Timeline for What explains the current shift from glossy UIs to matte UIs?
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Sep 22, 2016 at 14:34 | comment | added | pacoverflow | Strange considering that most monitors nowadays are glossy instead of matte. | |
Sep 11, 2016 at 6:04 | comment | added | Jason C | I wonder if design ease has something to do with it too. For example, I'm a programmer, but I'm definitely not a graphic designer. I have very minimal Photoshop skills and patience for those tasks. But I can bang out decent looking matte-themed designs no problem -- they won't be amazing, but they'll be acceptable. So it's very enticing for me to build UIs that way, since I no longer need to find a skilled artist to produce acceptable results. In web apps I don't even need to make images. I don't know why the shift initially occurred but from that POV I can certainly see its appeal. | |
Nov 24, 2014 at 6:45 | answer | added | sandeep_jagtap | timeline score: 0 | |
Jul 23, 2014 at 15:31 | answer | added | Luis | timeline score: 1 | |
Jul 23, 2014 at 14:47 | history | protected | Benny Skogberg | ||
Jul 23, 2014 at 12:27 | answer | added | Andy | timeline score: 1 | |
Jul 3, 2014 at 6:14 | answer | added | Praasshant | timeline score: 0 | |
Jul 2, 2014 at 13:27 | comment | added | peterchen | I for one welcome our new matte UI! | |
Jan 17, 2014 at 7:26 | comment | added | Timeless | "Steve Jobs' Love of Simplicity Fueled A Design Revolution" | |
Nov 8, 2013 at 21:35 | comment | added | JoeCool | Significantly, Apple just jumped on this bandwagon with iOS 7. | |
May 19, 2013 at 12:51 | comment | added | kinokijuf | IIRC it all started with the Adobe-Macromedia merger when the Macromedia designers took over Adobe (the main force that dictates what is currently hip). | |
May 17, 2013 at 4:03 | answer | added | Ades | timeline score: 1 | |
May 16, 2013 at 22:02 | comment | added | zuallauz | Basically the world is going through a big depression not seen since the Great Depression in the 1930s. This could have some influence on designers and their outlook while designing icons, making them use more muted colours which would reflect their mood and general outlook on life while living in a depression. Obviously it's not as bad as the great depression yet because most designers aren't using black and white icons. | |
May 16, 2013 at 19:09 | answer | added | plainclothes | timeline score: 13 | |
Apr 27, 2013 at 2:52 | history | edited | JohnGB♦ |
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Apr 6, 2013 at 8:34 | answer | added | Guest | timeline score: 3 | |
Mar 7, 2013 at 9:34 | answer | added | Vijay | timeline score: 4 | |
Mar 7, 2013 at 1:02 | comment | added | Kit Grose | I've updated the icon table design and added a few more (Microsoft-centric) examples. If anyone else would like to update the table to add any other appropriate examples or would like to be able to use a similar table for any other UX.SE questions/answers, here's the PSD | |
Mar 7, 2013 at 0:56 | history | edited | Kit Grose | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added the Windows logo to the list, even though it's a Microsoft example
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Mar 6, 2013 at 23:21 | answer | added | Craig.Nicol | timeline score: 10 | |
Mar 6, 2013 at 1:16 | history | edited | Kit Grose | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added new, single table of icons that looks better on the UX.SE style.
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Mar 5, 2013 at 20:50 | answer | added | spunkypixels | timeline score: 5 | |
Mar 3, 2013 at 19:59 | vote | accept | Adi | ||
S Mar 3, 2013 at 6:54 | history | suggested | Anton Cherkashyn | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
People in comments reasonably argue that 3 out of 4 products in the list belong to Microsoft. This adds icons of several other programs that are not made by MS.
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Mar 2, 2013 at 11:56 | comment | added | Adi | @LordScree That's why here, at StackExchange, we have the ability to edit everything. So please, decrapify my question by editing it. Also, same note was mentioned 3 times already. | |
Mar 2, 2013 at 3:41 | answer | added | ocodo | timeline score: 4 | |
Mar 2, 2013 at 0:14 | comment | added | m-smith | Lync, Word and Skype - three of the four examples in your table - are created by the same company (Microsoft). Regardless of whether or not there is a global shift towards a more "flat"/"matte" design, your example is crap! | |
Mar 1, 2013 at 20:06 | history | edited | Zelda |
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Mar 1, 2013 at 13:20 | comment | added | jdm | Its the same as with cars. All cars used to have glossy or metallic paint, and then The Dark Knight came out with a matte Batmobile, and suddenly matte paint was cool. | |
Mar 1, 2013 at 13:09 | comment | added | Alan B | Designers follow trends like everyone else. Remember when Half-Life was huge? Everything was Half-Life orange for a while. | |
Mar 1, 2013 at 7:25 | answer | added | Kit Grose | timeline score: 371 | |
Mar 1, 2013 at 3:18 | comment | added | Joe Z. | I'm interested in this as well, as it seems to have permeated web design and appliance design in general. For example, the Nintendo DS and DS Lite were both glossy, but the DSi was matte. | |
Mar 1, 2013 at 3:16 | answer | added | Matt Perkins | timeline score: 1 | |
Mar 1, 2013 at 2:20 | history | edited | DA01 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Clarified question title to refer to the style being referred to. Deleted skeumorph tag as it's really about a particular style than emulating physical interfaces.
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Mar 1, 2013 at 2:18 | answer | added | DA01 | timeline score: 4 | |
Feb 28, 2013 at 23:32 | comment | added | eskimo | Simply, it's the current trend. Microsoft is pushing it with metro. It's just basically the opposite of what Apple has been pushing the last few years (skeumorphism). It's the same as asking why indie rock is big when hip hop was big 2 years ago; trends | |
Feb 28, 2013 at 23:10 | comment | added | Stu | @CodesInChaos: Seriously? | |
Feb 28, 2013 at 20:42 | comment | added | CodesInChaos | Somebody at MS decided that they really liked the 16 color '90 look, and decided to use on all their products, including word and skype. | |
Feb 28, 2013 at 20:01 | history | edited | JohnGB♦ |
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Feb 28, 2013 at 19:37 | answer | added | curious_cat | timeline score: 1 | |
Feb 28, 2013 at 18:37 | history | edited | Michael Brown |
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Feb 28, 2013 at 18:37 | answer | added | Milche Patern | timeline score: 3 | |
Feb 28, 2013 at 18:24 | comment | added | Michael Brown | Note that all but the last of your examples are Microsoft Products. As @obelia stated, it's part of their "Modern" UI movement. | |
Feb 28, 2013 at 16:55 | comment | added | zzzzBov | This would be a good question for Graphic Design as well. | |
Feb 28, 2013 at 16:29 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackUX/status/307165669642883072 | ||
Feb 28, 2013 at 16:18 | comment | added | obelia | Just a trend. The Microsoft style formerly known as Metro is a big factor in this trend. They've done so much advertising and marketing to promote it. Also, it's technically easy to implement, and that doesn't hurt it's popularity. | |
Feb 28, 2013 at 15:16 | answer | added | Chris Reynolds | timeline score: 5 | |
Feb 28, 2013 at 15:15 | answer | added | AJ Henderson | timeline score: 7 | |
Feb 28, 2013 at 14:53 | answer | added | Zelda | timeline score: 184 | |
Feb 28, 2013 at 14:44 | comment | added | Matt Obee | Related: ux.stackexchange.com/questions/33197/… | |
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Feb 28, 2013 at 14:35 | answer | added | JohnGB♦ | timeline score: 49 | |
Feb 28, 2013 at 14:23 | history | asked | Adi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |