Skeuomorphs: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(Created page with " <!-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeuomorph http://www.dansdata.com/gz148.htm https://uxdesign.cc/why-is-skeuomorphism-hard-to-die-in-music-production-interface-desig...") |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{stub}} | |||
<!-- | |||
Or, "That's what it classically looked like, so I'm going to put it into the new design even if it's not necessary" | |||
where that falls between | |||
good usability design because it caters to expecations, | |||
terribly pointless anacronistic kitch, | |||
or something inbetween, | |||
will vary with each case. | |||
Examples | |||
* lightbulbs that flicker in imitation of a flame | |||
* pottery embellished with imitation rivets, in reference to pots made of metal (and various other cases like this) | |||
* architectural styles initially required for structure, that stronger materials no longer require, but look comforting | |||
Computer's graphical user interfaces are full of these. | |||
Desktop. | |||
Recycle bin. | |||
Buttons that look like they sink down when pressed. | |||
As Dansdata puts out, some are subtler, in that associations and assumptions may be wrong, | |||
Most of us don't see {{imagesearch|flow indicator}}s, so we just learned that that spinny thing means "wait longer". | |||
And spoilers: that spinny thing means just that, "the result is not here". | |||
Their movement is ''almost never'' an indication that something is actually happening | |||
{{comment|(And if there's a direct skeuomorphic origin to a progress bar, I can't think of it. Also, progress bars similarly lie to us, ticking up just to soothe us into a little more patience)}}. | |||
Most people now have never used a floppy (or even know what it is), but it's still our save icon. | |||
Some of them seem to be there for comfort of the familiar, even if it's technically worse - lens flare, film grain, [[comfort noise]]. | |||
These specifically imitate imperfections so it can add them when too clean seems sterile and {{comment|(...unless you're JJ Abrams, who seems to be taking the piss at this point)}}. | |||
Digital audio plugins, are a particularly strong example of spending lots of time visually imitating the hardware, | |||
and seem to have a complex mix of reasons. | |||
There are various good reasons for this. | |||
Particularly when simulating specific hardware, then using at least the same layout, and probably also similar shapes and colors, | |||
is probably good for recognizability for anyone who use that hardware. | |||
But even if you never did, the time spent on the layout of the original is probably useful. | |||
Yet this may go down to imitating the off-color plastics, carefully rendered dials of the 'correct' type. | |||
And it needs to be said that there is a specific part of the gear freaks that not-so-secretly associates | |||
time spent on looks with time spent on sound. | |||
* "what is it called when design copies design that is no longer necessary" | |||
or | |||
* "why does that music plugin spend so much time looking like the original hardware" | |||
Revision as of 15:08, 21 August 2023
✎ This article/section is a stub — some half-sorted notes, not necessarily checked, not necessarily correct. Feel free to ignore, or tell me about it.