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Exactly...I don't understand it :( The new Azure portal looks very similar and it's borderline unusable. Unless I'm just resistant to change and will eventual

• blockross 11y ago
  Kinda of topic but from the PoV of a third-party developper who had to test a lot of workflows in this new Azure portal: it's indeed a nightmare. Why do I have to click so many times and watch so many panel opening/closing animations before getting to basic features? Also closing 5 panels before opening a new one feels like a huge waste of time.
• MCRed 11y ago
  I can assure you, it's not just you. To me, this is more of an artistic style than a design. A designer needs to communicate usability to the user. You need to know what's a button and what's not. You need to know the borders. And you need to be able to look at the interface without it causing undue strain (this is the part that google got wrong- bright colors are an easy way to make something look fresh but they increase eye strain.) The impact isn't so bad, though because once you get past this style into an app you're looking at a mostly white screen with color for the buttons and the buttons are well placed in standard places most of the time so you can know they are buttons.
• oldpond 11y ago
  Exactly. This style just screams Windows 8 MS Surface design, and it's popping up all over. I think designers are having trouble blending "touchable" with "informative". The emphasis seems to be on touchable from the ground up now.