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Apple's "Clean Design" Is Stupidity When It Comes to Hiding Fire Extinguishers

79 points · 32 comments · josephcsible

flowerlad · 1791076778 · focus · HN ↗
Let’s face it, the flat UI is stupidity when it comes to anything. This is not an issue exclusive to fire extinguishers.
<a href="https://www.nngroup.com/articles/flat-design/" rel="nofollow">https://www.nngroup.com/articles/flat-design/
1. pseudohadamard · 1791181936 · focus · HN ↗
  Flat minimal-contrast UI is one of those things that's nearly universally loathed by everyone except UI designers but that has bafflingly persisted in the marketplace for over a decade now. I'm sure there's a nice psychology-study article waiting to be written on the reason for this.
  Compare with the equivalent in architecture, <a href="https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/do-people-prefer-traditional-architecture" rel="nofollow">https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/do-people-prefer-traditio..., in particular the two photos halfway down where non-architects overwhelmingly preferred the reasonably-pleasant design in the first photo while architects preferred Cell Block D in the second.

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