Windows 286 and Windows 386 (both 2.x versions) were kinda sucky and looked a lot like THIS So here's some history.īack then, most computers were running MS-DOS with DOS applications that had text-based interfaces with menus, all flat-looking because you can't really do 3D effect without a GUI. I'll make the assumption that a large number of people reading El Reg weren't computer gurus back in the early 90's when Windows 3.0 first hit the shelves. When I see it, it PISSES ME OFF, just by BEING there. It's disturbing, distracting, and NOT what I want. It's like being in a room with ugly wallpaper, or a ridiculous color scheme. we are what we are, and that's beings with binocular vision who have evolved to perceive things visually in three dimensions. Fashion changes, but the way our minds work does not. It makes perfect sense- we're creatures that have, as a species, been dealing with 3d objects since the beginning of the species. The Reg reported a few months ago (or so) that users are 20-something percent slower using flat interfaces than skeuomorphic ones, according to one study. I spend a lot more time in my browser than I do at The Reg (since I use my browser all the time I am here as well as at many other sites), and a lot more time in turn in my OS than in my browser, and for those, I am not going to tolerate stupidity because some dingbat declared flat design to be the fashion trend of the moment. The Reg is just a web site, so their decision to be trendy rather than sensible can be tolerated, and if I really wanted to, I could use Stylish to restyle it to my liking. Well, they can just go and be stupid without me. From iPads to the Reg everything is losing the faux 3d look." "And the flat is a design choice that's becoming standard across all UI design.
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