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I agree, I love skeuomorphic designs even though the common consensus seems to be that it's obsolete/outdated. I guess it's a consequence of the unusually high

by bogwog 4y ago

I agree, I love skeuomorphic designs even though the common consensus seems to be that it's obsolete/outdated. I guess it's a consequence of the unusually high influence Apple has on the design world. It seems like no matter what Apple decides to do, every single designer will blindly follow them.

bluk 4y ago
I don't know if most people consider skeuomorphic designs obsolete/outdated, but the costs would be far greater today compared to when iOS was only for a handful of different resolutions for the iPhone and iPad. Not only do you have to consider the physical screen size differences with possibly different PPI, but all of the sidebar/split-screen/multi-window modes would require additional work. It's kind of like when most websites started to switch to responsive designs where image heavy layouts and other fun animations kinda dropped off. It was just too costly to make things work well.
- musesum 4y ago
  > when most websites started to switch to responsive designs where image heavy layouts and other fun animations kinda dropped off Yep, things got harder with AutoRotate on the iPad. It took a while to get used to SwiftUI. But the pay off is immediate when switching from Portrait to Landscape mode. Now, everything flows perfectly. Imagine designing for every single kind of device: be it watch, phone, pad, desktop, and TV. It kinda forces you to think differently.
  - ben_w 4y ago
    I think it depends on the level of skeumorphism — a button doesn’t need to be a bitmap a-la Bryce or Kai’s Power Tools or Poser to be skeumorphic, it can be a bevelled rounded rectangle like MacOS 8 or a more complex but still procedurally generated 3D effect of the Aqua UI.
    - musesum 4y ago
      > it can be a bevelled rounded rectangle ok, yeah. Was thinking of the original Notepad, where the frayed yellow tear-off sheet border drove me nuts! Anything tied to the "desktop metaphor" - bits are not atoms
timeon 4y ago
> It seems like no matter what Apple decides to do, every single designer will blindly follow them. While iOS was still skeuomorphic - first app I had that was flat was made by Microsoft. (Photosynth app)
- goosedragons 4y ago
  Yeah I think this flat trend was more started by MS with the Zune HD, Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8. Apple was late to the flat game with iOS 7.

by bogwog 4y ago

bluk 4y ago

I don't know if most people consider skeuomorphic designs obsolete/outdated, but the costs would be far greater today compared to when iOS was only for a handful of different resolutions for the iPhone and iPad. Not only do you have to consider the physical screen size differences with possibly different PPI, but all of the sidebar/split-screen/multi-window modes would require additional work. It's kind of like when most websites started to switch to responsive designs where image heavy layouts and other fun animations kinda dropped off. It was just too costly to make things work well.

musesum 4y ago
> when most websites started to switch to responsive designs where image heavy layouts and other fun animations kinda dropped off Yep, things got harder with AutoRotate on the iPad. It took a while to get used to SwiftUI. But the pay off is immediate when switching from Portrait to Landscape mode. Now, everything flows perfectly. Imagine designing for every single kind of device: be it watch, phone, pad, desktop, and TV. It kinda forces you to think differently.
- ben_w 4y ago
  I think it depends on the level of skeumorphism — a button doesn’t need to be a bitmap a-la Bryce or Kai’s Power Tools or Poser to be skeumorphic, it can be a bevelled rounded rectangle like MacOS 8 or a more complex but still procedurally generated 3D effect of the Aqua UI.
  - musesum 4y ago
    > it can be a bevelled rounded rectangle ok, yeah. Was thinking of the original Notepad, where the frayed yellow tear-off sheet border drove me nuts! Anything tied to the "desktop metaphor" - bits are not atoms

timeon 4y ago

> It seems like no matter what Apple decides to do, every single designer will blindly follow them. While iOS was still skeuomorphic - first app I had that was flat was made by Microsoft. (Photosynth app)

goosedragons 4y ago
Yeah I think this flat trend was more started by MS with the Zune HD, Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8. Apple was late to the flat game with iOS 7.