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Skeuomorphism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeuomorph#Virtual_examples https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeuomorph#Virtual_examples

• damnitbuilds 2y ago
  I don't think it is as extreme as that. Raised buttons maybe, but we don't look for sunk physical pages to write on, for example. I just want a convention showing me what I can do with a UI. We had a working UI convention, but the Arty types threw it away by putting form over function, and modern UIs are harder to use because of that.
  • breadwinner 2y ago
    Right, what we need is some amount of physicality, not photorealism. We need to be able to guess the functionality just by looking at something, as opposed to clicking on everything in sight in case there is some hidden interactivity behind it.
    • mulmen 2y ago
      We also need to bring back the principle of least surprise. Exploring modern UIs is dangerous because irreversible actions are not clearly identified.