[nonbirithm]

Recently I've tended to look at mid-2000s Web 2.0 as a source of nostalgia. It was back in the day when twttr felt like people were optimistic about building a new community for the future and the possibilities were still unexplored. Poring through all the dense skeumorphic design trends of the era is like unearthing a time capsule.

[rchaud]

Back then, not everything had been flattened to fit the needs of the app stores. Dedicated hardware existed for portable music, movies, games and photo/video. Each of these had their own particular design language and fanbase that made the world feel larger and more varied than the one-device-fits-all reality we havetoday.

[davidmurdoch]

What are the needs of app stores?

[CatWChainsaw]

Hoover up as much market space, user data, and transaction revenue as possible.