BasicAppleGuySeptember 18, 2013: Apple released iOS 7.
padraig@BasicAppleGuy I love how the comments are split between best and worst day in iOS design history. There is no middle ground apparently. I have nostalgic feelings for old iOS and I think it’s kinda cool. But I also like flat and clean software design. Both is cool!
Abe Massry@padraig @BasicAppleGuy it reduced a lot of burden on the designer, but overall net negative for the user. Skeuomorphism in general allows us to estimate what a button does from looking at it based on 200 years of history doing similar things. With a flat metro design you have to learn from scratch sometimes.
Occasionally they’ll be a call back to a Braun Dieter Rams - the device should be self evident how to be used. But not always.
The worst offender was Snapchat