No you're not the only one. UI design suffers from fashion fads as much as any other design-led thing. I think with apps and websites becoming increasingly homo

No you're not the only one. UI design suffers from fashion fads as much as any other design-led thing. I think with apps and websites becoming increasingly homogenised and commoditised over the last 15ish years, fashion plays an increasing part. I happen to think it looks ugly and I find it difficult to use (seriously I find using Windows Server 2012 incredibly difficult to navigate visually). I think these flat UI sites look unsophisticated and badly designed. They remind me of 1990-era user interfaces, and not in a good way. But that's just my opinion.