Interesting, but this guy seems to be cherry picking design styles to drum
up the rivalry aspect - possibly for dramatic effect.
For instance:
apple.com looks nothing like iOS, and Android looks nothing
like GMail. I think Apple and Google try their best to make user interfaces
that are right for the medium and device.
I'll grant him however that Microsoft does appear to be applying their
one-size fits all "solution" to everything in sight. Microsoft seems to be
more concerned with differentiation than design.
- Trevor
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Pau Giner <pginer(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Interesting read.
I think that behind the "skeuomorphism vs. flat design" discussion there
is a different prioritization of valid design principles.
- Flat design focuses on: not replicating mechanical artifacts (e.g.,
no need to limit calendar apps to the one page per month limit that exists
on paper), and removing excise (no leather stripes).
- Skeumorphic focuses on: making things obvious (i.e., something
clickable should look clickable), and respecting conventions (especially
those that users bring from how things work in the real world).
I think that Google is getting a good balance in the above principles in
their latest designs for Android, Google Now and some other products. There
is an interesting article about how Google organised its "design
revolution":
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/24/3904134/google-redesign-how-larry-page-en…
Pau
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:59 PM, Brandon Harris <bharris(a)wikimedia.org>wrote;wrote:
Personally, I find most modern design trends to be boring as
hell. I wish we'd shake things up and innovate more.
Anyways. Here's this:
http://sachagreif.com/flat-pixels/
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