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  • Jambone@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.worldWhy is UI design backsliding?
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    2 months ago

    Yea, I agree that Office 2003 was the pinnacle of Office UI design. And I’d go so far as to say that about Windows 2000.

    Having controls in predictable shapes and locations really contributed to “ease of use”. One of my pet peeves is the more recent trend where clickable elements aren’t obviously so. Such as a string of text that one has to hover across and see the cursor change shape to know that it’s clickable.

    As others have said, I think a significant part of why the UIs have changed since then is to accommodate touch screens and “webification”.

    'Glad to see your posting. I thought I was just being curmudgeonly :)