> Name a successful interface that is practically unchanged for a decade that is not in decline. I can name thousands, not just in software, but in almost ever

> Name a successful interface that is practically unchanged for a decade that is not in decline. I can name thousands, not just in software, but in almost every area of life. When was the last time you saw a car that didn't have the same dashboard elements and controls arranged in basically the same way? Would you drive a car that had the steering wheel mounted to the ceiling just for the sake of novelty? Changing UIs for the sake of change, without any substantive benefit, can ruin products just as thoroughly. How successful is Windows 8 right now? > Complete conjecture. Things become trends for a reason. Perhaps it is a conjecture, but it's a bit more meaningful than "it happens because of reasons."