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Why is UI design backsliding? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

  • Larger click targets for touch screen users

  • Larger screens with higher resolutions, meaning less need for cramped UIs

  • Larger click targets for trackpad users, as the PC market moved from desktops with relatively precise mouse inputs to small, imprecise trackpads that laptops had

  • Usability studies showing people generally like padding and spacing in their UX (despite Reddit and Lemmy insisting it's evil and everybody hates it)