>And when something like this has a connection to a company like Google, people simply don't question it.
Yep. It's the "Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM" mentality that pervades the modern IT industry.
You get one so-called "thought leader" to scribble a blog post about how skeuomorphism is a bad thing, and the next thing you know every screen looks like pastel confetti.
I was reading an old computer magazine last night and one of the ads was for a 6809 box that had a red keyboard. RED! With white function keys and blue action keys!
If anyone tried to produce a computer like that today, they'd be laughed right out of HN, even if there were a dozen studies backing the color scheme's utility.
Until one day someone from Facebook or Big G or some random blogger with the correct Twitter followers says it's good. Then suddenly, it's red keyboards all around.
Working in the IT industry, and knowing people who work in the fashion industry, you'd be surprised how alike the two camps are.
Yep. It's the "Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM" mentality that pervades the modern IT industry.
You get one so-called "thought leader" to scribble a blog post about how skeuomorphism is a bad thing, and the next thing you know every screen looks like pastel confetti.
I was reading an old computer magazine last night and one of the ads was for a 6809 box that had a red keyboard. RED! With white function keys and blue action keys!
If anyone tried to produce a computer like that today, they'd be laughed right out of HN, even if there were a dozen studies backing the color scheme's utility.
Until one day someone from Facebook or Big G or some random blogger with the correct Twitter followers says it's good. Then suddenly, it's red keyboards all around.
Working in the IT industry, and knowing people who work in the fashion industry, you'd be surprised how alike the two camps are.