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by guywithabike 5448 days ago
Can you explain why you think the design targets "five-year old children"? All you did was make a reductive, flippant accusation without backing it up at all.
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I don't think it really needs explanation - using the term "fisher price style" is quite a common way of describing that style.

For example:

Each Fisher Price style button leading through to a small nugget of information that users can consume very quickly and move on or should we continue designing pages that are more traditional in their layout (more text+images)?

http://www.welcomebrand.co.uk/blog/2010/09/10/the-dumbening-...

Personally, I don't think it's a bad thing at all. Obviously the grandparent disagrees, but the question is quite valid.

What do you expect, some kind of point-by-pint list of how the design targets children? Why don't you think of one yourself?

Can't see how it could be regarded in such a light? Too bad.