[gumby]

> With many things... minimalist design often ends up being a good experience for users because it's not distracting...

As long as too many cues aren't discarded (iOS 7 went a bit overboard in this regard) I completely agree; shiny or complicated visual elements with "pop" demo well at first but become tiresome.

It's the same reason our keyboards don't make musical tones like they did in Star Trek -- it would quickly become distracting and annoying.