I’m part of the desktop software generation. From Windows 95 to Windows 7, I grew using mostly-offline software on computers operated via mouse and keyboard, well before tablets and smartphones. Recently, I’ve been missing one particular part of that era: its consistency in design. I want to tell you about
I agree with the author but feel like the problem doesn’t really exist. Every productivity program I use has the file menu top bar that was talked about. Credit card input is so homogenous that it can be auto filled on 90% of sites I’ve visited. UI component libraries are making things homogenous to the point of boredom. Just a strange take to me because I usually hear people complaining that they want to return to the past times of LESS homogenous UI
Agreed. It feels like a boomer going “back in my day, things were better!”, mostly just because 2 websites he spends a lot of time on don’t share UI design with one another. I also still can’t take “Figma” seriously… How do you expect me to with a name like that, honestly?
I agree with the author but feel like the problem doesn’t really exist. Every productivity program I use has the file menu top bar that was talked about. Credit card input is so homogenous that it can be auto filled on 90% of sites I’ve visited. UI component libraries are making things homogenous to the point of boredom. Just a strange take to me because I usually hear people complaining that they want to return to the past times of LESS homogenous UI
Agreed. It feels like a boomer going “back in my day, things were better!”, mostly just because 2 websites he spends a lot of time on don’t share UI design with one another. I also still can’t take “Figma” seriously… How do you expect me to with a name like that, honestly?
Fig ma ass! Goteem
damn it, i knew it!