Comment by kasabali
7 days ago
> people are now nostalgic for it because the backlash has been forgotten.
What backslash? Only backslash I remember is when flat design was introduced. The only people complaining about skeumorphism was designers chasing latest fad.
> What backslash?
https://www.macrumors.com/2012/09/11/apples-designers-clashi...
https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/10/skueomorphism-red-headed-s...
https://gizmodo.com/apples-podcasts-app-no-longer-has-horrib...
https://www.theverge.com/2012/11/22/3680320/skeuomorphic-des...
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/09/death-to-textures-io...
https://www.theverge.com/2012/9/21/3367270/yves-behar-apple-...
https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/09/skeuomorphism-isnt-ioss-bi...
https://daringfireball.net/2013/01/the_trend_against_skeuomo...
Edit: FYI: you typoed 'backlash' twice
> The only people complaining about skeumorphism was designers chasing latest fad.
You're just proving my point. Notice how all of these were posted after Zune/Metro/Windows Phone/8/whatever it's called flat design craziness started.
Just look at this quote from Gruber's blog post:
...these hallmarks of modern UI graphic design style are (almost) never used in good print graphic design. They’re unnecessary in print...
No shit, guess what also wasn't needed in print: Buttons to be pressed and radioboxes to be selected. The whole fad just built on "old design is old and designers need to be employed".