[KnobbleMcKnees]

I kind of agree with this in that WIMP is a good philosophy for desktop UI design, and I feel that mobile has never really had the equivalent (hamburger menus falling out of fashion being the apotheosis of chasing rainbows IMHO)

But I feel we need only point to Microsoft Word as an example of how the statement.

>Everything was so clear, neat, and discoverable back then

just isn't true. The only difference now is that we have dozens of pieces of software in our lives now instead of the half dozen we used in the 90s, and we don't have one company monopolistically decreeing what the status quo of UI design is.

Meaningful competition is also why I think there is no WIMP in mobile. And that's a double-edged sword.