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Re:Stolen Buttons by madibo3156 on Saturday July 25, 2026 @12:25PM (#49048947)
It sounds like you're talking about the "gloss" era with "juicy" buttons, which some people are retroactively referring to as Frutiger Aero. Yes, things definitely look more 3D in that design. It's currently considered out of mainstream fashion, which explains the lack. Will it resurge?
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Re:Stolen Buttons by RobotToaster on Saturday July 25, 2026 @02:30PM (#49050243)
Also more generally called skeuomorphism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeuomorph
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Re:Stolen Buttons by binaryturtle on Saturday July 25, 2026 @01:03PM (#49049329)
Earlier era for me actually. I'm a 90s person. :)
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Re:Stolen Buttons by DonHopkins on Saturday July 25, 2026 @03:32PM (#49050744)
Enter "Lickable Pixels" -- the phrase that described the Aqua era.

Introducing Mac OS X's Aqua interface, Steve Jobs said at Macworld in January 2000: "We made the buttons on the screen look so good you'll want to lick them."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_(user_interface)

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