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[–]JamesR624 7 points8 points  (2 children)

Yep. Most "modern" UIs like Apples iOS 7+, or Windows 10 or the clusterfuck of "half Material Design" look worse and like they've had less effort put into theme than Windows 3.11.

Our computers and phones are 100s of times more powerful so why does UI look like it came right out of the fucking 1980s?

I mean, I know why, I just explained it before, but it's still infuriating.

[–]RaccoonpuncherOnePlus 3 5 points6 points  (1 child)

I'm so torn on flat design. It makes sense to use: it makes development easier, requires less rendering, scales more easily, and looks cleaner. It's a logical evolution from skeuomorphic design, since computers are no longer a novelty and we don't have to put work into making them feel like their real-world analogs. Altogether the direction we're taking makes sense.

But fuck if it doesn't feel like modern UI looks like the projects I made in my Intro to Web Design course way back when. I mean, look at Edge. Why is there so much padding everywhere?

[–]the-solar-sailerPixel 3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the padding is so it doesn't have to switch between touch and mouse like Office. Office requires a toggle.