Small? How are Adidas, Accenture, Adobe, small? Atlassian? Apple? And this is all in A.

This deserves 1000 upvotes!

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Well written but so very theoretical. Except for some technical and somewhat cryptic semantic meaning that only nerds care about, there isn't really any negative side for users of having the pointer cursor in everything that's clickable. At worst it won't bother, at best it will help them when the hover state is not clear enough.

Quick reminders

• This book was published 11 years ago: https://www.amazon.com/Making-Breaking-Grid-Graphic-Workshop/dp/1592531253
• This book was published 55 years ago: https://www.amazon.com/Grid-Systems-Graphic-Design-Communication/dp/3721201450/

I'll try to write a comment that is more than trashing the article down.

The never-quite-clearly-stated point of this series seems to be that designers are making up complicated justifications and processes for changes that actually come down to "giving in" to the flat aesthetic for no other reason than fashion.

From a user-centered perspective, for this change to be perceived as bad, there needs to be an implied argument that these changes make apps worse for users, that skeuo was better. The usual argument is that the skeuo aesthetic was richer in meaning, more expressive, more understandable.

This argument depends on users not being aware of trends in the visual style of apps, or at least not valuing it. That the value of UI style for users is only how much "affordance" of the app functionality it can communicate.

However, if we consider that users are aware of design trends, value it, and expect their apps to adhere to those as a sign of being "up to date", "cool", "modern" or other valuable attributes, and that they will appreciate the app less if it seems outdated to them, then not keeping up with the trends would be a disservice to users and a business risk.

Great colors! Really like the shapes! Sweet shadow!

Writing on Medium about Dribbble is becoming a worst crime than actually posting on Dribbble. Seriously. Let's just stop it.

Totally agree about the empathy among working peers! That being said the empathy should go both ways, programmers should learn at least about design principles and the "whys" of design so that they don't feel they're wasting their time when polishing interfaces.