I find flat very hard to navigate, lazy, and to me is classic style over function or usability. I also find that non net savy folk just look blankly at it and get no real pointers as to what on earth to do with it. I actually think its very poor design, and slightly arrogant in that is assumes that people know what to do, or where to click. It assumes prior knowledge and excludes those with out.
But, its the current fad, trend, fashion, so people will die arguing opposite, until they flock to a new fady design. Try telling your kid that trousers/pants hanging under their butts is stupid and will go out of fashion and they will cry at old photos, like "we" did with 70's fashions!!!! Personally I feel a bit king's new clothes about it. But then, I have been round long enough to see these trends come and go. Flat design = butt pants.
One thing I think is going on is that its gained popularity with small screen devices. I think flat works for low res simple old screens that couldn't show much. Now, with higher res screens, it seems redundant to me. I mean, what is the point of a high res screen if all you do with its is simplistic flat designs? (Yes I know about games and video, but that's a different thing)
I find flat very hard to navigate, lazy, and to me is classic style over function or usability. I also find that non net savy folk just look blankly at it and get no real pointers as to what on earth to do with it. I actually think its very poor design, and slightly arrogant in that is assumes that people know what to do, or where to click. It assumes prior knowledge and excludes those with out.
But, its the current fad, trend, fashion, so people will die arguing opposite, until they flock to a new fady design. Try telling your kid that trousers/pants hanging under their butts is stupid and will go out of fashion and they will cry at old photos, like "we" did with 70's fashions!!!! Personally I feel a bit king's new clothes about it. But then, I have been round long enough to see these trends come and go. Flat design = butt pants.
One thing I think is going on is that its gained popularity with small screen devices. I think flat works for low res simple old screens that couldn't show much. Now, with higher res screens, it seems redundant to me. I mean, what is the point of a high res screen if all you do with its is simplistic flat designs? (Yes I know about games and video, but that's a different thing)