I think the debate between flat and skeuomorphic design is a false dichotomy. Flat de-emphasis everything. You just have to know to click on the light grey tex

I think the debate between flat and skeuomorphic design is a false dichotomy. Flat de-emphasis everything. You just have to know to click on the light grey text, because obviously it's a slightly different color to the dark grey title text. It's a pain. Skeuomorphic emphasis everything, even the stuff which is just eye candy. And there's a lot of eye candy. It's both a pain. And it looks trashy (unless it is done really well). Good design emphasises the stuff you can interact with. It doesn't look quite as classy as flat, and it doesn't "pop" like skeumorphic, but it's a hell of a lot more useful.