I can confirm, that, at least at some companies, more time has been devoted to ux, and now ui. If I am correct, I think they've always shot for good ux, but ui

I can confirm, that, at least at some companies, more time has been devoted to ux, and now ui. If I am correct, I think they've always shot for good ux, but ui was usually secondary. Now they have focused on ui a lot more, and companies have even begun incorporating an extensive styleguide for the user facing components (something that would noramlly be done for a webapp or website by a front end dev, but is usually neglected in enterprise apps). ux has also been refined. Legacy products are probably not getting extreme make overs any time soon(because of existing customer base, but you never know), but I would not be surprised if we begin to see other developers of enterprise level software begin to pay more attention to UX/UI and likely mimic the look and feel of web apps created by what were originally smaller companies. We are at the point where enterprises are not only using domain specific applications, but have employees familiar with webapps like twitter, facebook, etc., all of which blow a lot of older enterprise products out of the water design wise. Essentially, customers expect more on the design side these days, and I think enterprise devs will begin to attempt to meet that expectation to the extent that they can. (I've even seen enterprise apps that have started using what I would term 'cutesy' user facing messages. There's probably a technical ux term for it but a good example would be github's "github <3's you' or whatever they display when you sign up--stuff like that, or giving the user a pat on the back when they run a function like 'good work!' stuff you'd never imagine would appear in enterprise level apps is creeping in because of the sheer popularity of webapps like twitter, etc.)