skeuomorphism was still around nowadays when we have physically based rendering.

Nextgrid 6y ago

I don’t understand the seemingly-universal hate for the stitched leather. It at least shows some personality and effort compared to just empty whitespace everywhere.

neverartful 6y ago
Because it's overly gratuitous designer eye-candy with absolutely no benefit aside from stroking the UI designer's ego.
- Exuma 6y ago
  Something looking good is a benefit, lol.
- iguy 6y ago
  It is eye-candy, but it's also useful for finding your way around if different apps look different. Some apps need every pixel they can get for content, but some don't, and those ones can show some personality.
- qppo 6y ago
  This is how I feel about a healthy majority of flat UI design today (and almost the every example of neumorphism or widget with animations). Eye candy happens when UI designers make something for a slide show demo and neither the designer or PM uses the UI while they iterate. Which is part and parcel to many areas of development today.
lou1306 6y ago
Real leather gives you a tactile feeling. Moreover, it reflects light differently than paper, whereas the light coming from pixels on a screen is equal in all but color. IMHO skeuomorphism is not evil per se, but it must somehow boost usability to be justified (sliders are a good example of this). Otherwise, it's like the visual equivalent of purple prose.
- mikewhy 6y ago
  > Moreover, it reflects light differently than paper Now I'm really curious how things would look of skeuomorphism was still around nowadays when we have physically based rendering.