Nice quote. Google says it's *skeuomorphism *though. (what kind of language puts euo in that order???)
Mike On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 7:45 PM, Scott Barnes <[email protected]>wrote: > iOS7 is what happeneded the night of Steve Jobs funeral as they all sat in > a bar listening to Whitesnake (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOJk0HW_hJw) > doing lines of cocaine and suddenly reliving your 80's and after then > upgrading your digital skuemorphism to the next circle of design hell ... > 80's iOS ..it's the mullet Steve would have wanted. > > --- > Regards, > Scott Barnes > http://www.riagenic.com > > > On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 12:29 PM, mike smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't get Apple design. How could the designers of OSX have come up >> with a dog like iOS? >> >> Mike >> >> >> On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 10:07 PM, Scott Barnes <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> VS2012 design could have been worse.. Apple could have designed it :) >>> >>> >>> http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/780667831.jpg?1371031013 >>> >>> >>> --- >>> Regards, >>> Scott Barnes >>> http://www.riagenic.com >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Ian Thomas <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Greg, Greg – I put it down to the UIX guru / fiend that obviously >>>> exerted great influence over the PMs and higher-ups in Microsoft. **** >>>> >>>> I can’t stand Office 2013 – I appreciate some features, but find some >>>> of the behaviours and the UI itself just counter-productive (ie, anti my >>>> productivity). I don’t think I am resistant to change. I removed it, in >>>> favour of Office 2010 (incidentally, I never used Office2007 and took to >>>> the ribbon OK). **** >>>> >>>> There is another VS2012 hack that I omitted – NiceVS. It overlaps with >>>> one of the other hacks that I listed. **** >>>> >>>> NiceVS**** >>>> >>>> >>>> http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/a36021f0-770a-4258-854e-724e9d12b8a6 >>>> **** >>>> >>>> I hate to have to do these things. **** >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> >>>> **Ian Thomas** >>>> Victoria Park, ****Western Australia******** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Greg Keogh >>>> *Sent:* Saturday, June 15, 2013 9:30 AM >>>> >>>> *To:* ozDotNet >>>> *Subject:* Re: VS2012 hacks**** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> Ian (et al), I have also taken a lot of steps recently to restore >>>> old colours and behaviour to recent Microsoft product releases. I don't >>>> normally do that. We all expect complaints when new versions of products >>>> are released, but in my experience the noise quickly drops away and people >>>> just accept the changes and run with them. However, the amount of stubborn >>>> resistance recently has been quite startling. Why is this happening?*** >>>> * >>>> >>>> **** >>>> >>>> Microsoft is dragging us all along with it on some sort of global style >>>> change where there is less chrome, fewer borders, less saturated colour, >>>> fewer lines, etc. Now I can honestly understand this because the eye and >>>> brain work better with less clutter, but it all seems to have gone too far >>>> (remember the first preview of Visual Studio 2012 that looked like a >>>> charcoal etching?). Is there some department or research within Microsoft >>>> that is driving this trend? Do they explain their reasoning? Where did they >>>> recruit the drugged gibbons they put through the usability testing?**** >>>> >>>> **** >>>> >>>> And then there's Windows 8 ...**** >>>> >>>> **** >>>> >>>> Greg**** >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Meski >> >> http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv >> >> "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, >> you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills >> > > -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
