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On the topic of flat design specifically, developers are likely just as culpable. Back when it was just starting to catch on, by my observation some of the quic

On the topic of flat design specifically, developers are likely just as culpable. Back when it was just starting to catch on, by my observation some of the quickest to adopt it were solo developers because it's way easier to build a passable looking app with flat UI since that doesn't require any design talent.

lunar_rover 8mo ago
A passable looking modern flat UI has a lot behind it, just like skeuomorphism and anything in between. Unless something like https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.12.0/spectacle-notification.png https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.12.0/spectacle-noti... is what you consider to be passable looking of course.
- VorpalWay 8mo ago
  That looks perfectly functional to me? It only looks a bit ugly because the screenshot appears to have been of a very small part of the screen that got blurry when it was blown up to a larger size. I'll take function over for every day. (I daily drive KDE, it works fine and doesn't get in my way. Most of the time I'm either in my editor or the terminal emulator anyway.)
  - cogman10 8mo ago
    This is also a plasma 5 example. Plasma 6 cleaned it up. But I also agree. KDE is pretty close to my ideal for a desktop environment. It's pretty close to a windows 7 feel which is perfect for me.
- maxloh 8mo ago
  For reference, Windows' notification look this way: https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/I4VO9qHrzphTHsZHU5eI73sLL9k=/750x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/B1-Snipping-Tool-Windows11-46fbb894a6d04f289a0fdbf3f30c5c63.jpg https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/I4VO9qHrzphTHsZHU5eI73sLL9k=/7... The screenshot you posted is likely from KDE Plasma. The project don't have much funding to hire a UI/UX designer IMHO.
  - lunar_rover 8mo ago
    > The project don't have much funding to hire a UI/UX designer IMHO. Well this is the point. I was countering the claim that flat UI doesn't require any design talent to look passable.

lunar_rover 8mo ago

A passable looking modern flat UI has a lot behind it, just like skeuomorphism and anything in between. Unless something like https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.12.0/spectacle-notification.png https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.12.0/spectacle-noti... is what you consider to be passable looking of course.

VorpalWay 8mo ago
That looks perfectly functional to me? It only looks a bit ugly because the screenshot appears to have been of a very small part of the screen that got blurry when it was blown up to a larger size. I'll take function over for every day. (I daily drive KDE, it works fine and doesn't get in my way. Most of the time I'm either in my editor or the terminal emulator anyway.)
- cogman10 8mo ago
  This is also a plasma 5 example. Plasma 6 cleaned it up. But I also agree. KDE is pretty close to my ideal for a desktop environment. It's pretty close to a windows 7 feel which is perfect for me.
maxloh 8mo ago
For reference, Windows' notification look this way: https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/I4VO9qHrzphTHsZHU5eI73sLL9k=/750x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/B1-Snipping-Tool-Windows11-46fbb894a6d04f289a0fdbf3f30c5c63.jpg https://www.lifewire.com/thmb/I4VO9qHrzphTHsZHU5eI73sLL9k=/7... The screenshot you posted is likely from KDE Plasma. The project don't have much funding to hire a UI/UX designer IMHO.
- lunar_rover 8mo ago
  > The project don't have much funding to hire a UI/UX designer IMHO. Well this is the point. I was countering the claim that flat UI doesn't require any design talent to look passable.