[fjorder]

Others have said it, and they're right. Skeuomorphism has become dated and Apple is now playing catch-up with Android and Windows. Apple has been playing catch-up with Android in terms of features for quite some time now, so this is not new.

This is, however, so new to Gruber that he is apparently still in denial. While it's far too early to say, one has to wonder if Apple is headed for a period of uninspired decline, similar to what they experienced in the 90's. Could Gruber end up like the mac-zealots of the 90's who proclaimed the superiority of OS9 when, in fact, it was inferior in every way to its competitors?

[cma]

Gruber knows Ive took over UI; this post is just a preemptive "I told you so" that no one asked for to be carted out after the next iOS release.

[ZeroGravitas]

Gruber was that guy. Worse still, even while Apple were shifting to OS X and building the foundation for everything they are today, Gruber was sniping the whole time about losing little bits of his beloved OS9.

http://daringfireball.net/2002/11/thanksfindering