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A shadow of his former self (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I really like the simplicity of flat design. It makes things easier to find and recognize, especially for icons. Also easier for people with poor eyesight. It caught on for a reason.

Lemmy loves to shit on designers but there’s no way the designer had the autonomy to come up with this on their own. 100% guaranteed this idea came from marketing or an executive.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I don't like flat design because it's basic, boring, and sad. Windows 10 and 8 were ugly flat boring UIs for example. IMO peak GUI design was Mac OS X 10.6 like this:

Full skeuomorphism out the ass

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Windows XP's Fisher-Price design and OG iPhone lickable buttons were an excess we should have learned from instead of dumping altogether. It's like music software started getting skins that were as non-rectangular as possible, and the whole industry went no, that's silly, let's stop.

Now you look at Windows 10 and it's not even clear which parts of a window are connected. Windows friggin' 95 had drop-shadows and relief shading. Why do modern OSs need to look like a Kraftwerk album?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Usability isn’t sad. I have vision problems and I very much appreciate the simplicity of flat designs.

Complicated designs aren’t always better designs.