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Why is UI design backsliding? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Why did UI's turn from practical to form over function?

E.g. Office 2003 vs Microsoft 365

Office 2003

It's easy to remember where everything is with a toolbar and menu bar, which allows access to any option in one click and hold move.

Microsoft 365

Seriously? Big ribbon and massive padding wasting space, as well as the ribbon being clunky to use.

Why did this happen?

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[–] -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You are thinking of an entirely different thing.

If you put the same amount of ads in software that looks like it's from the 90s, do you still think you'd like that 90s software? Of course you wouldn't.

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