Re:Claymorphism: Will it stick around?
by zozbot234 on Thursday March 31, 2022 @09:12AM
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> This seems like Corporate Memphis absorbing all facets of design. I'm surprised to not find any mention of how infantilizing this is -- childish is absolutely inappropriate
That's just your impression, though. The Windows XP Luna look felt childish because it was dog slow on XP-era machines compared to the classic theme, so it ended up being pretty disrespectful of its users. But a smooth-shaded high-relief button is arguably the best equivalent to that "Classic" look on our modern, graphically-accelerated, variable-DPI environments. It avoids the overly-detailed skeuomorphic look while still being immediately intuitive.
That's just your impression, though. The Windows XP Luna look felt childish because it was dog slow on XP-era machines compared to the classic theme, so it ended up being pretty disrespectful of its users. But a smooth-shaded high-relief button is arguably the best equivalent to that "Classic" look on our modern, graphically-accelerated, variable-DPI environments. It avoids the overly-detailed skeuomorphic look while still being immediately intuitive.