Sick of people complaining about "flat design!"

[Am3r1ca16]

i'll be laughing when the GUI is not even flat. lol

 

[darster]

Flat will become boring and outdated in less than 2 years. Apple switching to flat now, will only prove they are chasing history, instead of making it.

 

[jonnyb098]

That letterpress app icon is exactly what Apple are being reported to move away from, its fake analog and has become very outdated.

Flat design takes away all the unnecessary effects and gloss and isn't made to look like analog, like a lot of the fake calendars/clocks Apple does.

Here's an example from Google of flat design, there are no drop shadows or unnecessary effects, its all made in block colours:

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The Letterpress game looks amazing but the icon looks like someone just discovered photoshop. Its horrible. Anyone who thinks that is a good looking icon need not be commenting on design. Thanks

 

[beaniemyman]

Flat will become boring and outdated in less than 2 years. Apple switching to flat now, will only prove they are chasing history, instead of making it.

well if they keep making tweaks to the flat design, i dont think this issue will rise. most google services have a flat look, i dont think they look outdated.

 

[sexiewasd]

Of these two app examples which do you prefer? To me the first one looks more dated almost like a house that has brassy hardware everywhere. Some would argue the first is better because it makes the buttons look clickable/tapable. But I don't think it's hard to figure out what to tap in the second example.

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I would only change the selected icon's blue smudge to a realistic inner glow. I think that the first set looks much more interesting and professional. I guess I just like UI to have an element of artistic expression even if it's mostly not necessary. I like apps and interfaces that have a certain "mood" like an interesting painting gives a sense of emotion and atmosphere to it's subjects.

 

[bozzykid]

Flat will become boring and outdated in less than 2 years. Apple switching to flat now, will only prove they are chasing history, instead of making it.

But if they don't update the UI (whether using flat elements or not), then they will become farther behind. The style they use for backgrounds/gradients/icons is unimportant to the overall user interface improvements that are needed.

 

[darster]

But if they don't update the UI (whether using flat elements or not), then they will become farther behind. The style they use for backgrounds/gradients/icons is unimportant to the overall user interface improvements that are needed.

I agree that they need to update UI. ios 7 has to be a significant upgrade. Something that will push both Apple and it's users out of their comfort zone.

 

[otismotive77]

just some haters saying bad things about apple, nothing else. they think of the flat look as windows 8 and how ugly it looks, they should look at gmail, dropbox, rdio etc. how flat they are, and everyone them.

 

[Kissaragi]

70% of those people probably dont even know what "flat" means and simply bitch because all they "heard" is that windows 8 is apparently "flat" and they hate it

70% of them have never used windows 8 either. its just windows = bad in their heads.