>> To achieve hat you're showing you need some depth to the button. Hard to accomplish with today's design trends. This why some people complain about UI desig

>> To achieve hat you're showing you need some depth to the button. Hard to accomplish with today's design trends. This why some people complain about UI design "trends". They elevate an aesthetic choice over clarity, usability, or function (not sure which word is best here). Or in this case it seems part of the push was to reduce the screen space taken by a control.