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Mark this: Skeumorphic design is coming back, hopefully not in the form of Neumorphic design [1], but it is going to make a comeback. Unfortunately, designers w

Mark this: Skeumorphic design is coming back, hopefully not in the form of Neumorphic design [1], but it is going to make a comeback. Unfortunately, designers will latch onto the worse of both - there is already a huge interest in neumorphic design which is basically flat material UI x skeumorphism, but the combination is worse than the individual parts. Just today, I was reading comments praising Coinbase UI. It is just cliches piled on top of cliches by designers. Everything that happened between 2010-2020 made UI worse in many ways. Winamp UI was whimsical, functional and successful. [1] https://www.justinmind.com/blog/neumorphism-ui/ https://www.justinmind.com/blog/neumorphism-ui/

NoSorryCannot 6y ago
I don't really see what's wrong with it. It's not far off from 90s UIs but with more circular elements and less gray. Those UIs are viewed as very functional in retrospective. However, I thought then and still think now that it's a bit ugly.
- systemvoltage 6y ago
  Lack of borders.
  - NoSorryCannot 6y ago
    Terse but unhelpful.
jay_kyburz 6y ago
Somebody will start adding colour, then a little texture here and there, then some nice satisfying sound effects and we'll be back where we should be! Hrm, I wonder if you can activate a phones rumbler from the UI for tactile feedback.
- akiselev 6y ago
  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Vibration_API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Vibration_A... Safari iOS does not support it sadly.
  - dvhh 6y ago
    considering how much it can be abused, it might be for the better
peder 6y ago
This type of design would work well with "shape-changing" displays: https://appleinsider.com/articles/17/03/21/apple-patents-shape-changing-device-display-for-tactile-interactions https://appleinsider.com/articles/17/03/21/apple-patents-sha...
RedShift1 6y ago
Buttons are going to look like buttons again? Depth and borders are back? Can't wait for this!
vortegne 6y ago
Oh god I hope not. Neumorphism is just what dribbble "designers" who have 0 idea about usability like to drool over the past couple years. Absolute drivel.

NoSorryCannot 6y ago

I don't really see what's wrong with it. It's not far off from 90s UIs but with more circular elements and less gray. Those UIs are viewed as very functional in retrospective. However, I thought then and still think now that it's a bit ugly.

systemvoltage 6y ago
Lack of borders.
- NoSorryCannot 6y ago
  Terse but unhelpful.

jay_kyburz 6y ago

Somebody will start adding colour, then a little texture here and there, then some nice satisfying sound effects and we'll be back where we should be! Hrm, I wonder if you can activate a phones rumbler from the UI for tactile feedback.

akiselev 6y ago
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Vibration_API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Vibration_A... Safari iOS does not support it sadly.
- dvhh 6y ago
  considering how much it can be abused, it might be for the better

peder 6y ago

This type of design would work well with "shape-changing" displays: https://appleinsider.com/articles/17/03/21/apple-patents-shape-changing-device-display-for-tactile-interactions https://appleinsider.com/articles/17/03/21/apple-patents-sha...

RedShift1 6y ago

Buttons are going to look like buttons again? Depth and borders are back? Can't wait for this!

vortegne 6y ago

Oh god I hope not. Neumorphism is just what dribbble "designers" who have 0 idea about usability like to drool over the past couple years. Absolute drivel.