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Skeuomorphism is adopting the style of physical incantation of an object for its digital display. Material design dictates a single physical incantation for the
by randomfool 12y ago
Skeuomorphism is adopting the style of physical incantation of an object for its digital display. Material design dictates a single physical incantation for the UI- everything should feel like paper.
A contrived example of this is a skeuomorphic car dashboard display would have photo-realistic guages with lighting reflections from the cover glass, detailed bezel, etc. My read of a Material design implementation is that it should have a flat design with lighting and depth effects for contrast and shape recognition.
- wavefunction 12y agoI don't see the ultimate difference between the skeuomorphism of Apple (which was extreme) and this. It's applying "physical" properties to the digital. I'm gonna pass, and slag this "material design" every time it comes up. Clownshoes design philosophy, though I suppose I'm not surprised. Look how many steps it takes to "logout/login from a different account" now.
- rbanffy 12y agoThe icons on your desktop do not have any physical existence or properties beyond what we assign them. It's not even a desktop. If you really want to experience the true self of your files, you'll see a visual representation of the zeroes and ones that represent them, for even then they are nothing more than ghosts frozen in electrical charges.