If someone had told me 12 months ago what was going to happen this past year, I wouldn’t have believed them. Skipping swiftly past all the political, economic and social turmoil, I come to th…
Fits largely rectangular contents into windows with excessively rounded corners.
Enlarges controls without any functional benefit.
Results in app icons being more uniform, thus less distinguishable and memorable.
Fails to distinguish tools, controls and other interface elements using differences in tone, so making them harder to use.
Makes a mess where transparent layers are superimposed, and won’t reduce transparency when that’s needed to render its interface more accessible.
Maybe this is because I’m getting older, but that gives me the benefit of having experienced Apple’s older interfaces, with their exceptional quality and functionality.
There is a summary at the bottom of the article.
Ah thanks again, now this would have been handy to include inside the body of the post to begin with.