> A skeuomorph is when you try to make a UI look like a physical object Agreed, and the linked article specifically themes their tabs to look like a file folde

> A skeuomorph is when you try to make a UI look like a physical object Agreed, and the linked article specifically themes their tabs to look like a file folder, with a reminiscent color and rounded corners. The very concept of a tab that contains related information in it is a replication of the physical tabbed file folder. It's pretty much this: https://imgur.com/a/u2WgESW https://imgur.com/a/u2WgESW And that is largely a hold over from the concept of a physical desktop in an office. See: https://onezero.medium.com/the-document-metaphor-desktop-gui-doesnt-work-anymore-d276271bfa40 https://onezero.medium.com/the-document-metaphor-desktop-gui... It'd be nice for some new concepts to be introduced and refined.