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> a lot of people, myself included, that point to the 10.6 era as peak OSX aesthetics Just guessing... is that what you grew up with?
by chrisseaton 5y ago
> a lot of people, myself included, that point to the 10.6 era as peak OSX aesthetics
Just guessing... is that what you grew up with?
- jjoonathan 5y agoNo, growing up was OS9 with lime green highlights on a lime green iMac playing Bugdom. I'd argue that it was still better than flat design, but I would have to concede that nostalgia goggles might play a role in blinding me to how garish it all was. In contrast, the "I love 10.6" crowd extends considerably beyond my cohort in both directions. It's pretty clearly a skeuomorphism thing. One thing I'll give flat design: it's better than the Fischer Price design that happened between the era of skeuomorphism and present day. Also, it brought dark mode mainstream.
- wruza 5y agoI also prefer 10.6, growing up with DOS 3.0 and then a list of OSes and apps too large to fit in the margin.