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I'm just holding out for buttons that look like you can click them. Bring back Windows 95
by TakeBlaster16 4y ago
I'm just holding out for buttons that look like you can click them. Bring back Windows 95
- bovermyer 4y agoSkeuomorphism is awesome, and I'm absolutely making chunky, clickable buttons in a site design I'm working on.
- acidburnNSA 4y agoI've been building a virtual replica of my 1996 gateway 2000 in an 86Box VM. I am amazed at how good the Windows 95 UI feels. I also want to get screensavers and system sounds going on my Linux workstation.
- cronix 4y agoAnd the opposite; NOT making things look like buttons that aren't actually clickable.
- thrown_22 4y agoAt this point I don't even care what it looks like. Flat can work just as well as not flat as long as it's consistent. A stop sign is the definition of flat: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/STOP_sign.jpg/1280px-STOP_sign.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/ST... but it has a border which separates it from the rest of the world. If it were a button when you've clicked it once you will know where it is and how big it is. Random text with no differentiation from the rest of the page is a big reason why I've lost the habit of clicking hyperlinks. If it doesn't look like it will do something I will assume it does nothing.
- nebalee 4y agoIt's funny, real buttons on devices that look and feel like buttons are on the retreat with almost everything using touch controls nowadays. So the flat and featureless buttons of modern GUIs increasingly reflect the UIs of the physical world.