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nostalgia noun nos·tal·gia nä-ˈstal-jə nə-, also nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl- 1: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition also : something that evokes nostalgia

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

I'm no designer (although I might be brain-dead), but I prefer minimalist UI over skeumorphism.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Eh, I was being hyperbolic when I probably shouldn't have been. It just feels very lifeless to me. I understand the arguments for it, it just feels soulless and lifeless.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

It's perfect to reflect the soulless company from wence it spawned.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

You want your computer to have soul?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

But also win 7 had little to do with skeumorphism

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Perhaps could be considered "frosted glass?"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Frutiger Aero is commonly used to describe it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

From what I've read, Frutiger Aero is considered to be a form of skeumorphism, or at least skeumorphic-adjacent.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Damn I missed NT 4’s clean style back then…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I like them in different places. I minimalism in car screens because the focus should be the physical interior. But skeumorphism is way better for usability on a PC.