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Care to do an "Explain like I'm 5" about skeuopmorphism vs path dependence? I'm not sure I understand it in the context of device design. Edit: or are they ta
by tatsuke95 14y ago
Care to do an "Explain like I'm 5" about skeuopmorphism vs path dependence?
I'm not sure I understand it in the context of device design.
Edit: or are they talking specifically about app design?
- XaspR8d 14y agoThe way I understand it is that skeuomorphism is about using design to elicit elements or interactions that formerly served a purpose (i.e. making a keyboard look like typewriter keys), whereas path-dependence is about current schemes whose continuing popularity is more due to a quirk of history that gave its use better returns rather than being proven against others (i.e. the QWERTY keyboard).
- tatsuke95 14y agoQWERTY, good example. Thanks.