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The red button shows how important depth is for UI controls. There would never be any doubt that it’s an interactive element. I wish the flat design trend we’r

The red button shows how important depth is for UI controls. There would never be any doubt that it’s an interactive element. I wish the flat design trend we’re only now starting to drag ourselves out of only extended to materials. I’ve no problem with getting rid of the OS X Aqua/Windows Aero-style gloss that was everywhere and starting to look dated, but we lost a ton of usability by making interactive elements indistinguishable from labels.

robocat 4y ago
The red button is also lacking some really subtle queues if the press is cancelled. On mobile, touch the button and drag-scroll, and the button should not remain down. On desktop, ctrl-click and the button should not press, or click down on your mouse and press [ESC], and the button should cancel (I think - I am not on my desktop). Most controls have a bunch of really subtle and unobvious platform dependant behaviour. Often control replacements/skins lose subtle behaviours. In my opinion the timing of a very quick tap on the button feels off on my iPad - although I’m unsure if that could be improved with CSS or JavaScript.