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by hcarvalhoalves 5019 days ago
There's a balance to be struck between affordable and honest (not kitsch) design. To get it just right is where the devil is.

For examples look no further than Apple's iOS (borderline kitsch) and Microsoft's Metro (reduced affordance). I think one UI that gets this balance done very well is Facebook.
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MartinCron 5019 days ago
iOS, taken as a whole may be "borderline kitsch" but there are sections (contacts, find my friends) that have both feet solidly planted in kitsch territory.
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hcarvalhoalves 5019 days ago
Yes, they crossed the border on a few apps, but most of the default ones use skeumorphisms positively (the page flip on maps is a good example).

The big damage comes from 3rd party apps that don't get skeumorphism right.

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