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Comment by ChrisMarshallNY

4 days ago

Personally, I found skeuomorphic design to be something that I really enjoyed, for a couple of days, but rapidly got sick of.

That may have more to with the skills of the implementors, as opposed to the concept, as a whole.

I do find modern "flat" design to be less "fun," but I get a lot more done with it.

That might be the thing. In real life you don't use the same stationary for years. Your desk is a reflection of your mood and evolves almost daily. Maybe that's where these fail?

  • > In real life you don't use the same stationary for years.

    That's honestly just because I can't reuse paper I've already written something on. That's a limitation of paper I'm glad the digital did away with.

    I've used some pens for years. Once I found one I liked, I stuck with it.

    I switched to Linux to get away from the UI churn. Things changing without my consent does not bring me joy, but it's not like you really have a choice if you run Windows (or a distro with a DE that does do the churn).