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Re:Design evolution of the Windows control panel by userbinator on Friday December 17, 2021 @01:57AM (#29588828)
I think all the icons looked great, with minor changes, until Win10's new "Settings" --- in which it looks like they just decided to throw away decades of careful design and replace them with dumbed-down flat and bland ones. All the more infuriating that new Settings is noticeably less responsive and at the same time less functional.
Re:Design evolution of the Windows control panel by einpoklum on Friday December 17, 2021 @02:29AM (#29589023)
Such visual style change has happened in quite a few applications, perhaps inspired by the same kind of 'wisdom'. Thunderbird is a prominent example.
Re:Design evolution of the Windows control panel by gjvc on Friday December 17, 2021 @05:19AM (#29590225)
Seems like the beginnings of the "flat" trend was of Jonathan Ive's making -- once Steve Jobs and Scott Forstall had gone, there was nobody who would prevent it.