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Skeumorphism is purely about looks. If it impacts functionality it’s more than that. If it’s only looks it doesn’t matter and is only about taste.
by mkaltenecker 14y ago
Skeumorphism is purely about looks. If it impacts functionality it’s more than that.
If it’s only looks it doesn’t matter and is only about taste.
- bugmenot 14y agoNo
- tensor 14y agoYou cannot just change the definition of a word to suite your argument. Most people consider skeuomorphic design to include both looks and behaviour. Regardless, what I've described is all looks. Address Book still has grouping functionality. It's just been made extremely difficult to use because of the design of the interface. Further, looks are about much more than just taste. Designs affect how easy it is to understand the information being displayed, or to understand how to use an application. Skeuomorphic design is typically used to try to improve the latter: help people to understand how to use the app. It mimics a physical object because people already know how that object works. This benefit disappears if your skeuomorphic design doesn't actually work like the object it mimics though.
- mkaltenecker 14y agoOk, then I won’t. Skeumorphism that doesn’t affect functionality is purely about taste. Anything beyond that is bad. End of the story.
- yen223 14y agoTensor's point, which I agree with, is that Apple's choice to use skeumorphism has impacted functionality, and is not a good design principal at all. I would also argue that a lot of their designs look downright ugly to be honest.