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> flat minimalism "Modern" design is so opposed to any skeuomorphism that every item on the screen has been totally drained of color and detail. So many UIs ar
by gary_0 5y ago
> flat minimalism
"Modern" design is so opposed to any skeuomorphism that every item on the screen has been totally drained of color and detail. So many UIs are frustrating to use because everything is an abstract monochrome glyph. The extreme of fashion over function we're suffering right now is mind-boggling.
In the early 2000's we had books like Steve Krug's "Don't Make Me Think"; but now, for some reason, decades of design and engineering knowledge are being totally ignored, to society's great detriment.
- pmontra 5y agoI wonder if those books are ever read nowadays or if the sheer number of projects requiring design skills led to uneducated masses of coders or whatever (me too) doing the job of real educated designers. And fashion, and Bootstrap and all those time saving toolkits.
- Shared404 5y agoIf I didn't experience as much instability as I did last time I used it, I would daily drive Enlightenment as a WM for this reason. Beautiful skeuomorphic controls, while also being lightweight and running quickly. EDIT: I just went to Enlightenment's home page for the first time in a while and it's flat now ;_;