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Re:The Apple Goes Mushy Part I: OS X's Interface Decline by stcredzero on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @04:18PM (#12168467)
Have you ever even seen a pen like that? I'm willing to guess not. But everyone still recognized the contents of that icon, and correctly inferred that the app was for writing things.

So what you're saying is that we should have skeuomorphism, but mostly with things we've seen in TV shows and movies, especially period ones. This would tend to make everything look like stuff from pirate/fantasy/sci-fi/superhero movies. Looking back on indy developer graphics, that does seem to be a trend.

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Re:The Apple Goes Mushy Part I: OS X's Interface Decline by verisimilidude on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @06:13PM (#12169114)
I don't want to make a strong case for or against any specific skeuomorphist style. I'm just arguing that there's a place for it in modern UIs if done well, and that I don't find it inherently bad to use "extinct objects" as metaphors.
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