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Wait ten years. New people will start working, old people will move on to other things. The new people will change stuff, mostly for the sake of it as it always
by pmontra 5y ago
Wait ten years. New people will start working, old people will move on to other things. The new people will change stuff, mostly for the sake of it as it always happens, and one of the results will be less flat interfaces. Old people will be infuriated by the change. Very old people will rejoice but also complain that those UIs are not as good as the really old ones. New people will shrug them away and keep changing stuff mostly for the sake of it as it always happens.
- zozbot234 5y agoIt's already happening, new interfaces from both Apple (see Big Sur/Monterey) and Google (Material design) are noticeably less "flat" and going back to 3d effects for "active" widgets. The effects are much as seen in GTK+ 3 - just subtle enough to not look overly confusing when compared to a totally "flat" screenshot, but still helpful to unfamiliar users.
- pmontra 5y agoSo maybe GTK 5 will take notice 10 years from now, when GTK 4 will start looking outdated in 2024.
- michaelmrose 5y agoThis presumes that all things are equally good and the only difference is familiarity. This isn't generally true of other functional areas of endeavor. Neither computers nor cars are all alike save aesthetics. I see no reason why it would be true of UIs.