Ask Slashdot: Is the Rise of Skeuomorphic User Interfaces a Problem?

An anonymous reader writes "The evolution of user interface design in software is a long one, and has historically tracked the capabilities of computers of the time. Early computers used batch processing which, is mostly unheard of today, and consequently had minimal human interaction. The late 60s saw the introduction of command line interfaces, which remain popular to this day, mostly with technical users. Arguably, what propelled computer use to what it is today is the introduction of the ubiquitous graphical user interface. Although graphical interfaces have evolved, in principle they have remained largely unchanged. The resurgence of Apple saw the rise of skeuomorphic graphical user interfaces, which are now starting to appear on Linux. Are skeuomorphic designs making technology accessible to the masses, or is it simply a case of an unwillingness to innovate and move forward?"

Comments

Shit Editors

[Anonymous Coward]

Would it fucking kill you to define a largely unfamiliar term in the goddamned article summary? Jesus christ. Fuck.

Re:Shit Editors

[mvdwege]

Yeah, like it's really so hard to just click the middle mouse button on the Wikipedia link that's right in the bloody summary

Slashdot really needs a '-1, Whiny little twerp' moderation.

Re:Shit Editors

[AchilleTalon]

I can't believe we are back to this fucking stupid idea to mimic real things like a fucking faked stamp on a fucking faked envelope with a fucking faked tongue licking the fucking faked stamp and a fucking faked hand to put the fucking faked stamp on the fucking faked envelope and put the fucking faked envelope in a fucking faked mail box, looking at a fucking faked postman picking the fucking faked envelope to put it in a fucking faked bag and riding a fucking fake bicycle to mimic the internet and send this fucking email. What the fuck! Are we that stupids?