obrhoffJan 11

While researching how an iPad app should look, I came across this 13-year-old video of Spotify's iPad app. It reminds me how we are stuck in mobile app design.

We have achieved nothing in the last 13 years besides adding some meaningless gestures and maybe pushing a few pixels to the left or right (metaphorically).
#ipad #ios #indiedev #iosdev #buildinpublic #skeumorphism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqvS94-ScFM

Spotify for iPad review

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Show threadNevyn Bengtsson
@obrhoff I built that app!! It’s my proudest achievement, the prettiest thing I’ve ever been involved in building. I really really miss the era, and the amazing designs around that time.
Jan 11 at 12:38pmWeb
Show threadobrhoffJan 11
@nevyn Wow how cool is that. Yeah that energy is kinda gone and moved to the AI space.
Show threadTuomas Hämäläinen 🇺🇦Jan 11
@nevyn @obrhoff My hat’s off to you. I was never a full-time Spotify user but I remember being impressed how cool this UI was – and subsequently disappointed when it went away in favour of the more pedestrian blown-up mobile layout. The first years of iPad overlapping with the tail end of rich UI design were something quite special.