[labster]

No, the old icons are objectively better. I’ve used iPhones since the iPhone 1 and I still keep the original as a music player. I have to hunt down apps on current iOS but astonishingly they all look somewhat different in the old days, which means they are easier to find. It’s easier to find my way around an old iOS I use once a month than one I use every hour.

[chrisseaton]

> No, the old icons are objectively better.

Do you mean you're used to the old icons?

My seven-year-old wouldn't recognise them.

[labster]

No, I mean I’m used to the new icons because I use them constantly and yet the old ones provide far superior UX.

Of course your seven year old wouldn’t recognize icons on a ten year old OS. What are you, twelve?

Seriously, go put the iOS icons for Phone, FaceTime, Messages, and Numbers in your bottom dock in a random order, and see how easy it is to use.

[laputan_machine]

Are you a UI Researcher? If you are, your approach to gathering research by rebuking everyone else's opinions seems less than optimal. FWIW I prefer skeumorphic design. Flat design won because it made scaling everything easier. It doesn't need to be this way now that SVG support has become widespread

[KptMarchewa]

Tons of people below 40 don't have the same instincts as you do.

[labster]

And yet I do, and I’m under 40. It’s almost as if people can have different opinions that aren’t dependent on their age.