[thechangelog]

Are you asking about Apple "quality" aesthetics?

Graphic design is about solving problems; aesthetics are secondary. Google's designs solve its problems--satisfying search results, simple access to email, etc--very effectively.

[jamesteow]

Apple solves problems without sacrificing aesthetics. Very rare to find companies who can achieve that level of quality.

[shriphani]

Yes, the mice that ship with the iMacs are the best examples of solving problems without sacrificing aesthetics.

[danssig]

That's rather silly and outdated snipe. Have you used the new magic pad? I'd rather have that than anything else.

[nchlswu]

This is a silly issue of semantics, but the trackpad isn't exactly a mouse; still a pointing device though.

Anyways, his snipe is hardly outdated. Apple's most succesful products manage to balance form and function beautifully, but their mice are a pretty big hole where function has clearly been sacrificed for form.

[est]

> satisfying search results, simple access to email, etc--very effectively.

I won't call Jazz UI, or SearchWiki, or +1 as "solving problem design".

[rickmb]

Aesthetics is a core problem if you need people to pay a considerable amount of money before they can start using your product.

This is what makes design at Google fundamentally different from design at Apple.

[ed209]

aesthetics are not secondary in graphic design.