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Can We Please Move Past Apple’s Silly, Faux-Real UIs?

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Malte Mertz
Breakthroughs Can Happen When We Drop Skeuomorphism
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  1. Malte Mertz

    Malte Mertz Yes please

    June 5, 2012
sinie
Unfortunately, the iPad book app doesn’t achieve this level of sophistication. It’s much more theatrical (as someone probably felt the need to take advantage of that fantastic color screen). The app employs elements like an overly rendered paper texture and faux page-turn animations that make it difficult to become quite as immersed in the prose of an author as the Kindle’s e-ink design allows. In many ways, the iPad book app feels like it was designed with the intention to look simply like a book, whereas it appears the Kindle was intended to feel like a book for those who love to read […]
Estimated reading time: 12 min
Thomas Otto
There is validity to a skeuomorphic approach. To create any good interface, it is essential for the designer to understand the cognitive models that a user brings to any new product. Designers have to take into account the conventions and operational principles of the products and services that the users are familiar with, even if it is simply just to know how to evolve.
Estimated reading time: 12 min