[tomc1985]

It's because it doesn't fit into the modern zeitgeist of extreme testability and pandering to computer illiterates

Every time this kind of UI comes up in discussion, I feel like there is always someone groaning about how much extra effort and cost is involved with giving the user too many options. In fact, you could say that modern software seeks to eliminate all noncritical optionality. Combine this with gobs of pointless whitespace, an inexplicable need to humanize pretty much everything, and smother the user in unnecessary feelgood emotions...

And then people wonder why modern apps suck so much...

[zapzupnz]

That chip on your shoulder against everything post-2007-ish must be pretty heavy.

Modern apps don't suck. Specific design patterns suck. Not all things modern adhere to those design patterns. Not all the patterns you mention suck.

If I were hiring you to design an interface, your aversion to "humanize pretty much everything" would kick me right off the list. It reeks of tech-saavy elitism.

[tomc1985]

I have no desire to design interfaces like the ones I described, so the feeling would be mutual.

I would, however, love to be at the forefront of an anti-design movement that rightfully crushes the monotony/monopoly of modern UX

And what is wrong with tech-savvy elitism? Are you saying I should just forfeit the lifetime I've spent obsessing over this stuff to have an edge up on life? Give in to the tyranny of walled-garden and cloud-hosted nonsense?

[neolog]

> Not all things modern adhere to those design patterns.

Could you give some examples?