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Re:Neubrutalism is taking over the web? by krageon on Thursday April 21, 2022 @04:55AM (#31107271)
> why would I suddenly need a change?

Because your designers need a reason to still exist, and redesigning an entire application is what that reason becomes.

Re:Neubrutalism is taking over the web? by spiderfarmer on Thursday April 21, 2022 @04:58AM (#31107285)
It's more that it's just like programmers who feel technical debt forces them to overhaul entire projects.
Re:Neubrutalism is taking over the web? by thrown12 on Thursday April 21, 2022 @08:47AM (#31108670)
The difference is that software projects are always hot garbage that barely works. So long as end user functionality doesn't change this is at worst benign.

UI changes on the other hand are always detrimental to users who have spent the time learning how to use the software.

Re:Neubrutalism is taking over the web? by darkwater on Thursday April 21, 2022 @04:58AM (#31107283)
Just like fashion... I wonder why we don't all wear the same style as 100 years ago, no? /s
Re:Neubrutalism is taking over the web? by krageon on Thursday April 21, 2022 @05:16AM (#31107389)
You're apparently sarcastic, but fashion really does look like nonsense to me. I'm not sure what point you're making.
Re:Neubrutalism is taking over the web? by darkwater on Thursday April 21, 2022 @12:56PM (#31111985)
That human beings, or a portion of them, like to change their external look often enough. Maybe not in every society on Earth, but surely in many of them.
Re:Neubrutalism is taking over the web? by lucumo on Thursday April 21, 2022 @06:40AM (#31107805)
This reminded me of that famous scene from The Devil Wears Prada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja2fgquYTCg
Re:Neubrutalism is taking over the web? by krageon on Thursday April 21, 2022 @06:48AM (#31107847)
I can understand that it is basically impossible to live separate from that sort of industry but that doesn't make it not nonsense. It's a very good scene (and a nice movie), but it doesn't change the fact that "fashion" is a moving target that exists for it's own sake. It's a signaling pathway that sprouted an enormous industry on it's back.
Re:Neubrutalism is taking over the web? by duckmysick on Thursday April 21, 2022 @05:45AM (#31107516)
Which parts are nonsense?
Re:Neubrutalism is taking over the web? by xdennis on Thursday April 21, 2022 @07:01AM (#31107922)
The part where things are changed for no good reason.
Re:Neubrutalism is taking over the web? by inawarminister on Thursday April 21, 2022 @07:04AM (#31107940)
I would unironically wear Taisho-era male fashion everyday if I could. Perhaps when I have my own company....
Re:Neubrutalism is taking over the web? by rchaud on Thursday April 21, 2022 @09:10AM (#31108895)
If this was true, why don't product managers just hand design tasks over to Fiverr or Upwork? Surely everyone would be happy if you only paid for design when you needed it.
Re:Neubrutalism is taking over the web? by krageon on Friday April 22, 2022 @05:08AM (#31119594)
Because contractor work is categorically worse than salaried work, outside of very high pay grades. Bear in mind my prejudice is entirely based on my professional experience. Perhaps a magical land exists where this is not the case, but it's not the one I live in.