[keepitsurreal]

Is this really an issue? We're now living in a society saturated with smartphones, tablets and PCs. Kids today are born with iPhones and iPads. Older populations don't seem to be having problems using these devices, heck my 80 year old grandmother can use her iPhone, Mac, and iPad perfectly.

As our society adopts basic principles of computer interaction we can make them more advanced while keeping the same relative level of simplicity.

[rymndhng]

That's what I wonder as well. We've been inundated with mobile interaction for the last 7 sevens that maybe it's ok to start peeling off some of the layers.

If you started with the flat iOS UI from the beginning it would have been very difficult to get accustomed to. Nowadays, we don't rely on those skeuomorphic affordances because we assume touch interfaces are the defacto.

That said though, I do agree that we should think critically about seasoned vs beginner interfaces. We should strive to accommodate both without causing detriment to one group or another.