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Honestly, I understand not agreeing with the direction they're going in, but that doesn't mean they don't know what they're doing. Maybe we're just not the targ

• Steko 14y ago
  Bingo, all the piling on here is really just the chauvanism of hackerdom. Hey I don't need this texture, ergo this texture is stupid and useless. Meanwhile as the post points out, these textures and animations are important comforts, cues and guides for many users, especially newer users.
  • kybernetikos 14y ago
    do you have a citation for that? I don't really believe that fake leather makes an app more approachable or easier to use. Of course, if there are usability studies that prove me wrong, I'm happy to revise my opinion.
• codeka 14y ago
  Who is the target market, though? I'd say the vast majority of new users of OS X are people coming from Windows, not people who have never used a computer their whole life. Does the leather texture really help those people?
  • Tyrannosaurs 14y ago
    Does it have to help or does it just have to be aesthetically pleasing? Obviously most people don't think it is, but that's a personal preference rather than a statement of fact. I think the linen backgrounds that are appearing in OS X and iOS are a case in point - they don't add anything practical (in theory I think they were meant to represent the bottom layer though that's been inconsistently used so it's questionable whether any real benefit is being gained) but broadly speaking I think people agree that the texture is nice and as a result people seem to be more positive about them.