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| 'Rift' within Apple over skeuomorphism fetish |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-09-11 20:28:55 |
| Ah, skeuomorphism - my favourite punching bag. Austin Carr has spoken to former Apple designers and people within the company, and they're all confirming there's a rift within Cupertino between people who want to move away from skeuomorphism, and people who want to retain it as much as possible, and even want to expand it. Since I've long hoped for Apple to ditch this "visual masturbation", as one former Apple designer calls it, I'm happy to learn not the entire company supports skeuomorphism. |
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| RE: skeuomorphic design is pointless |
| By parrotjoe on 2012-09-12 00:24:02 |
| abraxas, I agree. I would go wild if OS X was a model of consistency with some of the other things mentioned like more and better keyboard commands, etc. |
 - Score: 1 |
| MS-DOS like focus on typography? WTF? |
| By tidux on 2012-09-12 00:45:38 |
| MS-DOS had one fucking font for everything. Just how is that at all focusing on typography? |
| - Score: 8 |
| im kinda indifferent to this stuff. |
| By graig on 2012-09-12 01:19:03 |
| im ok with this stuff so long as it is tastefully done. it seems to make more sense design wise on an ipad. but the calendar and notes apps for the mac are fine with me. |
| - Score: 3 |
| Not enough |
| By kwan_e on 2012-09-12 01:52:52 |
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> A common argument in favour of Apple's fetish with skeuomorphism are Apple's sales figures. If it's such a problem, then why is it selling so well? This, of course, is a silly argument. It seems the middle finger Apple is giving to its users is not skeuomorphic enough to be recognized as a middle finger yet. |
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| Truth is ... |
| By dvhh on 2012-09-12 02:08:23 |
| ... That all this skeuomorphism is reminding me of the shareware age. |
| - Score: 3 |
| On lipstick and pigs |
| By Soulbender on 2012-09-12 04:05:16 |
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> "To me, it’s lipstick on a pig," says the source intimately familiar with Apple’s design process. "There’s no need to add glitter if the product can stand on its own." ....that's not what that metaphor means... |
| - Score: 4 |
| Does anyone know how .. |
| By siraf72 on 2012-09-12 05:38:24 |
| .. Steve Jobs felt on the matter? Though I suppose it matters far more how Cook, Ive, and co feel on the matter. |
| - Score: 1 |
| If Apple is infectected by this "metrovirus"... |
| By vtolkov on 2012-09-12 05:40:42 |
| ... it would be really sad. |
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| RE: skeuomorphism should be abandoned |
| By Radio on 2012-09-12 07:24:57 |
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> There are concepts like flipping a page (with gestures) where skeuomorphism may work No, not even that. Flip back and the analogy falls apart (in a book, does flipping right the right-hand page brings back the left-hand page?). It also muddles the message that a digital book is not a real one, it has many digital-only features, such as the ability to resize and change fonts. |
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| RE: Comment by gan17 |
| By Radio on 2012-09-12 07:27:57 |
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> I think this whole Skeumorphist thing might have been the reason the App Store got so big so fast. Nope. Skeumorphism was not that much pervasive in the beginning os iOS. It sticked to metallic and plasticky textures which were: 1)cohesive all across the OS; 2)cohesive with the hardware design of the whole Apple brand, stores and accessories included. |
| - Score: 2 |
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