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My take on skeuomorphism has always been ambivalent. Unless the interface really takes away from your productivity, and having to click one or two extra buttons

My take on skeuomorphism has always been ambivalent. Unless the interface really takes away from your productivity, and having to click one or two extra buttons doesn't count, then it's alright by me. Anyone complaining about the visual aspect of it is really complaining to complain.

chucknelson 14y ago
I agree - they look fine. Everyone needs to stop over-analyzing.
- hnriot 14y ago
  Actually everyone needs to stay analyzing, that's how we make progress. The steam engine's fine, everyone needs to stop over analyzing.
  - hyperbovine 14y ago
    Did you really just compare the industrial revolution to the texture of a calendar app menu bar?
    - glhaynes 14y ago
      No, the original poster made an analogy. There's no equivalence being drawn nor value-comparison being made and it's very frustrating how often legitimate analogies are made and the conversation gets bogged down in "you said those are basically the same you must be crazy!" when no such thing happened.
      - hyperbovine 14y ago
        Interesting that you would accuse me of putting words in somebody's mouth by putting words in my mouth. It's a flawed analogy.
dr42 14y ago
We're past the point where the operating system is just about productivity. Computers are used by everyone to do a vast number of things, people live their lives with their computers and how they look (the apps) is a part of that. You don't need a window in your office to improve your productivity, but it certainly makes life more livable when surrounded by well designed and beautiful things.
cageface 14y ago
Aesthetics matter. Whe you look at how much more progressive The new Windows and Android UIs are this kind of thing starts to look like something from a sidebar ad in the New Yorker: cheesy trash designed to make rich people feel good about spending too much money.
- jbsan 14y ago
  I feel like, MS and google thought "ok, we cant keep copying apple, lets jump ahead of them instead, so well be where they are heading" but they missed their mark by a mile to the left..

chucknelson 14y ago

I agree - they look fine. Everyone needs to stop over-analyzing.

hnriot 14y ago
Actually everyone needs to stay analyzing, that's how we make progress. The steam engine's fine, everyone needs to stop over analyzing.
- hyperbovine 14y ago
  Did you really just compare the industrial revolution to the texture of a calendar app menu bar?
  - glhaynes 14y ago
    No, the original poster made an analogy. There's no equivalence being drawn nor value-comparison being made and it's very frustrating how often legitimate analogies are made and the conversation gets bogged down in "you said those are basically the same you must be crazy!" when no such thing happened.
    - hyperbovine 14y ago
      Interesting that you would accuse me of putting words in somebody's mouth by putting words in my mouth. It's a flawed analogy.

dr42 14y ago

We're past the point where the operating system is just about productivity. Computers are used by everyone to do a vast number of things, people live their lives with their computers and how they look (the apps) is a part of that. You don't need a window in your office to improve your productivity, but it certainly makes life more livable when surrounded by well designed and beautiful things.

cageface 14y ago

Aesthetics matter. Whe you look at how much more progressive The new Windows and Android UIs are this kind of thing starts to look like something from a sidebar ad in the New Yorker: cheesy trash designed to make rich people feel good about spending too much money.

jbsan 14y ago
I feel like, MS and google thought "ok, we cant keep copying apple, lets jump ahead of them instead, so well be where they are heading" but they missed their mark by a mile to the left..